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Tomorrow is the first day of school for NYC public school students. After putting in a solid three days, those kids will then get a 4-day weekend due to Rosh Hashanah. Then it's back to the grindstone for three days, only to have yet another 3-day … [Continue reading] about SCHOOL’S ON, THEN OFF, THEN ON, THEN…
Well I've been training all summer for the monumental bike ride across the Queensboro Bridge. After many years of living in its shadow, it was time to take on the beast and journey across the river to the outer borough of Manhattan in something … [Continue reading] about THE LIC SUMMER FINALE AND MORE
The New York Times has written another love letter to Queens with an article touting the borough as a hot tourist destination. The gist of the story is … [Continue reading] about ANOTHER LOVE NOTE TO QUEENS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
A huge development with something for everyone including a pedestrian bridge to Roosevelt Island, is being proposed by a group of investors according to POLITICO New York. The site is on … [Continue reading] about MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT WITH FOOTBRIDGE TO CORNELL TECHNION PROPOSED FOR LIC WATERFRONT
The Court Square Blog has uncovered permits for the lot at 21-16 44th Drive that link to a developer named Alan Lapes who's made a very profitable living operating homeless shelters for NYC. Though it's only slated to be 29 units and 44th Drive has … [Continue reading] about LIC TO GET HOMELESS SHELTER AND STARBUCKS?