Same Old Smell from LIC

Must the olfactories

Hey you two.

Oh, I get it. The old Wbottom is MidtownerEast shtick. Lame attempt at distracting attention from the fact that you live in Effluvium Land.

Effluvioum Land, perhaps, but still not Expectoration Land.

In all fairness, the various bone-boiling, offal-rendering, oil-refining establishments, together with its extensive manure dumps and other reeking depositories of filth, are not in Island City, but rather Dutch Kills.

But they do indeed shake up a compound of noisome smells the equal of which is not to be found in this country.

And Dutch Kills not withstanding, the whole city of Long Island is in fact such a pest-house that the citizens must wake up or be surely doomed.

Any post that uses the "noisome" is, by definition, awesome. But, Alan, you should be more sensitive and not use the word "Kills" because it might offend; and the word "Dutch" conjures up cheap, beer-sweillers, so cut it out.

Sounds just as bad as what GE did on the Hudson.

>Any post that uses the "noisome" is, by definition, awesome. But, Alan, you should be more sensitive and not use the word "Kills" because it might offend; and the word "Dutch" conjures up cheap, beer-sweillers, so cut it out.

Snap?

Yes, Mr. Homogenious Hunter's Point: "snap." It's a word that kids use when they screw up. Should come in handy for you.

Because I'm a kid or because I screwed up, or both?

By the way, we all know that you aren't a parent with a kid.

The "we" would refer to your multiple personalities?

I'm not wbottom, you are.

what's the difference between queens and brooklyn? or bronx and staten island? none.
you go there when forced to.

I'll grace you with my customary very occasional one response to your hundreds of posts:

You are a truly pathetic old douche of a troll....what a sorry, laughable life you lead

Gimme another few hundred posts and I'll reward you with another reality check

See, here's thing. I am not Wbottom and no one else believes I am. You, on the other hand, are clearly the alter ego of others based on what numerous posters have said. And it makes sense that you need an alter ego because you are a troll. (I have to say that it's not working out so well since you are in gray, but I guess SE hasn't gone nuclear on you yet by completely banning you.) I don't need an alter ego and I am not one.

Interesting.

I kind of like being in this stealth mode whereby my posts don't move a thread up. I can go back to a thread, say about Azure, and give my points of view, and no troll who has nothing to do with Azure or might be seeking to extort money from Azure, notices, until a day or days or weeks later when someone pro-Azure posts and moves the thread up, at which point it is too late to comment on my statements without seeming defensive.

You are right; it works brilliantly because almost everyone ignores you, except me. Maybe I'll try that too, then you will be truly talking to yourself and continuing your verbal masturbation.

People ignore me at their own peril. Even aboutready reads what I write and even responds.

Columbiacounty has been following what I write since November 1.

Those poor folks who live in Dutch Kills are getting screwed by a pal of The Great Dictator. I know quite a few of you think that Queens is a place you go only when you're forced to, but there's a bunch of us unenlightened lowlifes who actually enjoy living in Queens. The people in Dutch Kills love their little one-family-house neighborhood, which will soon be destroyed by several large hotels developed by Steve Bahar. Perhaps if you knew these people, as I do, and had watched their struggle to preserve their neighborhood, you might not laugh at them. OTOH, you just might. I wonder who will be staying at these hotels, anyway. In case you feel for the developers, the line "plagued by stop-work orders" in the article below means that the builders committed such serious construction violations that even DOB ("always glad to oblige a developer") had to make them stop and fix them. In Queens, we've had to learn lots about construction in order to keep an eye on developers like this.

From the Daily News:

Dutch Kills residents say they'll still fight developer despite tossed hotel lawsuit
BY Clare Trapasso
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Monday, January 17th 2011, 4:32 PM

Angry Dutch Kills residents vowed to keep fighting after a judge tossed out their lawsuit to stop a controversial developer from building a boutique hotel on a residential block.

Neighbors of the proposed nine-story hotel at 39-35 27th St. sued Steven Baharestani, who also goes by the name Steven Bahar. They charged that his company, Dutch Kills Partners, failed to meet key deadlines before the neighborhood's zoning was changed to prohibit taller commercial buildings.

They also sued the city Board of Standards and Appeals, which had grandfathered in Baharestani's project under the old zoning in May.

But the neighbors lost the case last month after missing a deadline. However, they only learned why the case was thrown out on Friday due to delays from the Queens County Clerk's Office.

Their lawyer Stephen Harrison called the loss a "hypertechnicality." He plans to appeal the case.

Barbara Lorinz, president of the Dutch Kills Advocacy League, a group of local residents, said they are "not giving up until the very, very end.

"The hotel will be surrounded by one-, two- and three-family homes and a church across the street. It's really out of place," said Lorinz, 52, who lives directly behind the hotel.

The local zoning was changed in late 2008 to make the area more residential. But then developers swooped in and started buying up property.

Dutch Kills Partners, plagued by stop-work orders, was unable to pour its building foundation before the new zoning took effect. Neighbors said their properties were damaged during construction. And Baharestani blamed his acrimonious relationships with them for the delays.

He said he was pleased that he won this latest legal skirmish.

"I haven't done anything wrong," he said. "I hope that they'll be more cooperative as neighbors."

Baharestani said he hopes to finish and open the hotel within the next two years "if the neighbors behave."

But not everything is as rosy at the site of his other nine-story hotel at 29-11 39th Ave., also in Dutch Kills.

Silvercup Studios sued Baharestani last month for naming the lodging the Silver Cup Hotel.

"The lawsuit has no basis," Baharestani said. "I'm hoping they realize I have a right to use this name."

Silvercups Studio officials declined to comment on the suit.

One has to wonder, MidtownerEast just joined on November 1 (and is admittedly very good at using search - he's so smart). And already he's now a leading poster on Long Island City. Is this to get in good with stevejhx and alanhart, or just about anyone who will listen?

I love the phrase "Angry Dutch Kills" ... great band name?

LIC is improving the view from Manhattan and providing a generation of city dwellers a chance to raise a family in a fresh urban environment.

does anyone miss the old view?

LIC catches shit cause it's ez pick'ins for snobby Manhattanites with little to admire considering the high cost of living and living so damn small.

Sure 2MM for a 2br. with a questionable view. Did I mention it's zoned for PS6?
Better plan, rent and send your kid private.

Has any of you had success in printing this NYT article? I can't seem to manage it. Maybe NYT wants me to pay for a reprint or something.