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Now that the Long Island City waterfront is charging Manhattan prices (albeit not the fancy parts), the Post looks beyond the tony enclave of Hunters Point and focuses on the boom in the landlocked areas—over by Queens Plaza and Court Square. Old Curbed favorites like Arris Lofts, Crescent Club and the terrifying Kimaya Lofts get shout-outs, but the puff piece is a little soft on compliments. In fact, some of them could be described as, dare we say, backhanded? For example: "Apart from the sprouting condos, there's not much these areas have to offer." What, strip clubs don't count as an amenity? But the best is saved for last, when Arris buyer Irma Zandi—chased off the Lower East Side because of its newfound hellishness—describes what drew her to LIC: "I got off the subway, I saw the [Arris Lofts] building, I saw the vast emptiness around it. I don't know, it really spoke to me." Let's just say we don't think Arris will be using "Enjoy our vast emptiness" as a marketing tagline anytime soon.
· Long Shot [NYP]
· Long Island City is Having an Identity Crisis [Curbed]

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While we're dropping new Development Du Jours, why not take a moment to update an old one? Over in Queens, liQcity hit up the site of Casa Vizcaya, brought to you by the same developers behind new LIC obsession Kimaya Lofts. Vizcaya, per that old DDJ, is the 24-unit, 10-40 46th Road building that will provide a "unique atmosphere that satisfies your desires." Mmmkay. liQcity suspects a pricechop on the apartments, and that's kinda-sorta true: a couple units have had recent $60,000+ cuts, including this two-bedroom spot that was slashed mere hours ago. Wonder what the neighbors think about that?
· Update on Casa Viscaya, 1040 46th Rd, Hunters Point [liQcity]
· Development du Jour: Casa Vizcaya [Curbed]
· Casa Vizcaya [Official Site]

We'd call this new Long Island City development—revealed on awesome neighborhood blog liQcity—a finger building, but the truth is this stretch of Jackson Avenue near the Citigroup building is seeing a lot of change, with this Purves, the other Purves and a hotel all on the way. So instead, we'll just call this a sliver building. And what a sliver! Queens, say howdy to Kimaya Lofts, which Corcoran will market and sell for prices starting at $349,000, per the Kimaya website (and once someone moves those cars off the sidewalk). If this building reminds you of Robert Scarano's recently unveiled giant Bowery thing, you're not alone, but we checked The Scar's website and turned up no connection. The liQcity Flickr page has more shots of the current 26-08 Jackson Avenue lot, delightfully described as being "between Dykes Lumber & Mr. Wonton."
· New Development Discovered! Kimaya Lofts, 2608 Jackson Ave [liQcity]
· Kimaya Lofts [Official Site]