The Dictator in LIC
Scenes from the pretty funny “The Dictator” with Mr. Ali G set in Greenpoint and waterfront LIC areas. See the full gallery on Posterous
Chow: John Brown’s Barbecue Turns To Pure “Meat Candy”
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The Industry – looking pretty good
It looked like a dorm or a hostel but it is looking decent now that it is all done and occupied. At 44 Drive and the 7 train.
Competition Offers $10K in Cash to Queens Startups Updated 71 mins ago
LONG ISLAND CITY — May the best Queens startup business win. The Queens Economic Development Corp. launched its annual StartUp! Business Competition — putting $30,000 cash on the line to help three budding companies get a head start. Competitors will attend a series of free workshops held between October and January at the Queens Central […]
Beyond Manhattan: Rediscovering the Neighborhoods of Queens
Culinary Travel, Cultural Immersion, Featured Posts, Museums, Northeast, Restaurants, Travel News, USA, Women’s Travel — <!–By PeterGreenberg.com–> on August 28, 2012 8:11 am When it comes to New York boroughs, they say that Brooklyn is the new Manhattan. Does this mean the pecking order — at least in perception — has changed? Does this mean […]
Speedballing: Time Warner Cable Spends $25 M. to Improve Broadband in …
Beneficiaries include the Flatiron District, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Tech Triangle, and Long Island City. (Photo: Wikimedia) Today Time Warner Cable announced that the company expects to invest $25 million to expand its fiber optic network in both “established and emerging” business sectors around New York City. Many of the areas highlighted in today’s announcement […]
All that trash around LIC
Ever notice how many trash facilities are near LIC? Probably not. But here is a map. MOST concentration of trash transfer facilities are around the Newtown Creek. Notable because Upper East Siders have been complaining lately about the first and only proposed transfer station in Manhattan — near said UES. Hmm. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/science/earth/01garbage.html?_r=1&pagewante… Not very convincing […]
Big road work along Jackson Ave
They are finally redoing that busy busy thoroughfare.
Ever Green dry cleaners on Jackson Ave
Welcome to LIC. Across from Manettas.
Constructing a Facade Both Rugged and Rusty
At the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn, dozens of men and women in hard hats are scurrying about each day, hanging this and attaching that, preparing the Barclays Center for its opening, which is now just a few weeks away. The lights have come on inside, some treetops are visible along the […]