THE first week of work after the Holiday break: cold, dark and bleak – and windy if you live by the waterfront in LIC. But wait, we’ve got 5 days of playoff football to kick it off, or maybe hunker down on our couches. Thur, ahh man Ole Miss, you gave us such thrills. Fri, college football game #2 – Big Ten re-emergence – if you can visualize Oregon in the conference and Indiana still playing football in January! Saturday, Sunday and even Monday – the big boys begin their quest. Thank you NFL for spreading the joy, I’m happy to maximize your viewing dollars for three days instead of two. Oh wait, this is a blog about LIC. Take Two: New Year, time to shake things up. How about a new apartment?
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Seasons Greetings Long Island City
WALKING along 49th Avenue just east of Vernon recently, I noticed a building going up on the north side of the street replacing a formerly (very) non-descript free-standing one story building. ‘Lowy and Donnath’ (L&D) was the name of the former building’s occupant and presumed owner, and they were an electrical contractor in business for a century. I use the past tense, because in addition to having their building demolished, they were acquired. By whom you are probably wondering? Another LIC-based electrical contractor working out of a non-descript, but not free-standing building, whose stature is double that of the now-demolished L&D edifice. Even more impressive, they have been around for a century, and a quarter!
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INTELLIGENT maybe, artificial never. We have a lot to say this week, not sure what the point is or what the outcome will be, but here we go. Real estate, building always building, and with the news that Queens tallest tower has opened a lottery for 248 affordable apartments which offers ‘pools and luxurious amenities,’ I was struck by the contrast written in a mass email from Julie Won with the subject line “OneLIC Investments: Queensbridge Houses.” Whereby it was announced that “From the $2 billion we secured, $206 million is going directly into Queensbridge including:
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Now that we’ve gotten the snide quotes out of the way, it is time to reconciliate. The people have spoken, and the unquestionable majority have voted for Mamdani. With 50.4% of the vote, he beat both Cuomo and Sliwa combined. Hopefully the reality of ruling (and budgeting) will temper some of his idealistic instincts.
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“The people have spoken, they must be punished” Ed Koch after losing Mayoral election in 1989
Now that we’ve gotten the snide quotes out of the way, it is time to reconciliate. The people have spoken, and the unquestionable majority have voted for Mamdani. With 50.4% of the vote, he beat both Cuomo and Sliwa combined. Hopefully the reality of ruling (and budgeting) will temper some of his idealistic instincts.
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