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A real mixed lot of LIC news this week, the only consistent theme being alot of changes occurring on all fronts. Let's just take the headline news of another huge building being sold to institutional investors. Sure, it's way up on Northern … [Continue reading] about ANOTHER MEGA BUILDING SOLD IN LIC, CHANGE IN COMMUNITY MEETING STARTING TIME
This Wednesday I was down in D.C. vigorously vetting Obama's new treasury secretary, Jack Lew. I wasn't particularly keen on the choice, but ultimately came to the decision that his pedigree(he's a Queens native) trumped his acumen and policies. … [Continue reading] about SEND US: NEWS, TIPS, AND NAKED PICS
Five days ago I errantly reported that the fourth and final TF Cornerstone plot on Center Boulevard lay dormant in the midst of winter, only to be corrected a day or two later by a comment announcing that actually, a large crane had just started … [Continue reading] about MASSIVE CRANE COLLAPSES ON CENTER BOULEVARD
Restaurants and real estate, that's what's been dominating the LIC news so far in 2013. Nothing new since last week on the former topic, and as for real estate, you can check out the links below, I seem to have stirred up enough trouble in my last … [Continue reading] about HUNTERS POINT SOUTH PARK UPDATE
Now that the holidays are over, reality hits us here in LIC. The final TF Cornerstone building site lies fallow, the Center Boulevard wind corridor is in full thrust, and of course the 7 train doesn't run on weekends. Yet if you leave the den and … [Continue reading] about THE DEAD OF WINTER IN LONG ISLAND CITY