Long Island City Silvercup-street-scape. – Photo by Mitch Waxman

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• Cornell wins bid for Roosevelt Island Tech campus [Times Ledger]

• LIC to undergo rapid change in new year [Queens Chronicle]

• Reflecting on transportation in LIC & Western Queens [Newtown Pentacle]

• NYC’s East River ferry deemed a success by City [Times Ledger]

• Temporary tenants breathe life into stalled LIC construction sites [NYT]

• Noguchi lets artists imagine the future of Long Island City [Gallerist]

Halloween is headed to Long Island City – Photo by William Garrett

• Smile & Metaphor at LIC’s Sculpture Center [NYT]

• City challenging Queens’ obvious erroneous counts including LIC [Queens Chronicle]

• Queens 2010 census will hurt Long Island City [Queens Tribune]

• Dykes Lumber buys industrial building in LIC [CoStar]

• Why do all the newly planted trees in LIC die? [NYT]

• Checking out the Hunters Point subway station [Forgotten-NY]

• Is it Queens West or the Miami waterfront? [WSJ]

• Filming in LIC/Astoria today [OnLocation]

• Profile of an LIC born and raised artist [Queens Courier]

• NYCDEP & DEC holding public hearing in LIC for waterway clean-up [PR Release]

• LA cares about LIC’s rooftop farm? [LA Times]

• Essay on gentrification with LIC as an example [Policy Mic]

Does Long Island City need a new doggie helmet law? – Photo by Jesse Winter

• WOMEN PLEASE READ: Serial groper on the loose in Astoria/LIC [Gather]

• NYPD seeking sexual assault victims in LIC/Astoria [Metro]

• Cornell/Stanford Engineering School maybe headed for Roosevelt Island [NYDN]

• Filming in LIC & Astoria today [OnLocation]

• Rooftop farming in Long Island City [CBS]

• Ex-wall streeters find new work in LIC [Dealbreaker]

• Comedian Steve Hofstetter opening comedy club in LIC [NYDN]

• Queens Plaza suddenly becoming the boro’s crown jewel [Crains]

• Checking out the LIC railyards [Newtown Pentacle]

• Name That Space in Queens Plaza. Seriously. [NYCEDC]

• Artistic visions of Long Island City’s future [NYDN]

Long Island City, say hello to Newtown Creek. – Photo by Mitch Waxman

• Long Island City’s Murano Condos being pricechopped [Curbed]

• Long Island City man arrested for murder in South Korea [Northfork]

• What’s going on at LIC’s Community Board 2 meetings [Queens Courier]

• Long Island City, welcome to your Newtown Creek [Newtown Pentacle]

• Book-lovers swarm Long Island City [Capital NY]

• Nurse Jackie & 30 Rock filming today in LIC/Astoria [OnLocations]

• LIC arts orgs present new visions for our old hood [NYDN]

The ladies of Long Island City via 5pointz. – Photo by Ciprian Toma

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• Walking tours of Long Island City next weekend [Newtown Pentacle]

• The latest buzz in Long Island City & Queens [Queens Tribune]

• Oscar Wilde on at LIC’s Secret Theatre [Playbill]

• Japanese artist brings some color to Long Island City [Queens Gazette]

• Helicopter crashes into the East River [Gothamist]

• In the wake of Irene, is waterfront development wise? [NYT]

Long Island City 7-train abstract. – Photo by Mitch Waxman

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• Concern and disdain about LIC’s reaction to the Dunkin’ Donuts [Queenscrap]

• NYCEDC sits on funds for Long Island City community [Queens Tribune]

• Long Island City High School is supremely overcrowded [Your Nabe]

• Long Island City’s new dog run eagerly awaited [Your Nabe]

• LIC’s Vernon Blvd getting a make-over [Queens Gazette]

• Oh the 7-train [Newtown Pentacle]

• Get ready to laugh in Long Island City [Times News]

Long Island City sunset panorama. – Photo by George Duran

• Beekeeping in Long Island City & NYC [Queens Tribune]

