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One would think that Long Island City was the 'center of the universe' based on all the coverage it received in The New York Times this past weekend. Of course that's an honorific LICtalk has repeatedly been bestowing on this town since we began … [Continue reading] about LONG ISLAND CITY CHOSEN AS ‘CENTER OF UNIVERSE’
“The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal." UPDATE: May 5, 11:30am - the NYT has just reported that "Book Culture, … [Continue reading] about BOOK STORE COMING TO COURT SQUARE
WHAT a day in LIC. It started early this morning at the Queensboro Correctional Facility where a guard who worked there ran down the street firing shots at her ex-boyfriend before turning the gun on herself. Due to bullets splaying all over the … [Continue reading] about FATAL SHOOTING AND LIBRARY DELAYS IN LIC
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