The comedy business model
How does it work? How does LIC become a hub for comedy? More importantly, how does it support real business for Willow Creek and Laughing Devil? The answer is these two guys hanging out in front of the restaurant. Comedians and their friends. More shows means more comedians. And every comedian means some of their […]
Sorry, London. New York City Should Have Hosted The 2012 Summer Olympics
Now picture it with Rings. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Watching the London Olympics this week as a native New Yorker it’s hard not to think about what might have been had the International Olympics Committee accepted New York’s bid to bring the games here. Asked on Tuesday about how he felt watching London host the party […]
East Side Access Tunnel-Boring Is Completed
Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney celebrated the news this week that tunnelboring had been completed on the East Side Access (ESA) project, which will connect Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to Grand Central Terminal, and is the largest mass transit initiative under construction anywhere in the United States. On July 27, “Molina”, a 200-ton tunnel boring […]
Judge: Department Of Ed. Violated UFT, CSA Contracts
Although William Cullen Bryant H.S. is now the Academy of Humanities and Applied Science at William Cullen Bryant Campus and Long Island City H.S. is now the Global Scholars Academies of Long Island City, all teachers at both schools, as well as those at all 22 other “turnaround” schools, can return in September. State Supreme […]
Schumer Calls For ‘Nerd Bus’ To Connect City’s New Tech Hubs
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer sent a letter to MTA head Joe Lhota calling on the agency to add a new bus line–called “The Nerd Bus”–that would connect the growing hipster neighborhoods in Brooklyn and in Long Island City to the city’s new tech hubs around the new Cornell teach campus and the Brooklyn Tech triangle. […]
Antique jade cup worth $20K stolen from LIC auction house
By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers An 18th-century Chinese jade cup said to be worth $20,000 was snatched from a Long Island City auction house last week, police said. Will Jian, manager of Antique Reader Inc., at 39-06 Crescent St., said the thief filched the cup from the auction house July 17 sometime between 10 a.m. […]