• LIC keeps Fausta Ippolito’s library dreams alive [Queens Chronicle]

• Stabbing at Long Island City High School [Gothamist]

• NYCEDC failed to collect half a million bucks for LIC community [Bloomberg]

• No idea what this post is about; nice shots of LIC [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC dog run being renovated on Vernon Blvd [Queens Chronicle]

The picturesque and evolving LIC waterfront. – Photo by William Garrett

You can take the M.Wells out of Long Island City… oh, wait, apparently you can’t. They’re baaaaack. Those wacky folks who brought us Quebecois and worldy-fare, made us love them, and then disappeared without a trace, are back to wave their magic wand, or veal brains, over LIC for a fleeting moment this weekend.

The latest trendy gourmet foodie medium (and we mean that in the best possible way), is of course the Food Truck, and M. Wells has joined the bandwagon, so to speak. You will find Sarah Oberitis and Hugue DuFour slinging the food that made M.Wells and consequently an obscure corner of LIC, famous, on the All-Clad Food Truck, which will be gracing Center Blvd near 48th Ave this Sunday, Sept 25th from 1-3pm. FREE VEAL BRAINS. We’re not kidding.

Oh, and here’s some linkage too:

• M.Wells is back in a food truck on Sunday on the LIC waterfront [Food & Wine]

• Harvest dinner this Saturday with LIC’s Brooklyn Grange Farm [NYT]

• LIC’s 5pointz the United Nations of graffiti [Guardian]

• Birthday party for Jim Henson at LIC’s Museum of the Moving Image [Broadway World]

• Checking out Blissville aka East Long Island City [Newtown Pentacle]

The scene from Ten10 Studios this weekend, LIC. – Photo by Jesse Winter

• They’re still talking about LIC’s in-transition M. Wells Diner [Memphis Daily]

• Checking out Long Island City’s famous rooftop farm [Edible Communities]

• A presentation for a vision of Long Island City [Noguchi]

• Iron Chef of Architecture coming to an LIC spot near you [NYDN]

• NYC Honey Festival includes LIC beekeepers [NYDN]

• LIC & Queens remember 9/11 [Qchron]

• Photo survey of the Western Queens & LIC tracks [Newtown Pentacle]

• Condo projects shrinking in NYC & LIC [WSJ]

Long Island City rises above the heap. – Photo by Mitch Waxman

• What’s kicking around in Long Island City’s warehouses [NYT]

• Train tracks in Long Island City [Newtown Pentacle]

• Long Island City’s LHaus Condos brings back rent-to-own [Curbed]

• Same-sex marriage controversial in Queens [Belief Net]

• Views of Long Island City from afar [Newtown Pentacle]

Hunters Point Historic District detail, Long Island City. – photo by B&T Club

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• Green resources fair in Long Island City [Queens Courier]

• Hurricane Irene adds to trash woes in Dutch Kills, LIC [Queens Gazette]

• Arts in LIC will save us from becoming Williamsburg [Observer]

• Vote for Long Island City as NYC’s hottest hood [Crains]

• The last hurrah at LIC’s Palms party [Huffington Post]

• 9/11 art exhibits this weekend including LIC [Washington Times]

• Filming going on in LIC today, including Vernon Blvd [OnLocation]

Hunters Point South, Long Island City. – photo by Mitch Waxman

• LIC artist saves the city from abandoned bikes in a great way [NYT]

• LIC’s Irish Center hosts a special screening of Cirque De Legume [NYDN]

• Hip Hop artist Nas reminisces about his LIC past [NY Post]

• Filming this weekend in LIC & Astoria [OnLocation]

• Guide to 9/11 Arts events including PS1 MoMA in LIC [WNYC]

• LIC’s Secret Theatre tackles an… interesting story [Qchron]

• Queens and LIC mostly dodged a date with disaster [Queens Tribune]

• Checking out Hunters Point LIC after Hurricane Irene [Newtown Pentacle]

• Last night at the Palms’ dumpster pools in LIC is clothing optional [Gothamist]

Is it the end of the road for Long Island City’s 5pointz graffiti mecca?

