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Page Views: Book news by Daily News staffers – New York Daily News

There is a certain breed of New Yorker for whom the word “club” does not summon up the Meatpacking District, but the upper East Side; there are some in this town who crave not Cielo’s bottle service and booming music, but a cocktail in the wood-paneled comfort of the Knickerbocker. Private clubs have long been […]

Law School taking shape at Citi 2

Let’s go Giants

Why the 7 is skipping Court Square

They are redoing the platforms. 7 day work schedule. See the full gallery on Posterous

One classy fountain

Court Square

Tech Boom Upgrades Expectations In City’s Housing Market – NY1

Developers say a boom is on its way, thanks to what many are calling New York’s “Silicon Alley”. NY1’s Jill Urban filed the following report. Wall Street jobs and bonuses have always been the engine that helps drive the real estate market here in New York City. Well now, it seems, another industry is becoming […]

Hunterspoint Ave overhaul

Under the 7

Beatboxing 101 for primary schoolers

 The Queens Paideia School folks, LIC’s first and finest private school, sent along a serendipitous snapshot. One of the virtues of running your school in LIC is running into artists and creative types of all types. In this case, a lunchtime lesson in beatboxing by Andrew Gutterson/Grey Matter

LIC Artist: Will Corwin at the Clocktower

A chess game played by two American masters at The Clocktower in Lower Manhattan marked the culmination of a residency held by William Corwin, a New York sculptor who thinks long and hard about conceptual motifs. The chessboard and pieces echoed Corwin’s work for his month-long stay; during the game, limited to less than an […]

Liz Taylor birthday cake on display in Long Island City – TimesLedger

Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend When the Entrepreneur Space, a food manufacturing incubator in Long Island City, celebrated its first birthday last week, it did so with cake fit for the stars — and one star in particular. New York author Jane Scovell, […]

LIC HS Drops From Transformation To Turnaround Status – Western Queens Gazette

Current and recent LIC HS students expressed distress that the school they loved was being disparaged and threatened with dissolution. At a meeting January 24 in the auditorium of Long Island City H.S. in attendance believed they were fighting for the school’s existence, as they know it. LIC HS, at 14th Street and Broadway […]

Aquaponics Start-Up in Long Island City Dreams Big – The Epoch Times

LOFT:LIC uses a recirculating piping system to feed water to plants, fish, and wheat grass. (Zachary Stieber/The Epoch Times) NEW YORK—It’s not your typical growing operation. A closed loop system circulates nutrients and water through a fish tank, a worm bin, wheatgrass, and plant roots in the top floor of a Long Island City building. […]

Hornitos Bowl at 5 Napkin Burger

From our friendly PR friends at Astoria’s 5 Napkin Burger // Hi – This Super Bowl, 5 Napkin Burger (35-01 36th Street @ 35th Street; 718-433-2727) is challenging imbibers to determine the winner of the first ever Hornitos Bowl taking place at all 5 Napkin Burgers.  Will The Redemption (for the Patriots) be the most […]