lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com - 11/20/2009
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It is accomplished, Ladies and Gentleman. On Thursday afternoon, there was a lunchtime summit at Brooks 1890 Restaurant to determine if the research efforts of Lost City reader Ian Schoenherr had indeed uncovered the true origins of the old building the eatery has long called home. In ...
crainsnewyork.com - 11/20/2009
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Housing flourished in the westernmost part of Queens,
as it did in few other areas of the...
city from 2002 to 2008, according to a new economic snapshot of the neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. ...
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L.I.C., Astoria in residential fast lane
crainsnewyork.com - 11/19/2009
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crainsnewyork.com —
Housing flourished in the westernmost part of Queens,
as it did in few other areas of the...
city from 2002 to 2008, according to a new economic snapshot of the neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. ...
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L.I.C., Astoria in residential fast lane
lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com - 11/17/2009
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I am ashamed. For years, I've told myself:
"One day, I'm going to get to the bottom...
of the mystery of 1890 Brooks Restaurant in Long Island City, and uncover its shrouded history." But sloth and inertia took over, and now intrepid reader Ian ...
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The Light at the End of the Tunnel?
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... on Wednesday, resulting in three arrests. [The Brooklyn Paper] Mystery solved : Figuring out the origins of the Brooks Restaurant. [Lost City] Scenes from a ...
Brooks researches Brooks
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From Lost City: Much had been pretty solidly confirmed by articles Ian had dug up in the archives of the New York Times, the Brooklyn Eagle, and other newspapers. The address used to function as Long Island City's City Hall in the late 19th century (when it was not yet part of New York), where the local wily officials, like slippery James Gleason, conducted city business. In 1910, it was purchased by Mssrs. Martin Heilbut and Herman Kleefeld, real estate men. During the next decade, it was referred to by several names, including Kleefeld Hall, Kleefeld's ...
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