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Published by Joey in Astoria on October 22, 2008.

A report has come in that a large sign has been placed on the grounds of Roosevelt Island’s Southpoint Park advertising it as the site of the dreaded Louis Kahn designed FDR Memorial. I am guessing it is big enough to be seen from the FDR Drive as otherwise what’s the point.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on September 22, 2008.

Even before the migration back to Poland began, the Polish community in Greenpoint was fracturing under the pressure of gentrification, which drove up property values. Young families, new immigrants and those of modest means have in turn settled in nascent Polish communities in the city, including Maspeth and Ridgewood in Queens, and Borough Park in Brooklyn, while others have moved out of the state.

Published by New York Times on September 21, 2008.

With guns at his back, Pvt. First Class Luke Gasparre told the voice from behind him who he was and that he lived in Long Island City. They then asked him what his favorite baseball team was.

Published by New York Daily News on September 20, 2008.

Dubbed Park(ing) Day NYC, the event saw participants from numerous companies and community groups roll out carpets of lush sod onto the streets at locations from Park Slope to Long Island City to Harlem.

Published by New York Post on September 20, 2008.