Decamping to Queens
BY LAURA KUSISTO Some of the happiest office-building landlords these days have been owners of loft buildings in Chelsea, Hudson Square and the Flatiron District, which are in high demand among media and technology tenants. But this demand is forcing out some of the traditional tenants of these neighborhoods, like nonprofits and arts groups. With […]
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Cornell Officials Seek Roosevelt Islanders’ Input on Tech Campus
A rendering of the winning Cornell University-Technion design. (Cornell University) ROOSEVELT ISLAND — As Cornell University gears up to build its $2 billion, 11-acre campus on Roosevelt Island, the Ivy League school is “in listening mode,” its president David Skorton told a standing room crowd at a town hall meeting Thursday night. Many Roosevelt Islanders […]
Goldwater Hospital Dan Rosenblum
“Just imagine as you come over on the tram from Manhattan, and you look south at the 11 acres that you’ll see,” said Robert Steel, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development. Steel, one of the leaders of the Bloomberg administration’s attempt to attract a technology campus to the city, went on to describe the […]
Forest Hills merchants struggling after JetBlue departure
Long Island City’s gain is a loss for struggling businesses in central Queens after New York’s hometown airline departed Forest Hills. JetBlue moved about 900 employees from its headquarters on Queens Blvd. and Union Turnpike to a state-of-the-art facility in Queens Plaza last week. And now local merchants that were supported by airline workers are […]
Monroe Tournament roundup: Curtis shocks Xaverian behind Piccirillo’s arm, bat
Immediately after Curtis was run-ruled by Grand Street Campus in its Monroe Tournament opener, the Warriors had the unenviable task of meeting defending CHSAA Class AA city champion Xaverian. On the way to another loss against a citywide powerhouse, however, something out of the ordinary happened: Curtis picked itself off the mat and blanked Xaverian, […]
JetBlue departure leaves void
Long Island City’s gain is a loss for struggling businesses in central Queens after New York’s hometown airline departed Forest Hills. JetBlue moved about 900 employees from its headquarters on Queens Blvd. and Union Turnpike to a state-of-the-art facility in Queens Plaza last week. And now local merchants that were supported by airline workers are […]
"Dutch Kills Green" And JetBlue HQ Ready To Go At Revamped Queens Plaza
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that the $45 million Queens Plaza Improvement Plaza has wrapped up. The result is a newly landscaped 1.5 acre park with 489 newly planted trees, and the mayor’s office says it’s got non-invasive and drought-tolerant native plantings, wetlands, artist-designed benches and interlocking / permeable pavers to direct storm water to […]