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“I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me.” - Sally Field ((“You like me, you really like me.” Sally Field did not actually say this line in her acceptance speech for Best Actress at the 1984 Oscars, it's a common misquote. … [Continue reading] about HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY LICTALK!
Given the void of local news, now is a good opportunity to get out the time machine and take a look back at the recent past of LIC. In lieu of a time machine, we're going to use another contraption called Google. It has unearthed a gem of an … [Continue reading] about LOOKING BACK ON: LONG ISLAND CITY IN 1980
A new cafe called Sugarcube Patisserie has opened on 50th Avenue between Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue. It serves pastries, gelato made in house, petit-fours, and of course coffee. The building housing it blasted out a previously non-existent … [Continue reading] about SUGARCUBE OPENS IN HUNTERS POINT
The NYC EDC has put out a request-for-proposal (RFP) to develop the land currently occupied by the Water's Edge Restaurant and the adjacent parking lot along the East River, as well as a long thin lot across the street on the south side of 44th … [Continue reading] about CITY TO BUILD HOUSING & SCHOOL ON WATERS EDGE RESTAURANT
My week-long absence seems to have been a 'Waiting for Godot' moment, in that nothing much actually happened. Unless of course one delves into the details of a routine follow-up, whereby it was revealed that the new streetcar proposal may very well … [Continue reading] about LIC MIGHT GET NEW BRIDGE WITH STREETCAR