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David Tennant audios: Tuesdays & Sundays is an audio gem

As you all know by now, surely, I'm a David Tennant theatre buff, but right now I want to explore my other major passion with regards to his work: his audios. He's done a bewildering amount of audio work and a lot of it is really, really good. With that in mind, I'm going to concentrate on one of my absolute favorite David Tennant audio works: a 2003 audio entitled Tuesdays & Sundays.

Based on a true story of an 1887 series of events between a young woman named Mary Tuplin and her lover William Millman in Margate on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, Tuesdays & Sundays begins with the young couple's spirits as they "awaken into a void. As they question where they are, they recall and begin to relive the story which got them there: their giddy courtship and the overwhelming passions of first love, the pangs of a six-month absence, an unplanned pregnancy, and a guilty and shameful young man amidst a community in which respectability is of utmost importance. As they try to cope, to keep love amongst the fear and confusions of youth, these two spirits ultimately stumble upon their own tragic ending."

Sounds intriguing, yes?

Tuesdays & Sundays was originally a 45-minute play written by Canadians Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn. It was first performed in June 2000 in Edmonton, Canada, with the authors as the two principal characters William and Mary. Arnold and Hahn took the play on tours throughout Canada, Europe and the US and won many awards, including the Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Fringe Performance.

In 2003, Arnold and Hahn were asked to adapt the play for radio; one for Canada's CBC Radio (which starred themselves) and once for the BBC. I spoke to Arnold about how the play got adapted, and he told me, “CBC Radio was the first to approach us about a radio version, and we performed it on CBC Radio with minimal adaptation. The Edinburgh Festival is where Sara Benaim of the BBC saw it, and asked about a radio adaptation for BBC Radio 4. We adapted the play accordingly, and…re-set it to [Tusket in] Nova Scotia, where there was much more Scottish settlement. Margate on Prince Edward Island was much more English. We made…the characters both immigrants from Scotland, which actually worked quite well.”

The BBC adaptation was broadcast on 16 June 2003 as the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon play and starred David as William and Claire Yuille (who later appeared in the first episode of 2010’s Single Father, credited only as a “Doting Mum") as Mary. And on top of all that, David and Claire also voiced all of the play's other minor characters!

Of David’s turn as the young William Millman, Arnold told me, “We were quite taken with his performance in it.” He added, “We were thrilled when we learned David Tennant would play (my role) William…and when we heard the recording on the BBC, it sounded fantastic.”

And it DOES! In my opinion, there are so many reasons why this play is stupendous. David and Claire are top-drawer. The dialogue is back and forth, breathless and imbued with teenaged giddiness, bullet-paced and conversational - both with each other and in asides to themselves - and it must've taken some doing for the two actors to get this pace down just right without running over the top of each other and blurring it into chaos. But instead, it creates a perfect tension-filled atmosphere that draws an audience in and makes this play a must-hear.

By this time I imagine you're wondering where you can hear or read this play. Well, here's a partial script. Here's the original Canadian radio broadcast at the Internet Archive (which is a great listen in and of itself) but, sadly, hearing David's version had become a bit more difficult. The Internet Archive had a copy once but it's been removed, and Arnold and Hahn's DualMinds website has almost 5 minutes of the play, but as it's based in Flash Player good luck getting it to work. But I won't tell if you won't tell - so go get it here while it's still available. ;)

Here's a cute little David in advertising for the play - and below, some other historical information about the events the play is based on. If you don't want to know anything about the play before listening to it (spoilers!) then don't look beyond this photo!

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The real Mary Pickering Tuplin was 17 years old when she was murdered, and her lover William Millman was convicted of the crime. Tuplin’s body was pulled from the Southwest River on July 4, 1887, just a short distance from where she lived with her parents in Margate. She had been shot twice in the head. Her body was weighed down with a heavy stone, and it was discovered she had been six months pregnant. Authorities separated her head from her body for forensic examination, and - bizarrely - it was never reunited with her body. It remained in the coroner's office, which eventually became a pharmacy. And there it remained until 2016, when it was finally reburied with the rest of her remains.

