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The long view
You could call Sara Benjamin one of Long Island City’s faithful. “I was the second person to move there from my church,” says the actress and singer, who just closed on a $550,000 one-bedroom in the View condo building. And she wasn’t the last of the...
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New Yankee Stadium already has cracks, Canarsie pounded by foreclosures ... and more
The Real Deal New York - Latest News — ... Avenue [Post, 3rd item] 4. One-third of 2008 NYC workplace injuries were construction accidents [AP via Crain's] 5. New Yankee Stadium already has cracks [Mediabistro] 6. Cooking guru Lidia Bastianich presents her Little Neck Bay mansion [Post] 7. Construction begins at Williamsburg's East River State Park, to open this spring [NYDN] 8. New LIC condos, restaurants win the nabe a devoted following [Post] 9. Architects shuffled at South Slope's 572 Fifth Avenue development ...

1,000-foot MoMa tower wins final City Council approval, Canarsie pounded by foreclosures ... and more
The Real Deal New York - Latest News — ... shuffled at South Slope's 572 5th Avenue development [Brownstoner] 4. Two Columbia architecture students win Grand Concourse design contest [Post] 5. Canarsie pounded by foreclosures [Post] 6. Another fashion mogul, Isaac Mizrahi, eyes 200 11th Avenue [Post, 3rd item] 7. Iron Chef judge lists UES co-op for $2.35M [Post 2nd item] 8. New LIC condos, restaurants win the nabe a devoted following [Post] 9. Cooking guru Lidia Bastianich presents her Little Neck Bay mansion ...

Thursday Morning Links
A Fine Blog — Kinda light on great real estate news today, so I guess I'll have to go out and drum up some fresh content! LIC Gets Props From NY Post (NY Post) Jersey City Hopes For A High Line Of Its Own (Curbed) Observer Editor Quits During Owner's Honeymoon (Observer) Kimora Lee Simmons Looks To Trade Huge Saddle River Mansion For City Living (The Real Deal) Bloomberg Saw Development As The Future, And The Future Has Stalled (NY Times) ...

Are LIC's Latest $2 Million Penthouses a Letdown?
Curbed NY — ... The Post's Home section reminds us today that Long Island City still exists, with a big story focusing on the once-sizzling real estate market in this era of outer-borough malaise. But guess what? The 'hood is getting back on its feet and dusting itself off, with high-flying $1,000-per-square-footers now settling in and accepting a cheaper future (though the circa '07 buyers are less accepting). The piece is filled with the usual LIC rhetoric: comparisons to Williamsburg, news on buildings breaking ground (newest ...

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