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Last night at a meeting hosted by the Gantry Parents Association, President Jimmy Van Bramer made the announcement that a new school will be built in LIC. It will be a freestanding school ((not embedded/attached to an apartment building)) located in … [Continue reading] about NEW SCHOOL ANNOUNCED FOR LONG ISLAND CITY
The moment we've all been dreading has arrived, fast food is coming to Vernon Boulevard ((though in some ways it's already here given Dunkin Donuts and Bareburger)). We've heard from a good source that … [Continue reading] about PIZZA HUT COMING TO VERNON BOULEVARD
The East River came over the edge at Gantry Park yesterday morning, creating a small pool on the promenade just north of the final pier, as pictured above. Newsworthy? … [Continue reading] about GANTRY PARK FLOODS AND 80-STORY TOWER IN COURT SQUARE?
Mayor de Blasio has proposed a new streetcar line that will run near the East River and link Brooklyn to Queens. More specifically, it would start in Sunset Park and end in northern Astoria. Tentative plans in Long Island City have it … [Continue reading] about A STREETCAR NAMED DE BLASIO
January is over, the days are getting longer and sometimes it's now light out when I leave work. Who cares about some groundhog's prediction, here in LIC we have our own harbinger of Spring: the fruit guy has re-appeared on 49th Avenue. Which given … [Continue reading] about THE TOWNHOUSE ECONOMICS OF LIC