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THANKSGIVING 2022 is here, yet another marker of the passage of time. And with that passage comes the inevitable changes to, and growth of, a neighborhood’s structures. Every neighborhood. Typifying these changes is the news that a 1940’s wood-frame house in Astoria is set to be bulldozed to create a 7-story, 27-unit apartment building.
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TURKEY and stuffing and cranberry, oh my! Turkey and stuffing and cranberry, oh my! Turkey and stuffing and cranberry, oh man I could use something else! Is exactly what you will be saying come the middle of next weekend. How about soul food? But where, soul food is not available in LIC? Au contraire mon frere, because now it is!
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SO, you may have noticed that the windows of the former Bella Via space have recently been papered up. That is because a lease has been signed. Now we are going to slowly reveal the mystery behind the new tenant for this prime location on the corner of Vernon Boulevard and 48th Avenue.
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I voted today. Or I should say I went to the election booth only to discover a paucity of choices in Long Island City. Over a third of the job-seekers had zero opposition, and another 50% were against virtually nameless opponents doomed to be crushed. Chuck Schumer vs. Joe Pinion and Nydia Velazquez vs. Juan Pagan might as well be Mike Tyson vs. Alfonso Ratliff.
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Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Flashing lights cut the night, dude in white says he’s the man
Well, you better learn to move fast
When you’re young or you’re not long around
Cat somehow lost his kitty down in the city pound
So get right, get tight, get down
Well, who’s that down at the end of the alley?
She’s been gone so long
Yeah, like that, yeah
Kitty’s back in town (here she comes, now)
THE Marathon’s back in town, oh, oh, all right! A front row seat to catch the Knicks play Sacramento in one of 82 regular-season meaningless games will set you back $3,000 a piece. A front row seat to catch the NYC Marathon is free, and unlike the Knicks the hometown team is a winner. So gather together your typical LIC family of 3.5 and get down to Vernon Boulevard. If you want to catch the professional runners be there by 9:45am, otherwise the waves start coming through around 11am and continue until ~2pm.
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