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METS boo, Jets and Giants woo-hoo. The ebbs keep ebbing and the flows keep flowing in sports and on Vernon Boulevard.
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SKYLINE Tower is an easy comparison for the state of LIC’s residential real estate. Too easy, and anyone familiar with the nuances of the local scene know why it’s an outlier. Nevertheless, given it’s size and the scope of it’s audaciousness – 802 condo units offered at a significant premium per-square-foot to other new-builds in central LIC – it makes for interesting real estate porn fodder.
OCTOBER has arrived in Long Island City, and if it feels a little strange around here this time of year it might have something to do with the Yankees, Mets, Giants AND Jets all still being in contention?!?
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THE headline says it all. There is nothing more to say, except…
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THE Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens (VBGCQ) revealed the details and blueprints of their new clubhouse and the adjoining residential tower that will pay for all that newness. The local news headlines took the bait of the Variety press release and focused on the project’s environmentally friendly attributes by regurgitating terms such as: carbon-neutral, solar photovoltaic system, LEED rating, and bioretention planter boxes.
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