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“The people here are a little more relaxed than Manhattan or Brooklyn. They don’t get into fights in lines. Maybe it’s because they can see the sky.”Jason Sheftell in April 2013 TEN years ago this publication pushed through the birth … [Continue reading] about LICtalk Is Ten Years Old Today
'OH my, is it Ash Wednesday already?' I thought upon seeing the black smudge on the forehead of a woman in the subway car after quickly swiveling my neck to avert my eyes from the homeless man with a pint of something clear in one hand and an unlit … [Continue reading] about Has Bella Via In LIC Closed For Good?
WITH all that is going on in the world today we bring you the headline that a new gourmet market and deli called Luminescence will be opening up on 2nd St. just south of Borden Avenue in a new mega-tower along the waterfront. With a name like that … [Continue reading] about Luminescence Market & Deli Coming To Hunters Point
Hell you talmboutHell you talmbout, hell you talmboutHell you talmboutHell you talmbout, hell you talmbout A homeless woman is found dead in a little-used subway station slightly off the beaten path of central Manhattan is not a big story in NYC. … [Continue reading] about Homeless Dead Woman Found In LIC Was Actually A Person
I remember having a conversation with a portfolio manager at a big mutual fund and when asking him why he owned XYZ Insurance Corp. in his fund he casually responded that it was "filler." He went on to describe that term as a company whose stock was … [Continue reading] about Filler & Cool Vintage Pic In Long Island City