Followup: the LIC vs. Long Island City debate
The Village Voice was the first place we saw that highlighted the LIC vs. Long Island City neighborhood naming debate (which also caused a stir among our readers), and now we’ve learned that a Queens official – Rob MacKay of the QEDC – has responded to the Voice’s piece. Here’s an excerpt, with a little…
The Village Voice was the first place we saw that highlighted the LIC vs. Long Island City neighborhood naming debate (which also caused a stir among our readers), and now we’ve learned that a Queens official – Rob MacKay of the QEDC – has responded to the Voice’s piece. Here’s an excerpt, with a little background contributing to Rob’s thinking on this issue, which is from a biz standpoint:
“My father lives on Long Island and he loves it, but the name Long Island City is hurting business in that Western Queens neighborhood. LIC is in the middle of a hotel boom, adding 20 hotels over the past five years. But these properties lose about 5 percent of their foreign business because foreign travel agents think they are located in Long Island and their clients want as close to Manhattan as possible. The Laughing Devil Comedy Club, restaurants and real estate agents have similar problems.”
With this in mind, do you still agree that “Long Island City” is detrimental to the neighborhood? Let us know in the comments or via twitter at @queensnycity.
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From the Twitterverse – LIC vs. Long Island City [QNYC]
Some believe Long Island City should change its official name to LICÂ [QNYC]
This was the dumbest thing I read the week when it was first covered, and it will be the dumbest thing that I read this week, too. Just stop giving it oxygen.
It’s a neighborhood, for god’s sake!
Why turn its moniker into a branding issue?