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The only thing that is constant is change - Heraclitus circa 500 BC POLLS can be funny, so I try not to read too much into them. Let's take one released this week showing 60% of Queens residents favor Amazon coming here. Maybe. More likely 60% … [Continue reading] about HQ2 YEA/NAY, KATZ TO JVB TO O’LEARY, CHANGE A KUMON’, 80%?
Everybody go: Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend I loved yodels as a kid, which is what I think of whenever I hear about the hotel chain Yotel. Or maybe yogurt, or motels, but it's … [Continue reading] about YOTEL OPENING SECOND NYC LOCATION IN LIC
YOU'VE undoubtedly heard that condos in LIC are selling like hot cakes and Open Houses are jammed post-Amazon. There's probably some hyperbole in there - that's the news business (and real estate brokers) - and it's important to remember any mention … [Continue reading] about CONDO CRAZY IN LONG ISLAND CITY?
WHAT if Amazon did an about face and bid adieu to locating HQ2 in Long Island City, stating that the rancor over subsidies, additional demands, and outright opposition to gentrification made it untenable. How would that make you feel? … [Continue reading] about BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
PETE Wells, the restaurant critic for The New York Times, has anointed … [Continue reading] about NY TIMES GIVES TWO STARS TO NEW LONG ISLAND CITY RESTAURANT