A thousand reasons to love Long Island City. Tips: Editor@LICtalk.com
For many people in LIC, especially those without kids, the number one topic of importance is local restaurants, or lack thereof. In Manhattan, this could actually be a whole article, as 40-50 big restaurant names open every season. But here in LIC all it takes is a new hot dog cart to get the whole town talking: we’re starving for culinary attention. Thus we bring you the LICtalk 2014 restaurant round-up. [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY 2014 RESTAURANT ROUND-UP
Judgment Day has come to the cutting edge dining scene in LIC, as The New York Times renders its verdict on M. Wells Steakhouse. In the better-late-than-never category, I’m happy to report that the review is positive. Net-net: get the pickled smelts, pork chops, and sweetbreads, skip the burger and steaks. What, were you expecting something conventional? Try the Corner Bistro instead.
Fred and Barney Would Feel Right at Home – NYT’s gives M. Wells it’s seal of approval as a “Critic’s Pick”
Breweries Tap Into Queens – Yawn, Crain’s weighs in on the Queens brewing scene for the umpteenth time
A Piece of Beauty for LIC – all about an artists redoing of a lobby of a building by Courts Square
New Purves Street Residential Buildings Renderings – 122 units of luxurious bliss, followed by a 148 unit building, what else? Slated as rentals for the time being
150M Square Feet of LIC Retail Hits Market – somewhere up by Northern Boulevard
The View Sells Out – Daltrey and Townsend to tour again
Well I’m Southbound, Lord I’m comin’ home to you.
Well I’m Southbound, baby, Lord I’m comin’ home to you.
I got that old lonesome feelin’ that’s sometimes called the blues.
Is South Beach the South? Who knows? Who Cares? It’s really cold and I’m outta here. But before I go, there’s a little tidying up I need to do. [Read more…] about LIC CLEAN-UP, LIBRARY-GATE, THEN SOUTHBOUND
We bring you a guest editorial, on a request that we made and briefly commented on late last year:
Almost 4 years ago this spring I got a letter from the DOT saying they assessed a need for a crosswalk at Center Boulevard and 47th Road and work would be starting soon. Shame on my filing system, but now I cannot find the letter and they have changed their tune to say there is not a need, whereas in my mind it has escalated from definite to desperate. I guess I trusted the DOT and trusted that the crosswalk work would actually be done, and threw out the letter. Silly me. The DOT letter to me was in response to a 311 call and online post I did back then.
A car doing highway speeds, whizzed by my 3 year old daughter and I crossing Center Boulevard at the point I mention above. Back then the boulevard only extended as far north as The View. Cars only had 1 block to ramp up speed. Now there are many more buildings on this street, and it extends down to the basin. So there is not only a much higher volume of cars, but also a longer strip for them to accelerate. [Read more…] about CENTER BOULEVARD CROSSWALK: TODAY NOT TOMORROW!
Not much to say about that headline, except it is a sad but not completely unexpected outcome. Kind of makes the 7-train protests trivial.
Nevertheless, we said we’d show you the apologetic letter received by the powers-that-be from the MTA. It contains the whole list of fixes to be done over the year. You can read it below and judge for yourself the merits and rationale for the weekend closings. [Read more…] about AVONTE OQUENDO REMAINS MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND IN WATER