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Newspaper and magazine coverage of QueensWest.com and the Queens West buildings, 1980–2010.

Jason kept printouts of these articles. The archive cites them (headline, date, author, a short excerpt and a link). Where a direct link has not been confirmed yet the link goes to the publisher’s search. Jason’s own printouts are not reproduced.

  • The Next Neighborhood – New York magazine, 1980-08-11, by Bob Keating. “Plainly, something is happening in Long Island City.” Read the scan (PDF, 7 pages) · The 1980 piece that called LIC the next hot neighborhood; QueensWest.com kept a copy in its files.
  • Big Plans for a Sliver of Long Island City – The New York Times, 1996-12-29, by Joyce Cohen. “FOR Hunters Point, the future is in flux. Change is already visible, in a big way: The first tower of the Queens West development rises from a flat landscape…” Search the publisher’s archive · Citylights rising.
  • Residential Real Estate; Co-op in Unusual Site Pushes Plan Toward Goal – The New York Times, 1997-11-14, by Dennis Hevesi. “Like a sentinel, the 42-story Citylights building looms over Long Island City’s scattering of stooped row houses…” Search the publisher’s archive · Citylights sales.
  • Queens West Pioneers Are Getting Company – The New York Times, 1998-03-22, by Alan S. Oser. “Citylights, the new 42-story co-op in Long Island City, the first building in the 74-acre Queens West development along the East River.” Search the publisher’s archive · Early Citylights buyers.
  • Apartment Prices as Moving Targets – The New York Times, 1998-07-26, by Dennis Hevesi. “At Citylights, for example, the 42-story building that looms over the Long Island City side of the East River, there have been nine price increases since the plan was accepted…” Search the publisher’s archive · Mentions Citylights pricing.
  • Habitats / Citylights in Long Island City, Queens; A Water Person Finds A Home by the River – The New York Times, 1999-02-07, by Trish Hall. “People who have been moving into the new Citylights building, at the edge of Queens looking straight at Manhattan, are taking a chance on a community that doesn’t yet exist…” Search the publisher’s archive · Citylights.
  • Commercial Property / Queens; Long Island City Still Waits for the Back Offices – The New York Times, 1999-02-28, by John Holusha. “FOR decades, developers have peered across the East River to Long Island City and envisioned a new central business district for the city…” Search the publisher’s archive · Context.
  • A Famed Skyline Fixture, Standing Tall Another Day – The New York Times, 2005-02-06, by Jeff Vandam. “But recently, some intrepid Web surfers on queenswest.com uncovered an application for a City permit filed last month by a developer calling for “demolition of all 4 existing chimneys” of the plant…” Read at the publisher · Mentions queenswest.com.
  • Queens West: Major Waterfront Redevelopment Poised to Advance after Many Snags – Trade magazine feature (outlet name not on the saved printout), 2005-10, by Adrian MacDonald. “For 20 years, New York state authorities have sought to turn a 74-acre parcel of land in western Queens into a residential and commercial boomtown…” (no public link found yet) · Queens West development overview.
  • Living In | Long Island City, Queens: A Transformation Slips Into High Gear – The New York Times, 2005-11-20, by Jeff Vandam. “THE spires of Midtown Manhattan appear to stand at the end of every avenue in Long Island City…” Read at the publisher · Neighborhood profile.
  • Silvercup Studios Sets $1 Billion Complex – The New York Times, 2006-02-22, by Charles V. Bagli. “Silvercup Studios has unveiled plans for a version of Hollywood on the East River…” Read at the publisher · Context.
  • Patchwork City (Queens waterfront development) – The Architect’s Newspaper, 2006-03-22. “The future skyline of Queens bears a superficial resemblance to Jersey City…” (no public link found yet) · Waterfront architecture.
  • The Duel Over Cool – The New York Times, 2006-12-10, by Jeff Vandam. “THE virtual gauntlet thrown by Long Island City residents at their cohorts in Williamsburg began innocuously enough last month when someone asked on queenswest.com, an Internet bulletin board, which neighborhood was the better place to live.” Read at the publisher · Born on the QueensWest.com neighborhood board.
  • The Hunt: The Early Bird Catches the Condo – The New York Times, 2007-03-18, by Joyce Cohen. “Owners in the Gantry, having connected on Queenswest.com, formed a Google discussion group, then met several times.” Read at the publisher · Mentions Queenswest.com.
  • Long Island City Comes Into Its Own – The New York Times, 2010-05-09, by Jeff Vandam. ““It’s not a neighborhood to move to if you like the status quo,” said Jake Atwood, a charter resident of the Citylights building who runs the Web site QueensWest.com.” Search the publisher’s archive · Quotes the site’s founder.

Scans and page images QueensWest.com posted

QueensWest.com itself posted a scan of the 1980 New York magazine cover story and page images of a few newspaper articles. They are shown as history, credited to their publishers, where the site had them.

  • The Next Neighborhood: Long Island City (cover story, scan) – New York magazine, 1980-08-11. The scan (PDF)
  • New life pouring into the waterfront – amNewYork, 2007-03-30. On its news item
  • Happy Hour: Long Island City, Queens – amNY, 2008-05-13. The page image
  • When Home Is More Like a Cruise Ship – The New York Times, 2008-11-14. On its news item
  • Long Island City Comes Into Its Own – The New York Times, 2010-05-06. On its news item
  • Queens West library design (Steven Holl Architects) – The New York Times, 2011-01-31. On its news item
amNY, May 13, 2008: Happy Hour, Long Island City, Queens (newspaper page)

amNY, May 13, 2008: “Happy Hour: Long Island City, Queens” (The Creek and the Cave, Canela, Lounge 47, Dominie’s Hoek), as Jake posted it on QueensWest.com. Shown as history; rights: the publisher.