If true crime is your thing, you can access the entire report of the Tuplin-Millman murder trial, right here!

William Millman was convicted of Mary Tuplin's murder and was sentenced to hang. Despite the jury’s recommendation for mercy, he was hanged on 10 April 1888.

Many believe him innocent of the crime. Was he? It's highly unlikely we will never know.

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ok here’s another, top 5 books

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:D !! hI AGAIN so. this is definitely going to be a mix of like, random genres i've read over time and also poetry. because most of my recent book action (that isn't literally fanfiction) has been poetry! and.. i don't even think i have 5. it's been way too long since i've sat down and read a non-poetry book that i REALLY enjoyed. 1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (I consider this to be my favorite book!) 2. Crush by Richard Siken (BANGER POETRY. BEAUTIFUL. LOVE HIM SO MUCH I WILL NEVER GET OVER IT) 3. Honeybee by Trista Mateer (another very VERY good poetry book!!) 4. I Love You Call Me Back by Sabrina Benaim (...more poetry.) uh. yes. top 4 then! :) if you couldn't tell, i am a poetry nerd pffFT

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GBG ARTS® DANIEL BENAIM: MONUMENTO NACIONAL 02.04.2017 / 25.06.2017

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quotes by author

these are quotes sorted by author! pretty self-explanatory. not all authors are on here, as i'm in a continuous process of reading and acquiring quotes! will be updated regularly. sorted a-z by last name.

Daniel Alarcón

Sarah Adams

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Elena Armas

Lauren Asher

Atticus

Mitch Albom

Benjamin Alire-Sáenz

Tessa Bailey

David Baldacci

Leigh Bardugo

Holly Black

Olivie Blake

Sabrina Benaim

Chaya Bhuvaneswar

Alexandra Bracken

Jericho Brown

Sól Casique

Yvonne Cassidy

Stephen Chbosky

Zen Cho

Agatha Christie

Sandra Cisneros

Susanna Clarke

Paulo Coelho

Tillie Cole

Sonali Dev

Charles Dickens

Anthony Doerr

Tony Fadell

Hafsah Faizal

Thomas C. Foster

Shana Galen

Stephanie Garber

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Bill Glose

Chloe Gong

Sophie Gonzalez

Amanda Gorman

Hafez

Matt Haig

Jenny Han

Tim Harford

Ali Hazelwood

Emily Henry

Frank Herbert

Féi Hernandez

Talia Hibbert

Helen Hoang

Charlie M. Holmberg

Homer

Cathy Park Hong

Colleen Hoover

Robert Jordan

Julie Kagawa

Brigid Kemmerer

Jahan Khatun

T. J. Klune

R. F. Kuang

Kevin Kwan

Jhumpa Lahiri

Lois-Soto Lane

Christina Lauren

Ursula K. Le Guin

Lang Leav

Erika Lee

Christy Lefteri

Trisha Levenseller

Marc Levy

Grace D. Li

Ann Liang

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Carmen Machado

Shelby Mahurin

Yamen Manai

Kerri Maniscalco

Raquel Marie

Daphne du Maurier

Casey McQuiston

Chanel Miller

Madeline Miller

Rebecca Mix

Erin Morgenstern

Vera Nazarian

Micah Nemerever

Courttia Newland

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Trevor Noah

Naomi Novik

Chibundu Onuzo

Helen Oyeyemi

Mary E. Pearson

Sylvia Plath

Plato

Clare Pooley

Claudia Rankine

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Jason Reynolds

Natalie D. Richards

M. L. Rio

Sally Rooney

Jennifer Rosner

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Brandon Sanderson

Jack Schaefer

V.E. Schwab

Linda See

Rebecca Serle

William Shakespeare

Samantha Shannon

Adam Silvera

Anthony Veasna So

Barbara Andrea Sostaita

John Steinbeck

Erin Sterling

Maggie Stiefvater

Amy Tan

Jennif(f)er Tamayo

Karin Tanabe

Donna Tartt

Stuart Turton

Kirstin Valdez Quade

Jésus I. Valles

Kurt Vonnegut

Ocean Vuong

Jeff Wheeler

Elie Wiesel

Will Wight

Isabel Wilkerson

Hanya Yanagihara

E. Lily Yu

Obayd-e Zakani

Michelle Zauner

C. Pam Zhang

Xiran Jay Zhao

Markus Zusak

hope this helps! <3

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A List of My Favorite Poems I Listen to When I’m Going Through It

