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SCHOOL started last week and it’s always interesting here in LIC to see who has remained and who has departed over the summer. This year’s decampment is especially noteworthy given the pandemic and how it may have altered attitudes, as well as the lengthy gap since school was attended regularly.
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GREAT title Editor, snore. Yeah that’s the sentiment as we sleepwalk from Aug to Sept during the dog days of the ‘unofficial’ last week of summer. Which this year is really “unofficial” due to the first day of NYC public schools not occurring next week, which is unprecedented. Capisce?!?
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UPDATE: we’ve had it confirmed that the full extravaganza will be located here in Long Island City
THE Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show is a go for 2021 and as in many years past will be held in Long Island City. This afternoon authorities informed local residents to plan accordingly and to expect restricted access and possible lock-downs, also as in years past.
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Stonehenge! ‘Tis a magic place
Where the moon doth rise with a dragon’s face
Stonehenge! Where the virgins lie
And the prayers of devils fill the midnight sky
Don’t expect any dragons, virgins, or photographers for ManhattanHenge in Gantry Park this weekend, as the weather has no intention of cooperating. The final nail in the coffin is that the bridge in Gantry where the lensman normally congregate to capture the double-wide crosstown 42nd Street in full plumage, is closed for renovation. While they’ll get another shot when ManhattanHenge 2021 Pt. II swings back around July 13, if they come to LIC to click their shutters they may have to settle for 34th Street.
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DOES Spring sprung in LIC if LICtalk has yet to declareth so? Ahh the existential questions of our times, but most say ‘No’ it doesn’t, and many mark their internal body clocks upon the release of the headline. Some even choose to revisit every ‘Sprung’ post, longing for the nostalgia of LIC past. While others, we’ll call them the ‘cynics,’ view this title as an attempt to make news out of nothing.
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