Comments on: Silvercup moves forward on a Court Square condo development project

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:17:51 +0000

SIlvercup Studios is an unbeleivably IRRESPONSIBLE developer………. openly disregards the building codes, zoning, and most of all any neighborhood residents living standards.
Stuart Suna is BAD for LIC

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:16:20 +0000

IT High School is pretty close to Court Square, anyway… the E/V/G entrance is right outside of it. But yeah it’s more just “Hunters Point” probably, being a block from the Historic District. People seem to be getting into the habit of calling the whole multiblock area circling the Citi building “Court Square” lately, which is silly when I think of it as just sort of central Hunters Point.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:12:59 +0000

IT highschool isn’t at Courthouse Square but who would’ve figured. First Starbucks bailed out of the waterfront and now Silvercup

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:07:09 +0000

#6 its not the job of developers to put in infrastructure. Talk to your elected representatives.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:03:39 +0000

There should be a weekly spotlight on LIQ on the new condos being developed. There are so many now I lose count and there are a couple under the radar that you never here anything about. What’s happening down by the ConEd learning center? The point of Vernon and Jackson?Lots of small developments taking place as well. You can walk around the nabe and it seems like something is happening on just about every block.

By: Jac

Jac — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:17:46 +0000

I agree that it has a prime spot when it comes to transportation, but I’ve never been a big fan of 44th Dr. Maybe that will all change if they can build a few more condos on that block.

Also, the High School for Information Technology‎ right behind it. Didn’t they find contaminated soil beneath it?

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Environmental advocates and two City Council members held a news conference today at the Information Technology High School in Long Island City, Queens, and accused the city of neglecting to tell parents and community groups about possible environmental pollutants in the land beneath the school.
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/environmental-hazards-cited-at-queens-high-school/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:00:34 +0000

Union guys were out at this site few weeks ago with their big inflatable rat. I guess Silver Cup isn’t using union labor.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:56:01 +0000

Thank god the East River project is stalled. I hope it’s stalled forever. That development is such a scam, and it’s the people of LIC who will suffer the most in the end.

All of this development is fine - AS LONG AS they keep up with it in the infrastructure. Instead, what’s happening is that everyone is wasting time on politics and making a buck, that they’re not really paying attention to fundamental basics like transportation, sewage, public services like hospitals, schools. It’s scary when you think about it. Because when shit breaks around here, it breaks big. (crane collapses, water pipes exploding, dogs being electrocuted…etc)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:33:05 +0000

This is actually pretty good location because it between the 7 line and the E,V & G line. However, it is far enough from the elevated 7 that it should not be an issue. Lets see what the asking prices are going to be.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:20:02 +0000

Isn’t this where 30 Rock is filmed?

By: Jac

Jac — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:07:05 +0000

Ahhh… so that’s what that will be.

Wasn’t someone going to build a condo/rental right across the street from this exact location? A local realtor told me this a few years back. Maybe it never saw the light of day. I think the “for sale” sign is back up again.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:44:49 +0000

oh goody. more condos.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:14:04 +0000

Shh…. you’re going to ruin my property values! Long Island City is a land of sunshine and organic gumdrops and sidewalks so clean you can lick them!