Posts Tagged ‘Astoria’

September Remodeling

September Remodeling Paint interior rooms while it’s still warm enough to leave windows open. Ditto for shampooing or replacing carpets. Check heating system including filters, pilot lights, and burners, and have the system serviced by a qualified professional. Clean and vacuum dust from vents, baseboard heaters and cold-air returns. Remove window air-conditioning units and store [...]

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Z Hotel in LIC has amazing interior

Z Hotel in LIC has amazing interior design work: http://ow.ly/ddY0Y

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‘Floating Garden’ Coming to LIC

‘Floating Garden’ Coming to Long Island City: http://ow.ly/ddYbk

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Upward Bound students celebrate successes, Astoria

Thirty-two local high schoolers from Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside took summer pretty seriously this year, removing invasive plants, saving butterflies, giving tourists an insight into local ecology, learning and performing Shakespeare and becoming experts in the job search. They took on these community projects through the Upward Bound Summer Academy, now in its 20th year at [...]

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Summer on a Stick and in a Straw Astoria

Astoria Mex specialist Pachanga Patterson is about to make its backyard even more appealing by adding a bar, the Icebox, specializing in frozen margaritas, ice pops, and raspados (shaved ice) in seasonal flavors. The Icebox will ring in Cinco de Mayo with pineapple-chile-powder raspados and grapefruit-ginger-honey and avocado-jalapeño-lime ice pops — the treats are $3 [...]

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Pedestrian and cycle path run from LIC to Flushing

The first phase of a bike and pedestrian trail that will connect waterfront parks in western Queens is slated to be completed this fall. The 10.6-mile Queens East River and North Shore Greenway will eventually run from Long Island City to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The first phase will link Queensbridge Park, in Long Island City, [...]

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Maintaining Your Washer & Dryer

Here’s a list of maintenance tips to keep your washer and dryer running smoothly and safely: Replace vinyl dryer exhaust ducts with metal duct work to reduce fire hazards. Before every dryer load, clean out the lint filter. Every three months, wash the lint filter with detergent to remove invisible chemical residues that can restrict [...]

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U.S. new single-family home sales slip

U.S. new single-family home sales slip to lowest on record since October March 23, 2012 01:00PM Based on last months’ new homes sales data, the housing recovery is still on shaky ground. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, sales of new single-family homes fell 1.6 percent between January and February to a seasonally adjusted annual [...]

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Astoria Outdoor Theater

Diving Board Is Set to Begin a Second Career in the Theater By SARAH MASLIN NIR Juliet’s balcony may never be the same. Astoria, Queens, is about to get its first outdoor amphitheater, situated where an Art Deco diving pool, built in the 1930s, fell into disuse decades ago. Plans call for filling the pool, [...]

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Mount Sinai seeking to expand in Astoria

Mount Sinai hospital seeking green light for expansion $113 million project would bolster emergency room and add beds By Irving Dejohn / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 6:00 AM   Christie M. Farriella for New York Daily News Mount Sinai Hospital Queens at 25-10 30th Ave. in Astoria. A western Queens hospital [...]

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Astoria gets MP Taverna !

Michael Psilakis to Open MP Taverna in Astoria Wednesday, March 7, 2012, by Amanda Kludt [Photo of Mezzo Mezzo via Adam Kuban] It only makes sense than Michael Psilakis, arguably the most well-known Greek chef in New York would open a restaurant in the city’s largest Greek community, years after he established himself by serving [...]

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In Long Island City, Pepsi Sign Gets More Company

In Long Island City, Pepsi Sign Gets More Company By ALISON GREGOR TWO more glass skyscrapers are being added to the growing collection of towers on the waterfront in Long Island City in Queens. The rental towers are part of East Coast, a project being developed by one of the city’s most prolific builders, TF [...]

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Families Stake a Claim to Long Island City

Families Stake a Claim to Long Island City By ANTHONIA AKITUNDE THE third wave of gentrification is just now being felt in Long Island City, Queens. Artists and other creative types colonized the area’s warehouses several decades ago, followed by a burst of high-rise development aimed at singles and couples who wanted a lower-cost alternative [...]

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Enticing Renters to Cross the Bridge to Queens

By C. J. HUGHES ON a recent afternoon the view across Court Square, in eastern Long Island City, Queens, took in an auto body shop and parking lots, and aging factories beyond. The Citicorp Building and other office towers cast shadows across streets. Places to shop were nonexistent. That view is about to change. The [...]

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New Ways to Use Less Energy at Home

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 New Ways to Use Less Energy at Home Concrete countertops? Blown fiberglass insulation? The payback may be quicker than you think. By JIM CARLTON For new-home buyers, green is the color of money. The share of homes being built in the U.S. with environmentally friendly features jumped to 16% of single-family starts [...]

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