These are all spoken word poems that I’ve fallen in love with because damn they hit hard lmao

“The Loneliest Sweet Potato” - Sabrina Benaim

“14 Lines from Love Letters or Suicide Notes” - Doc Luben (the tw should be obvious here)

“OCD” - Neil Hilborn

“Relapse” - Blythe Baird (TW eating disorders)

“A Letter to my Eating Disorder” - Daniel (again the tw is in the title)

“Five Thoughts on Losing Yourself” - Caitlin

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Resumen fotográfico, de probablemente la mejor exposición real del 2020 en Caracas, La imagen persistente. Pinturas de Rafael Arteaga • Hecdwin Carreño • Jeanne Jiménez Paul Parella, en GBG Arts, ejecutado por la mirada de Daniel Benaim.

De febrero hasta un punto de la plandemia de 2020.

Exposición curada por Carmen Alicia Di Pasquale desde Proyecto Eco y Narciso en asociación con GBG Aarts.

Museografía y montaje: Mario Matos y Javier Vivas

Diseño gráfico: Javier Vivas

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What I’m Reading

BOOKS OF FEBRUARY  Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink  The Lights Go Out in Lychford by Paul Cornell Release by Patrick Ness **  The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Epictetus (NF) Normal People by Sally Rooney  Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft edited by Tess Sharpe & Jessica Spotswood The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King  Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (NF) Durarara!! Light Novel Series: Volume 1 by Ryogo Narita All Systems Red by Martha Wells  The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker  Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney  Depression & Other Party Tricks by Sabrina Benaim (P)

Graphic Novels: My Hero Academia Vol.1-12 by Kohei Horikoshi **  After Hours Vol.1-3 by Yuhta Nishio 

(28 books read / 150 books goal)

currently reading:  Lamp Black, Wolf Grey by Paula Brackston Unf*ck Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop (NF) A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls edited by Jessica Spotswood (SS) The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang (NF) Chasers of the Light: Poems From the Typewriter Series by Tyler Knott Gregson (P) Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero 

* - re-read // ** - 4+ star-rating on my goodreads (recommended) GN - graphic novel // NF - non-fiction // P - poetry SS - short story collection // AB - audiobook 

TBR: Wilder Girls by Rory Power  I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver  The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta  My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh  Your Inner Critic Is A Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative by Danielle Krysa (NF)

WHAT ARE YOU READING? :D

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Trump Hurts an Ally and Helps the Terrorists by BY DANIEL BENAIM

Trump Hurts an Ally and Helps the Terrorists by BY DANIEL BENAIM

By BY DANIEL BENAIM

The administration has sacrificed a crucial relationship with Iraq at the altar of a dangerous policy on Iran.

Published: January 5, 2020 at 11:44PM

from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2MUs7jq via NYT Full Post

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Trump Hurts an Ally and Helps the Terrorists

By BY DANIEL BENAIM The administration has sacrificed a crucial relationship with Iraq at the altar of a dangerous policy on Iran. Published: January 6, 2020 at 06:44AM from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2MUs7jq via IFTTT

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Pestañas (2014) y Pestañas en el cielos (Homenaje a Magritte) (2017), en la exposición, La imagen persistente. Pinturas de Rafael Arteaga • Hecdwin Carreño • Jeanne Jiménez • Paul Parrella, en los espacios de GBG Arts, en Caracas.

