Tag Archives: NYC

Weiner’s a Winner–of My Rock Park’s 50-25-25!

Posted on October 15, 2010 by rockviv

It’s our favorite game on the Rock.  Not rugby or soccer or hoops.  In Rockaway, it’s the fifty-fifty.  Get out your $5 bills.  No civic meeting, concert or sporting event is complete unless everyone’s toting around those big strips of tix. The place was the … Continue reading →

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Facades of Democracy–With or Without The Graffiti

Posted on October 9, 2010 by rockviv

     The November election feels close now.  Lawn signs for Republican candidates are proliferating like dandelions all over the west end.  I even saw two bright green Audrey Pheffer campaign signs in the window of Elegante Pizza in Rockaway Beach.  Still … Continue reading →

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Rockaway’s a Food Desert, Reclaiming the Waterfront and Other Misleading Notions

Posted on September 22, 2010 by rockviv

“Please look closely at real cities.  While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.”  Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.  I was idling at the traffic light … Continue reading →

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Is it a Place for Birds, or for Planes? It’s Floyd Bennett Field!

Posted on September 20, 2010 by rockviv

Citywide Champs, Channel View-Beach Channel Girls Lacrosse at FBF An awe-inspiring blue-ribbon panel has been named by Congressman Anthony Weiner and Senator Charles Schumer to address the future of Floyd Bennett Field, that huge Gateway National Recreation Area property on Flatbush Avenue … Continue reading →

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Holland Seaside Group Chalks One Up for Light and Air

Posted on September 16, 2010 by rockviv

A close vote at CB 14’s September meeting could spell the end for Frameworks’ proposed 57-unit tower at 93-06 Shorefront Parkway. Continue reading →

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Who’s Your Daily? Who’s Your Party?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by rockviv

It doesn’t matter if your news delivery bag is red, white or blue. Be informed. Vote in your primary today, if you are registered in a party fielding candidates. Continue reading →

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C-Span Should Have Been There!

Posted on September 8, 2010 by rockviv

I have to say I was impressed with the 60 or so Rockawayites who came out for the “town hall” last evening.  This was not your usual Rockaway gathering!  Eric Ulrich and James Sanders of the City Council jointly ran a tight, effective 2-hour meeting and … Continue reading →

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You can’t fight City Hall…if you can’t get to City Hall.

Posted on September 5, 2010 by rockviv

Fight for transit justice. Come to Rockaway Task Force Meeting on Tuesday, September 7 at 7 p.m. Knights of Columbus, 333 Beach 90 Street, Rockaway Beach. Continue reading →

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