Comments on: Signage confirms the manifestation of the Amish Market & Duane Reade

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:24:56 +0000

[...] then, all of a sudden, it was happening. Signs adorned the windows now-dubbed “Market at Long Island City”. Not an Amish [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:46 +0000

You actually believe those Pepsi lots were effectively cleaned of it’s PCB’s & toxins? You actually believe ANYTHING Mayor ‘I hate the middle & lower classes in New York so I’m going to run for president and screw the rest of the country so my buddies can get richer’ Bloomberg says?

Happy eatin’!

By: Kal

Kal — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:38:16 +0000

Oh and plz no more Starbucks!!!!!!!!!! I hope we can fight that off for real, I dont know what Ill do if I see one on this block. Brasil Coffee House is where it’s at.

http://www.brasilcoffeehouse.com

JUST SAY NO TO STARBUCKS AND WAMU ETCCCCC…..

By: Kal

Kal — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:29:26 +0000

Well its about time I guess. I for one am enjoying what is happening to this area of LIC, development wise that is.

I reside at the East Coast 6 building, I’m a native New Yorker (moved from Hells Kitch, grew up in LI) and I totally understand the irritation of the “New New Yorkers” and the notorious and annoying “Sex in the City’ers”, but like our city, shit changes. I do wish the new imports would mind their friggin manners, respect their new home and stop being so stupid.

These new overly sheltered imports are indeed weird, frightened of silly things with absolutely no street sense or balls for that matter. You are turning New York into a castrated doll version of what it used to be. But like I said, things change. I just wish the imports wouldn’t import their ridiculous disgusting mid-west/southern american or euro trash values. This is New York, we operate differently from anywhere in the world, learn the ways and adapt…well to whatever vibe is left of old New York.

I will say that if you knew this area a while back you prob wouldn’t have come here, it was pretty messed up. What is happening here is nothing short of a miracle from those “post-industrial revo” days. So the new stores and shops will be welcomed. No more hauling ass to the Vernon deli’s in crap weather. And an abundance of fresh produce, sick!

I do have a huge problem with the advertising on the sides of Duane Reade and “The Market”. Give me a break with those models! No one working at Duane Reade looks like that and do all the shoppers at the Market have to be yupppie looking blancitos? Pfft plz next we will be calling it Snow York. No diversity just parts of town where you can find one kind of person. BOLLOCKS!

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:35:02 +0000

I have very mixed feelings about the Duane Reade. Yes, I want a place where I can (close your ears, gentlemen) buy tampons of my own choosing without consulting a deli clerk. Seriously, I hate to feel like a thirteen year old every month. Plus shampoo and conditioner. Hello! But, man, I’m feeling it for the pharmacy on Vernon. I hate to see our local businesses jeopardized.

By: L.AssMaster

L.AssMaster — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:36:01 +0000

Great. With Duane Reade and Amish Market comes more upper middle class white folks from the mid-west, the brand names make them feel safe and secure while maintaining the air of pioneer spirit. Next there will surely be two Starbucks for every resident. This town has evolved at a breakneck pace, evolved into some perverted alien man eater, accurately coined midtown east, at least when it comes to rent. But this is progress I suppose, no more room for the starving artist, well starving ones maybe, but no more room for brown folk, lower class Europeans, and rarest of all, the elusive native New Yorker. Nope, just enough space left for more carbon copies of the same ugly faces, over and over again, and they all look alike, thats right, you! It started in Manhattan and like an incurable pandemic plague it has spread across the east river, Brooklyn, Queens, Surely Bronx will be the next victim. I see them walking their purebred show dogs down the street, wearing their $500 pre-torn skin tight jeans and $200 over sized aviator sunglasses, they are the young professionals. The accent is the dead give away, that mid-west twang, and the excitement of living in such an hip “industrial” neighborhood, like none other. They must be the first, but they wont be the last. I say go home, this place had much more character when it was a poor and indigenous town. Anyway, though this will without a doubt run the LIC pharmacy and C-Town (Cunt-Town) out of business, it is long over due.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:14:04 +0000

y’all got way too much time on ur hands and i clearly do for reading all this crap

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:05:46 +0000

#26 Five years ago I might have agreed with you, but lately LIC is moving at a faster pace. They would be stupid not to open soon and start collecting profits from the large influx of renters and condo owners.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:23:56 +0000

26- You really can’t be serious. Put your money where your mouth is – how much do you want to bet that they both will be open for business this summer?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:30:58 +0000

Manifest Destiny. very applicable to LIC.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:30:16 +0000

Actually I think the market is really on track for June. It’s been pretty securely confirmed. The Duane Reade I don’t know for sure…….

By: The Pessimist

The Pessimist — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:49:28 +0000

Prediction:

Those coming soon signs will falsely assure all prospective rental tenants and condo buyers that the neighborhood will improve with the arrival of a pharmacy and supermarket. Betcha the signs will grow old and faded, never to be removed for at least three years. What’s your wager?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:14:52 +0000

. Actually “manifest” has its roots in Latin and was brought into use by the French around the 15th century;however, I don’t know why anyone would assume that LIQcity is French for using the word as it is in wide usage in the English language.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:14:39 +0000

I think #22 is confusing “manifest” with “manifique.”

By: liQcity

liQcity — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:42:59 +0000

French? no. I like the word manifest. I think it works well with what’s going on in LIC. Every corner I turn, something new is…manifesting.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:53:04 +0000

liqcity – your use of the word “manifest” leads me to assume that you are French. True?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:22:09 +0000

Brandon: HA! Well I’M not getting dressed to shop, at least you’ll have one person there who doesn’t look like that. That is, if I can tear myself away from Key Food.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:25:12 +0000

The name “Amish Market” comes from their beginnings. They took over a store run by the Amish and at first carried only Amish products. As they expanded and added other brands and products they have continued to use a certan percentage of Amish products – thus enabling them to keep the name “Amish” in their title.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:09:24 +0000

Who cares what they call it? Personally I think “The Market” sounds better. Not really sure what the whole Amish thing is about anyway.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:07:55 +0000

Yes, we are all aware that there is a supermarket a mile away, but why walk two miles round trip when you can walk two blocks? Why get in a car or subway instead of crossing the street? Not sure I follow the logic…

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:29:56 +0000

It doesn’t make any business sense for Amish market to re-brand this store and this store only. Are you sure they are actually opening a store? Or did the plans fall through?

By: makes due

makes due — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:08:11 +0000

“Crying out for a supermarket.” “this cannot happen soon enough.”

I love the drama. You did get the memo that there are supermarkets less than a mile away and the train goes to Manhattan, right?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:51:05 +0000

FYI Its totally 100 % against Amish Doctrine to open an outpost store in anyplace called LIC its too close to LICK! duhhhhhhh

theyd all be racked and stoned to death! hahaha

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:50:25 +0000

Why “The Market” not “Amish Market?” Do they think having one in LIC would sully the brand?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:40:19 +0000

If it were possible I would volunteer weekends to help with the construction. This can’t happen soon enough in my book.

What do you think the hours on both stores will be?