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	<title>Astoria Day</title>
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		<title>NYC&#8217;s Blackout Plans</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/nycs-blackout-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York City&#8217;s Office of Emergency Management has apparently decided that a blackout might be a bad thing. So the City is paying the Army Corps of Engineers to study places that might be vulnerable to a power outage and suggest ways to respond. Like, you know, bringing in generators.
The Daily News takes a look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=12&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Parking for LIC</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/residential-parking-for-lic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congestion pricing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, Mayor Bloomberg announced the Residential Parking Permit Program that will be included in the congestion pricing legislation. Long Island City is one of four neighborhoods mentioned in the City’s RPP proposal. It’s not clear why Astoria isn’t one of the trial neighborhoods, but local community boards will have the opportunity to opt in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=11&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ravenswood in the Daily News</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ravenswood-in-the-daily-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ravenswood]]></category>
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Today the Daily News discovers Ravenswood –the  Long Island City neighborhood west of  21st Street and North of the Queensboro Bridge.  In typical real estate hyperbole they paint a picture of a wasteland full of soda-pop swigging old timey yokels, gritty factories, pioneering artists, and recently arrived Brazilians. For entertainment, folks hang out at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=10&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Links</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sunnyside Yards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A quick look at some of the things we&#8217;re reading:

&#8220;Weekend in New York&#8221; suggests a day trip to Astoria for Greek restaurants and culture. (This  makes up for last week, when Seth Kugel recommended  Manhattan as the place to go for ethnic grocery stores.) [NY Times]
No one like the idea of CoEd selling off waterfront [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=9&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political News</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/political-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Hornak, a Republican operative running for Peter Vallone  Jr.’s  seat on the City Council, kicked off his campaign with a fundraiser featuring Curtis Sliwa,  and Niger Innis.  Hornak, who’s a former chair of the New York Young Republican Club, seems to think that Astoria’s 22nd Council district is “is the most conservative district in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=8&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ferries in the Future?</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/ferries-in-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LIC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christine Quinn called for a city-wide ferry system in a speech last week. One line from her speech,  “imagine…commuting from Astoria to downtown without having to brave the traffic at the Triboro Bridge, ” makes you wonder if Quinn and the people behind the congestion pricing plan have ever heard of the Queensboro Bridge, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=7&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Roundup</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/hotel-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dutch Kills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Gioia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Channel 7 picked up on Eric Gioia’s proposal to change the approval process for new hotel construction and takes a look at how Dutch Kills residents  are upset about all the new hotels and the zoning process.


There’s no denying the fact that the area could become an attractive, more affordable option for people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=6&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes we miss Walken&#8217;s Bakery</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/sometimes-we-miss-walkens-bakery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the liQcity blog, word that you might soon be rubbing shoulders with Clay Aiken as you browse the aisles of the Long Island City Fairway. 
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		<title>New School for TV &amp; Film Careers</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/new-school-for-tv-film-careers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academy for Careers in Television and Film]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents and staff at I.S. 204 are protesting plans to house a new high school on one floor of their building.  The Academy for Careers in Television &#38; Film (aka ACTvF) is scheduled to open in September and plans to train students for behind -the -scenes TV and film careers. The New York Production Alliance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=4&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Astoria&#8217;s Flatiron Building for Sale</title>
		<link>http://astoriaday.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/astorias-flatiron-building-for-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ilana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Astoria&#8217;s iconic flatiron building (on the west side of 21st Street, where Astoria Blvd. meets Newtown Ave)  is up for sale and the craigslist ad touts its potential as a great development site. It would be sad to see this go, especially after the demolitions of the Hackett Building and the Long Island City [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astoriaday.wordpress.com&blog=2775237&post=3&subd=astoriaday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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