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Jackson Heights

Juan Wauters while on tour in Uruguay.

Juan Wauters and The Ramones: A Love Story

“I don’t know anybody that is like me and my friends from Queens…[The Ramones] could be like somebody that I went to school with.”
By Jack D’Isidoro
Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

De Blasio Meets With Activists and Teachers in Second Town Hall

Bill de Blasio joined forces with Daniel Dromm for a forum on education in Jackson Heights, Queens.
By Will Bredderman
Sunnyside has elements whimsical.

Not Really the Next Brooklyn: Queens Has Its Own Identity and Growing Appeal

They first hit the shores of Long Island City over a decade ago, newcomers to the area who eventually put Queens on the map as a refuge from the real estate frenzy in Manhattan and Brooklyn. When their numbers grew, they started spilling over into neighboring Astoria and when the buzz there picked up, pushed further down the subway line into the borough’s interior toward long established neighborhoods that had their own identities, such as Woodside, Sunnyside and Jackson Heights and even deeper into the borough, reaching Rego Park, where luxury development has been on the rise, and even Jamaica.
By Daniel Krieger
Congressman Joseph Crowley pitches his new bill (Twitter: Joseph Crowley).

Joe Crowley: Extend Commuter Tax Benefits to CitiBike

By Will Bredderman
In the dark no more. (Photo from Flickr)

Guerrilla Group Posts Fake Speed Limit Signs

By Anna Perfecto Canlas
We're now prepared to die for our smartphones

Gutsy Teen Jumps into Thieves’ Escape Car to Get Cellphone Back – And Wins

By Mimmi Montgomery
Anthony Weiner. (Photo: Getty)

Anthony Weiner Still Confident He’ll Be Your Next Mayor

By Jill Colvin
Eliot Spitzer stopping traffic this morning in Queens.

Eliot Spitzer Returns to the Campaign Trail

By Jill Colvin
It's all around us. (Guggenheim)

A Priest, Das Racist and the Guggenheim Walk Into a Jackson Heights Coffee Shop: SO-IL Creates Latest stillspotting Installation

By Matt Chaban

The Broker Who Would Make Jackson Heights The Next Park Slope

By Leigh Kamping-Carder

Meet Mr. Pea–Er, Jack Heights

By Lysandra Ohrstrom

Not-Too-Sticky Queens Skin-Flick Theatre Still Standing

By Observer Staff

Just Making Sure

By Observer Staff

Campaigning in Corona

By Observer Staff

Campaigning, Jackson Heights Style

By Observer Staff

Sabini HQ Broken Into, Data Stolen

By Observer Staff

Events for April 25, 2006

By Observer Staff

Kinder, Gentler Fundamentalists

By Observer Staff
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