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THE New York Times is out today with a story on the emptying out of the Blanchard and Paragon buildings on Borden Avenue, in order to make way for higher-paying office tenants. Whole businesses are vacating the premises, typified by the protagonist … [Continue reading] about THE DOWNSIDE OF GENTRIFICATION IN LONG ISLAND CITY
I'd like to say that nothing happened in LIC during my two week absence, because that would be the truth. But I'm in the ink moving business, have lots of other things to catch up on, and the truth is … [Continue reading] about NEW LIC NEWS
From the day we arrive on the planet And, blinking, step into the sun There's more to see than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done There's far too much to take in here More to find than can ever be found But the sun rolling … [Continue reading] about EGGS AND FLEAS AND RENTALS AND FLEES
One of the good things about living in a multicultural borough, and writing for a backwater little-read publication, is the liberties one can take with language. Take the headline above, I was one letter over the maximum that Google search allows … [Continue reading] about NEW BARBER, ELKS DEMOLISHED, TOM CAT BAKERY UPDATE Y MAS
The nearly completed Hunters Point Library along the waterfront in Long Island City will be re-christened in honor of Queens most famous native son. The Queens Library has announced that the new building will be given the name 'Trump Library' when … [Continue reading] about HUNTERS POINT LIBRARY TO BE NAMED AFTER TRUMP