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Spring Has Sprung In LIC: Part VII Well I'm off to Tijuana for the long Cinco De Mayo weekend and the bus leaves in an hour, so I'll skip the witty rant and get right to the news. Fortunately for me, there's nothing real hard hitting, unless you … [Continue reading] about QUEENS IS BECOMING KING IN SPITE OF WHITE CASTLE CLOSING
Not Bloomberg's New Landing Strip For about two years now, there has been an enormous dredging/buttressing project occurring on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island. Commencing so soon after the 2008 financial meltdown and in what is really an … [Continue reading] about REVEALED – NEW PROJECT AT SOUTHERN TIP OF ROOSEVELT ISLAND IS…
Spring Has Sprung In LIC; Part VI There is so much important LIC news to report that I barely have time for irony. Probably of greatest relevance is an(other) update on Queens West including information on the new elementary school, current PS 78 … [Continue reading] about LESS SHTICK, MORE NEWS!
Spring Has Sprung Pt. 5: It's not just flowers blossoming in Gantry Park The NYT had an article in yesterday's Real Estate section talking about the stiff recent rent increases in Manhattan. Nothing really new there, but for informational purposes … [Continue reading] about Manhattan Rents Too High? Uhh No, Manhattan Is Just So Yesterday
Someone in the Malkin family, the owners of the Empire State Building, is a hardcore Dead-head! Every time the post-Jerry Garcia spin-off band plays NYC, which is quite frequent, they get top billing in the Manhattan skyline, an honor not given to … [Continue reading] about When They Tie-Dye The Crown, The Dead Are In Town