AS Summer 2020 winds down, one looks back at the many regularly scheduled events that did not occur this year: Warm-Ups at MoMA PS1; Live At The Gantries, Taste of LIC, Evening Movies At The Oval, etc.
And yet we did get Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks in modified form, and regular comedy and music performances in the Plaxall Parking Lot on Sundays, as well as an abundance of outdoor workouts, both group and solo, in lieu of the gym, and a full relaxation of the open container law. While the latter may bring to mind other previously enforced statutes like late night personal fireworks and other shenanigans, overall it was a very small number of scofflaws and most of it was curtailed by the end of July. Otherwise the big crowds that came to the waterfront were there primarily to chillax and people-watch outdoors. By and large social-distancing was maintained and everyone was very courteous about it. I’d even go so far to say that there was a air of bonhomie and togetherness among disparate groups, possibly fostered by the aforementioned relaxation of open-containers.
//OH yeah, it was a hot summer here in LIC too, possibly the hottest since these towers first started being constructed, and made worse by all the pools being closed. Also for those who flew the coop for this summer the Citi tower is no more. Well the namesake anyway is gone from the LIC skyline and been replaced by “Altice” on all four sides.
LIC Gets Exciting Mexican Restaurant With Ample Outdoor Seating – good review of Top Quality
LIC Market Has Closed For Good – after 10 years in Court Square
Astoria’s Bohemian Beer Garden Gets Liquor License Suspended – in the summer of 2020 you gotta maintain distance or the beer won’t flow
Vernon Avenue Building Housing Argentinean Restaurant R40 Sold For $3.125 Million – Anzalone family sells after 40 years ownership
Rents In North West Queens Fall 14.2% Y-O-Y – we nailed it
TONY Winner Hosts Centerstage With Local Healthcare Heroes – this week it’s Dr. Moitri Savard of LIC
ASensibleMan says
August 17, 2020 at 8:11 amAnd the amazing part of the non-summer is that we now know, with 100% certainty, that masks and social distancing were all health theater and did nothing whatsoever to stop Covid, which cannot be stopped. All the sacrifices were a complete waste of time leaving a trail of pointless destruction in their wake. And it continues, even now, though we’ve known since May that Covid was done in the City and lockdowns pointless.
Covid did what every other flu in history has done. It came and it went, and it wasn’t even especially dangerous outside of a few well understood risk groups who were decimated by Cuomo’s nursing home stupidity. Political posturing plus a shameful, continuing lying press has brought us to this pass, and cowardly sheep-like Kens and Karens going along with the circus.
Oh well. The insanity continues. No end in sight.
Neighbor says
August 19, 2020 at 1:06 pmThat is simply not true. And data published in the NYTimes today states that LIC was very, very lucky–lowest documented infection rate in NYC.