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Queens Landmarks-Hunters Point, Historic Districts Council. Accessed March 27, 2023. "This district features a row of forty-seven townhouses built between 1871 and 1890 in the Italianate, French Second Empire and Neo-Grec styles. Original stoops, lintels, pediments, and other details can still be found on many of the homes. Designated May 15, 1968."
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Cohen, Joyce. "If You're Thinking of Living In /Long Island City, Queens; Industrial in Places, but Residential Too"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, February 27, 2000. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Years of discussion about the future of the Long Island City waterfront -- which benefits from radiant views of Manhattan, directly across the East River -- have had their first major concrete results in the Queens West development. What is planned as a 19-building development will eventually encompass 74 acres on the East River south of the Queensboro Bridge.... When built out in about 15 years, Queens West is expected to add about 16,000 people to Long Island City's population, said Carolyn C. Bachan, president of the Queens West Development Corporation."
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Smith, Roberta. "Richard Bellamy, Art Dealer, Is Dead at 70"Archived October 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, April 3, 1998. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Richard Bellamy, a New York art dealer whose Green Gallery was one of the most important showcases of avant-garde art during the American art explosion of the early 1960's, died on Sunday at his home in Long Island City, Queens. He was 70."
Saxon, Wolfgang. "Mario Cariello, Ex-Queens Chief"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 11, 1985. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Mario Joseph Cariello, a former State Assemblyman and judge who was Borough President of Queens for much of the 1960's, died Friday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He was 78 years old and lived in Long Island City, Queens."
Waggoner, Walter H. "John T. Clancy, 82, Ex-Borough Chief"Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, May 17, 1985. Retrieved November 29, 2017. "Mr. Clancy was born in Long Island City, the son of Patrick J. Clancy, a grocer, and Mary Clancy, both natives of Limerick, Ireland. He attended public schools in Long Island City and St. Francis Xavier High School in Manhattan and then graduated from Fordham University Law School."
"In Looking Back on 9/11 Attacks, Nations Show a World of Emotions"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, September 12, 2002. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Natalia Paruz, an Israeli musician, put a small stone from the depths of ground zero in a crack of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, like the notes bearing prayers tucked among the wall's crevices.... He had served at ground zero, and got to know Ms. Paruz, who lives part of the year in Long Island City, when she performed at his church."
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Cohen, Joyce. "If You're Thinking of Living In /Long Island City, Queens; Industrial in Places, but Residential Too"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, February 27, 2000. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Years of discussion about the future of the Long Island City waterfront -- which benefits from radiant views of Manhattan, directly across the East River -- have had their first major concrete results in the Queens West development. What is planned as a 19-building development will eventually encompass 74 acres on the East River south of the Queensboro Bridge.... When built out in about 15 years, Queens West is expected to add about 16,000 people to Long Island City's population, said Carolyn C. Bachan, president of the Queens West Development Corporation."
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Wolf, Gregory H. Billy LoesArchived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed November 17, 2021. "William Loes was born on December 13, 1929, in Long Island City, New York, and was raised in Astoria, about a half-hour from Ebbets Field."
Schonbrun, Zach. "Again Backing Santana, a Met Reaffirms His Painful Decision"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 12, 2012. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Baxter’s rehabilitation included four weeks of inactivity and nearly two weeks in which he could not even use a bed. At his home in Long Island City, he slept in a recliner and could do almost nothing but watch daytime television (and Mets games)."
Smith, Roberta. "Richard Bellamy, Art Dealer, Is Dead at 70"Archived October 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, April 3, 1998. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Richard Bellamy, a New York art dealer whose Green Gallery was one of the most important showcases of avant-garde art during the American art explosion of the early 1960's, died on Sunday at his home in Long Island City, Queens. He was 70."
Saxon, Wolfgang. "Mario Cariello, Ex-Queens Chief"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 11, 1985. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Mario Joseph Cariello, a former State Assemblyman and judge who was Borough President of Queens for much of the 1960's, died Friday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He was 78 years old and lived in Long Island City, Queens."
Krawitz, Alan. "Richard Christy: Queens' quirky caller"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Queens Chronicle, January 21, 2010. Accessed November 17, 2021. "He’s creepy and he’s kooky and some even say mysterious and spooky. But, Long Island City resident and Howard Stern Show personality Richard Christy takes that as a compliment."
Waggoner, Walter H. "John T. Clancy, 82, Ex-Borough Chief"Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, May 17, 1985. Retrieved November 29, 2017. "Mr. Clancy was born in Long Island City, the son of Patrick J. Clancy, a grocer, and Mary Clancy, both natives of Limerick, Ireland. He attended public schools in Long Island City and St. Francis Xavier High School in Manhattan and then graduated from Fordham University Law School."
"In Looking Back on 9/11 Attacks, Nations Show a World of Emotions"Archived November 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, September 12, 2002. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Natalia Paruz, an Israeli musician, put a small stone from the depths of ground zero in a crack of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, like the notes bearing prayers tucked among the wall's crevices.... He had served at ground zero, and got to know Ms. Paruz, who lives part of the year in Long Island City, when she performed at his church."
Wood, Gaby. "The interview: Jessica Valenti"Archived November 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, May 10, 2009. Accessed December 13, 2018. "She and her younger sister, Vanessa, who also works at Feministing, are part of a large Italian-American family, who all lived on the same block in Long Island City."
