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Spring 2026 Has Sprung in Long Island City
March Madness is over, so is the Masters, baseball wins and losses are meaningless and I didn’t let a play-in round throw me off my calendar. I so declareth that Spring has Sprung in Long Island City! Stuart Cinema & Cafe, formerly located on the waterfront in Greenpoint, opens April 24th at 37-18 Northern Boulevard. That’s right, a cinema in LIC!?! Dumpling Wang has opened at 42-37 27th Street serving Shanghai cuisine. MoMA PS1 is fifty years old, our local (non-operating) ferry is going down, and Queens residents are still in the dark.
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THREE weeks, could be the longest stretch without a post on LICtalk. I’ve been hibernating, in St. Bart’s, and thus been a bit derelict in my duties. What have we missed?
[Read more…] about Hibernating in Long Island CityJanuary Is Not So Bad for LIC
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?
[Read more…] about January Is Not So Bad for LICSeasons 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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