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• 5Pointz graffiti gallery facing imminent destruction [NYT]

• Hurricane Irene a boom for local business in LIC [NYDN]

• Lightstone group gets in on development action at the LIC waterfront [REW]

• Four hour waits at M.Wells? Last supper on Tues [Daily Mail]

• Sept 11th exhibit at MoMA PS1 in LIC [NYT]

• Intersection of Jackson Ave & 23rd St in LIC is supremely dangerous [Qchron]

• TV shoots going on in Long Island City today [OnLocation]

• Hunters Point experiences some flooding during hurricane Irene [Your Nabe]

Namaste from Gantry Park, Long Island City. – photo by Ciprian Toma

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• Pay parking meters by phone in the future LIC [Queens Gazette]

• Local officials laud business incubator in Long Island City [Queens Gazette]

• LIC could get flooded this weekend by hurricane Irene [WSJ]

• In the wee hours of M. Wells Diner in LIC [Observer]

• A view to Dutch Kills via boat [Newtown Pentacle]

• John Brown’s smokehouse opens in Dutch Kills, LIC [NYT]

• Saturday, It’s a Saturday at PS1′s Summer Warm Up party [All Media NY]

The scene at LIC’s new dance venue, The Palms. – photo by Jesse Winter

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• LIC bank building becomes dance venue [Real Deal]

• Exploring the Hunters Point Bridge in LIC [Newtown Pentacle]

• Food manufacturing in LIC & NYC [Crains]

• A sunny afternoon dancing at PS1′s Summer Warm Up in LIC [MetroMix]

• Buyers start moving into LIC condo ‘The Yard’ [Real Deal]

• LIC rental market flat in 2011 [Real Deal]

Long Island City via the Pulaski Bridge. – photo by Jesse Winter/p>

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• MTA found liable for bus hitting pedestrian in LIC [WSJ]

• Kickin’ it at MoMA PS1′s Summer Warm Up parties in LIC [Your Nabe]

• Queens Plaza one of the loudest spots in NYC [WSJ (really?)]

• MTA facility in Dutch Kills LIC is a dump [Queens Gazette]

• Bloomie tours business incubator space in LIC [NY Real Estate]

Behind the scenes at LIC’s M. Wells diner – video via VBS

Oh M. Wells Diner in Long Island City… what a short strange trip it’s been. Last summer we chronicled the opening of what has inarguably become LIC’s most famous eatery… only to find out a year later that the diner is closing down at the end of this month. Well, short-lived as it is, M. Wells has certainly made it’s impact on LIC, and NYC in general and is going out with a controversial bang »

Manducatis slices up pizza & Long Island City. – photo via Eater

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• Luxury condo projects turned rental boosts NYC brokering [Real Deal]

• Manducatis: A Hidden Gem in Long Island City [Eater]

• A tour explored Hunters Point this weekend – great photos! [Forgotten NY]

• What’s going on at LIC’s Fisher Landau Museum [Huffington Post]

• Dessert at LIC’s fleeting M. Wells Diner [Village Voice]

• LIC, there’s a new club in town [Gothamist]

Enjoying summer in Long Island City. – Photo by Jesse Winter

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• LIC’s LGA college helps Queens’ small biz land gov’t contracts [NYDN]

• Getting accepted into LIC doggy day care is arduous [WSJ]

• SHOCKER: CB2 says no to liquor license for proposed LIC strip club [Your Nabe]

• Touring Western Queens’ recording studios [Sonic Scoop]

• Planting more trees in LIC? [Queens Gazette]

• Largest hydroponic rooftop farm in the US headed for LIC [Real Deal]

• Food truck court opens in LIC [Epoch Times]

• Food truck sanctuary opens up in LIC [Gothamist]

