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A new beer hall is coming to the Blanchard Building on Borden Avenue according to Patrick Sweeney of Related Companies, which is the new owner of the building. This information was buried in an article in yesterday's New York Times about how the … [Continue reading] about BEER HALL COMING TO BORDEN AVENUE
There's something nothing happening here What it is ain't exactly clear In July of last year, we received an email from a reader named Andy G. complaining about the impeded sidewalk caused by the development of 49-18 Vernon Boulevard, and the … [Continue reading] about VERNON BOULEVARD EYESORE LINGERS
Looking to do some home shopping in LIC this weekend? The good news is there are a lot of Open Houses occurring Saturday/Sunday, the bad news is that most of the ones I'm going to mention are super-deluxe ...well by local standards anyway, which … [Continue reading] about $2 MILLION PLUS APARTMENTS MUSHROOMING IN LONG ISLAND CITY
This morning Bisnow held it's first-ever commercial real estate event focused on Queens, and it was a real eye-opener, literally. It took place at The Factory workspace, and upon entering the building one could feel that a whole new Long Island City … [Continue reading] about COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NIRVANA IN LONG ISLAND CITY
In a follow-up to last week's Berlin playground snippet on selbstständigkeit, the need to inculcate self-sufficiency in kids, I laughed very hard at a recent Simpson's episode transcribed in Lenore Skenazy's website Free Range Kids. Especially … [Continue reading] about OVERREACTIONS & CONCESSIONS IN LIC