A thousand reasons to love Long Island City. Tips: Editor@LICtalk.com
A double headline, one surprising, one anything but. The news of Joe Conley's resignation from Community Board 2 after 23 years, was unexpected and sudden. Under normal circumstances, a reign of that duration usually ends with months of boozy … [Continue reading] about CONLEY SUDDENLY RESIGNS AND MU RAMEN HAS LONG LINES
LIC's Pepsi sign and almost a hundred other sites may lose their no-tear-down status. In a year end rush to take things off its plate, the Landmarks Preservation Committee is taking a page from municipal pension plans by simply removing these … [Continue reading] about PEPSI SIGN COULD LOSE LANDMARK DESIGNATION
A year and four days ago, LICtalk declared that Ramen Fever Had Come to LIC. It was a prescient headline from a haughty but highly-respected rag, and today it has come full circle, … [Continue reading] about MU RAMEN LIC TO OPEN MONDAY, THE TURKEY HAS ASCENDED
Two weeks ago, a list of the best public school districts in the U.S. was published. Normally I don't put much faith in these subjective top-10's, but when I saw who was ranked #1, I knew they got it right. No, it wasn't LIC/PS78, ...yet, but we'll … [Continue reading] about THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION
We'd be remiss as chroniclers of all things LIC, were we not to follow up on last weeks post about MPD by giving you the history of the park. And just like I did in high school, I'm going to … [Continue reading] about MURRAY PARK DISTRICT (MPD), THE HISTORY AND MORE