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The iconic St. Mary's Church on Vernon Boulevard will be knocked down to make way for a luxury residential tower according to plans filed with the NYC Department of Buildings yesterday. The proposal calls for a 62-story "pinner" building - one … [Continue reading] about ST. MARY’S CHURCH ON VERNON BLVD TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR TOWER
Like piranhas to a cow in the Amazon River, the children of LIC picked the grass in Gantry Park clean of eggs in under a minute. In three waves they came. in three waves they conquered. Sure, there was some jostling, and an occasional … [Continue reading] about THE PIRANHAS OF LONG ISLAND CITY
Last week we uncovered a stealth restaurant, this week we bring you news of a new indoor ice rink in Hunters Point. Hidden among the dichotomy of 46th Road, in a two-story red brick building just east of Vernon Boulevard, L.I.C.-ICE has been … [Continue reading] about L.I.C. ICE: A NEW ICE RINK OPENS IN HUNTERS POINT
First it was food trucks circa 2008, then came the M. Wells phenomenon in 2010, followed by pop-up restaurants in 2013. Long Island City has been an incubator for several of these concepts, now might we be playing host to the latest fad in … [Continue reading] about KOREAN FOOD HAS COME TO LIC: KSFC IN BRICKTOWN BAGELS
Christmas isn't all about gifts, and Easter isn't all about eggs. There's chocolate bunnies too, and those cute yellow chick marshmallows that taste like styrofoam and take centuries to decompose - Little Peeps! As for Good Friday, it wasn't really … [Continue reading] about EGGS, EGGS, EGGS, EGGS, EGGS LIC