VERY slowly LIC is adding local services that are standard in more established communities, be they suburban or other parts of NYC (or Queens for that matter). Today we will share two of them with you. [Read more…] about KIDS BASKETBALL & HOCKEY RIGHT HERE IN HUNTERS POINT THIS WINTER
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A MAN, A BAND, AND THE REST IS LIC HISTORY
EVER the contrarian, LICtalk has decided to buck the trend and forgo ‘fake’ news this week …for the first time in it’s history, to bring you some original content.
BORN in Ireland and raised on West 125th Street, Patrick Carrajat first made his way to Long Island City in 1970 when he moved one of his elevator businesses here. Eight years later he would also make it his home, securing a 10-year lease on a 2,000+ square foot loft-like apartment above what is now Laundry City, on 48th Avenue just east of Vernon Blvd. He used his skills to build it out in a manner that would optimize the main residential goal of every single male heterosexual: [Read more…] about A MAN, A BAND, AND THE REST IS LIC HISTORY
DECEMBER FLOWERS IN LIC
APRIL showers bring May flowers. Oh wait, it’s December! Enjoy it while you can. As I stated earlier in the week, this time of the year the news takes a snooze. Yet due to the mild weather construction keeps charging ahead. Buildings quickly add more floors, and ground continues to be broken.
A nice new facade appeared on [Read more…] about DECEMBER FLOWERS IN LIC
LONG ISLAND CITY 2016 – HOW DID WE GET HERE?
“Since the 1920’s, city planners have dreamed of transforming Long Island City into a major urban center just five minutes by subway from midtown Manhattan on the Queens bank of the East River. In September, the City Planning Commission will vote on proposed zoning changes that would make the dream possible.”
BY “September,” we’re talking 1995, which was when the opening paragraph above was written in an article in The New York Times. These zoning changes combined with additional ones made to Court Square/Queens Plaza in 2001, were the starting point of the march to what Long Island City is today.
Like many things, it took a little longer to play out, but the end results were also much, much bigger than anticipated.
In Hunters Point, the edict above led to [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY 2016 – HOW DID WE GET HERE?
THANKSGIVING 2016
WITH the huge bag of Halloween candy still half full and the Christmas lights on Vernon Boulevard having been up for a week, Thanksgiving’s presence can seem a harried affair. Especially given the abbreviated work-week and expectations of crowded getaways.
Nevertheless, let us take a moment to remember all we have to be thankful for in Long Island City. Short commutes. World-class parks. Two brand-new schools. A soon-to-be-completed library that’s a masterpiece. [Read more…] about THANKSGIVING 2016