WHAT’S up with all the last minute weekend 7-train closures this year? According to The Wall Street Journal it’s due to [Read more…] about HAPPY FRIDAY …OH, AND THE 7-TRAIN IS DOWN THIS WEEKEND
HAPPY FRIDAY …OH, AND THE 7-TRAIN IS DOWN THIS WEEKEND
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WHY I AM THANKFUL FOR LIVING IN LONG ISLAND CITY
Monday evening I took Metro-North up to central Westchester to visit a friend. Despite the fact that I got a seat on a relatively new train and it departed and arrived right on schedule, I couldn’t help but think ‘I would not want to do this [Read more…] about WHY I AM THANKFUL FOR LIVING IN LONG ISLAND CITY
FOOD NEWS, REAL ESTATE PORN, & NO 7-TRAIN
Flash – THERE WILL BE NO 7-TRAIN SERVICE FROM LIC TO MANHATTAN THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT – per tipster & MTA website
We’re going to squeeze the lemon and try to get a post’s worth of LIC information for you during a slow news week where all the local stories were broken or created by the citywide press. Though I promise not to do a wholesale regurgitation of one of those stories, I will start with food. The New York Times gives a big smooch to the Court Square Diner in its Neighborhood Joint column. In summary, it dwells on the camaraderie not the cuisine. Oh wait, The Court Square Blog, one of LIC’s finest publications (there are two in that category), did announce that a Sweetleaf is coming to Tishman Speyer’s massive residential project in Queens Plaza. Oh wait, here’s another local food tidbit as broken by moi, thanks to a tipster: The Howard Stern show had a staff outing at Maiella late last month, and raved about the [Read more…] about FOOD NEWS, REAL ESTATE PORN, & NO 7-TRAIN