WHAT’S up with all the last minute weekend 7-train closures this year? According to The Wall Street Journal it’s due to [Read more…] about HAPPY FRIDAY …OH, AND THE 7-TRAIN IS DOWN THIS WEEKEND
HAPPY FRIDAY …OH, AND THE 7-TRAIN IS DOWN THIS WEEKEND
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HUNTERS POINT SOUTH PARK PHASE 2 TO OPEN LATE JUNE
TWO of my writers were poached by The New Yorker this month so I’ve had to rely on my own faculties to dig up scoops. Fortunately in a quick perusal of the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy’s newsletter I caught a recap of their community meeting last night which revealed that Phase 2 of Hunters Point Park South will open in late June according to a presenter at the meeting from the EDC. This is the southern portion of the park, past the volleyball court/LIC Landing, which is supposed to be more “contemplative” and which will NOT include a playground for older kids. As a consolation the HPPC newsletter also reported that The Wizard of Oz will be the first movie they present at the Oval this year on May 18.
//MORE real estate news for you RE junkies, and in my mind this one’s a big one. [Read more…] about HUNTERS POINT SOUTH PARK PHASE 2 TO OPEN LATE JUNE
SPRING EVENTS IN LIC TRUMP NEWS
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
After comprehensively collecting all the data, painstakingly putting it to paper while trying to figure out the complex instructions in order to conform to regulations, and finally staying up late into the night to meet the deadline, the yearly crush is now over! [Read more…] about SPRING EVENTS IN LIC TRUMP NEWS
CAKE FOR BREAKFAST IN LONG ISLAND CITY
THIS time last year as I was exiting the LIC Partnership’s Annual Real Estate Breakfast, I went to grab one final danish for the road when a gravelly voice from behind the buffet advised “Leave the danish, take the cake.” That cake happened to be a slice of the signature mille-crepe gateau from Lady M Confections, which you can purchase whole for eighty bucks at one of their ultra-high end boutiques in Manhattan or in numerous upscale locales worldwide (there’s a real affinity for it in Asia!?!). Yet it was manufactured on a quiet side street in Long Island City.
I share that anecdote because through no fault of the LIC Partnership, both real estate and confabs about it in Long Island City have increasingly focused on the commercial side as opposed to residential, a trend I noted two years ago.
In fact, the LICP acknowledged this change in opening comments this morning, and it’s why the local panel of speakers [Read more…] about CAKE FOR BREAKFAST IN LONG ISLAND CITY
BEING PLAYED LIKE A FIDDLE WITH LIC IN THE MIDDLE
“the mayor’s commitment to hitting numerical goals {in affordable housing} has created a potential difficulty for city negotiators in their dealings with developers, who are aware of the targets. For some housing experts, the situation was akin to an apple vendor advertising to customers: Must sell out by the end of the day; make me an offer”
You want to know why a big developer like TF Cornerstone gets a seemingly great deal on city-owned land such as Water’s Edge? Or why the Anable Basin Rezoning includes an audacious 5,000 units, and 70-story tower? The quote above from The New York Times this week is your answer in a nutshell. It’s also the reason that [Read more…] about BEING PLAYED LIKE A FIDDLE WITH LIC IN THE MIDDLE