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Who knew that in addition to everything else we have in Long Island City, there is a defender of freedom? Ok, that title may be a bit of a stretch, but this weekend in The New York Times there was an article about strip clubs in New York, [Read more…] about SHOW PALACE UNDER ATTACK
Every six months or so, my little prodigy Spalding, grows out of his Armani, and I have to have him chauffeured to Barneys for a new fitting. That leaves the problem of what to do with his barely used cast-offs? Do I really want to put them on Craigslist and have the masses calling and coming to my door? And since I’ve calculated that I earn $18,247 an hour based on a 24/7 clock, is it even worth my time? Plus I’d have to negotiate it all with his baby-mama in Tribeca, but that’s a whole other mess.
There is probably some relevance in my quandary for the rest of Long Island City, albeit on a less exalted and dramatic scale: What do I do with used clothing, toys, books, etc., that my child …umm, or myself, has grown out of? And how can I do it in a simpler manner than the trials and tribulations of Craigslist? [Read more…] about TENANTKING: BORN AND BRED IN LONG ISLAND CITY
When it rains it pours. Or as they say in France “quand il pleut, il verse.” ((Google – making man look smart since 1999)) Today we bring you word of a new french bakery scheduled to open in Hunters Point in the late spring. It will be the first expansion for Cannelle Patisserie, and will be located on [Read more…] about NEW FRENCH BAKERY, CANNELLE PATISSERIE, COMING TO HUNTERS POINT IN SPRING
What do the Hunters Point Library, Queens Library President, Center Boulevard crosswalks, and a new YMCA in the Rockaways have in common? [Read more…] about LIBRARY DISAPPOINTMENT, LOOKING BACK …AND FORWARD
It’s amazing the effect a simple press release can have on a slow news day. TF Cornerstone issues one ((and not even on a major newswire)) Tuesday morning, saying that its latest LIC rental building is 100% leased, and The Daily News, amongst others, laps it up and calls it news by the evening. So isn’t it ironic, that only two days prior, The New York Times real estate section prints an enormous front page article about the [Read more…] about RENTAL SPECIOUSNESS, PLUS MALU IS CLOSING