• Waiting in line for M.Wells goodness before it’s gone [NYDN]

Beauty and Peace reign in Long Island City. – Photo by Jesse Winter

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• LIC getting a hydroponic rooftop farm [NYDN]

• News of M.Wells’ impending closing results in 2-hour waits [Gothamist]

• An overview of Queens growth & real estate [Housing Finance]

• First LIC loses its farmer’s market, and now the LIC CSA is done [LICNYC]

• Film boom happening at LIC & Astoria production studios [Queens Courier]

• Muslim lifestyle TV network moves to LIC [Queens Courier]

Long Island City from a distance, aka Brooklyn. – Photo by Mitch Waxman

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• LIC’s Sweetleaf more than just a gourmet coffee joint [SeriousEats]

• M.Wells Diner’s relocation plan taking shape [Grubstreet]

• M.Wells to hold farewell Friday & Saturday dinners [NYT]

• NY House Speaker Quinn visits with LIC business owners [Your Nabe]

• Around and about the Newton Creek [Newtown Pentacle]

• An LIC school principal laments over the budget cuts [Gotham Schools]

• LIC resident begs for a Shake Shack in LIC [Eater]

• Gotham Center purchased by REIT for $416M [Brandon Sun]

• LIC bakery grows thanks to City grant & tax credit [NYDN]

• Detailing Queens’ bereft hospital situation [Queens Tribune]

Peeking on LIC from the other side… Sunnyside. – photo by Mitch Waxman

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• VIDEO: Hunters Point transformed into an actual community! [NY1]

• West Village’s beloved Corner Bistro headed for LIC [Grubstreet via liQcity]

• LIC street art du Jour [Greenpoint Dog Blog]

• Beyond LIC’s nether Sunnyside regions near the Kosciuszko Bridge [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC businesses hurt by 7 train weekend shutdowns [NY Post]

• PS1 MoMA to look at art from a post 9/11 perspective [Art Daily]

The scene at Live at the Gantries, Long Island City – photo by Jesse Winter

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• Um, Citylights residents are you throwing eggs & lit cigarettes out the windows? [Curbed]

• Exploring the flow of time on the East River including LIC [Epoch Times]

• LIC bakery gets a $1M city grant to keep industrial biz in town [Gothamist]

• Training ex-cons in green jobs to happen in LIC [EPA]

• Beat the heat in an LIC cooling center.. but where is it? [Queens Gazette]

• Comparing another eatery to LIC’s M.Wells Diner… why? [Eater]

Filiming of a new CBS series ‘Unforgettable’, LIC – photo by Jesse Winter

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• Rapper Nas from Queensbridge performed in LIC again [NYP]

• New rent stabilization guidelines and LIC a nice place to live? [Real Estate Weekly]

• Muni meters coming to LIC [Queens Tribune]

• ConEd rolling electrical brownouts through Queens [WPIX]

• LIC is third gayest nabe in Queens [Queens Tribune]

• LIC/Blissville fire house saved from closure [Your Nabe]

• LIC math teacher in the first gay couple to wed in Queens [Your Nabe]

• Some filming going on this week in LIC [On-location]

• Avoid driving on Queens’ streets? Really? [WSJ]

• Checking out the new LIC elevator museum [Queens Tribune]

Long Island City goes green thanks to PS1 MoMA – photo by Ciprian Toma

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• East River Ferry does not have enough life vests for kids… [NYDN]

• Commercial leasing is on the upswing in NYC [Crains]

• Controlling Midtown traffic from windowless LIC [NY Post]

• A high tech assault on Midtown traffic from LIC [NYT]

• Get a circus workout in LIC [NY Post]

• LIC kayakers visit our sister Bronx hood Hunts Point [NYT]

• City and oil companies to conduct Newtown Creek pollution study [Your Nabe]

• Brooklyn is on top of Queens’ real estate [NYDN}

• Exploring the stops on the East River Ferry [MSNBC]

• Recap of LIC’s cheesemonger festival [Wweek]