Foto: Daniel Benaim

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"Trump Hurts an Ally and Helps the Terrorists" by BY DANIEL BENAIM via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2MUs7jq

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10 ótimos filmes para ver na Netflix

Nada melhor que aproveitar o tempo livre descansando em casa e assistindo Netflix. Mas, com tantas opções no catálogo, pode ser difícil escolher um bom filme. Para ajudar na escolha, a Revista Bula reuniu em uma lista dez ótimos longas disponíveis no serviço de streaming. A seleção priorizou filmes de diferentes gêneros, mas que foram bem avaliados pela crítica e pelos usuários. Entre os destaques, estão “O Eleito” (2016), de Antonio Chavarrías; “Awaiting” (2015), de Daniela Fejerman; e “The Butterfly’s Dream” (2013), dirigido por Yilmaz Erdogan. Os títulos estão ordenados de acordo com o ano de lançamento.

Perfectos Desconocidos (2017), Alex de la Iglesia

O casal Afonso e Eva organiza uma reunião para amigos de longa data. O que seria apenas um jantar toma um rumo inesperado, quando eles têm a ideia de deixar os celulares destravados em cima da mesa durante um tempo. Dessa forma, as notificações e segredos de cada um seriam compartilhados com todos. Durante a brincadeira, esses amigos, que estão juntos por toda a vida, descobrem que na verdade não se conhecem.

Honra e Lealdade (2016), Alessandro Pepe

Durante a 2ª Guerra Mundial, Herschel é um soldado da elite do exército alemão. Após um acidente, ele é abandonado pelas tropas soviéticas e vaga pela mata até encontrar outro soldado, Dietwolf, que lhe conta como Hitler tem exterminado judeus. Dietwolf teme pela vida de sua mulher, Eleanor, que é judia. Quando Herschel volta para a Alemanha, vê Eleanor sendo morta pela polícia. Depois desse episódio, ele se questiona se a guerra realmente vale a pena.

O Eleito (2016), Antonio Chavarrías

Em 1937, Ramón Mercader, um jovem oficial espanhol, é recrutado pelo serviço de espionagem soviético para a maior e mais perigosa missão de sua vida, ordenada pelo próprio Stálin: assassinar Leon Trotski, considerado um traidor. Depois de seu treinamento na Rússia, Ramón é enviado para Paris, onde assume a identidade do belga Jacques Mornard. Na capital francesa, ele se apaixona por Sylvia, uma mulher que trabalha para Trotski.

Weeds on Fire (2016), Steve Chan Chi-fat

Lu Kwong-fai é diretor de uma escola no subúrbio de Hong Kong, famosa pela indisciplina dos alunos. Para transformar a realidade do colégio, Lu decide investir no esporte e convoca dez alunos para formar um time de beisebol, chamado Shatin Martins. Inexperientes, eles perdem todos os primeiros jogos, mas não desistem e continuam treinando. Em pouco tempo, se tornam o primeiro time de Hong Kong a ganhar uma liga.

Awaiting (2015), Daniela Fejerman

Natalia e Daniel, um casal espanhol, viajam para a Lituânia com a intenção de adotar uma criança. Mas, ao chegarem no país, se deparam com o descaso do governo, complicações burocráticas e intermináveis extorsões. A ansiedade e a tensão começam a prejudicar o relacionamento de Natalia e Daniel. Mesmo frustrados, eles não querem desistir do sonho de formar uma família.

Fronteira (2014), Michael Berry

Sonhando com melhores condições de vida, Miguel Ramirez decide entrar ilegalmente nos Estados Unidos. Na fronteira com o México, ele conhece Olívia, uma mulher americana que lhe dá água e comida para prosseguir a viagem. Horas depois, Olívia é assassinada e Miguel se torna o principal suspeito do crime. O mexicano é preso e sua mulher, Paulina, decide cruzar a fronteira sozinha para ajudá-lo.

Historias del Canal (2014), Abner Benaim, Carolina Borrero e outros

Inaugurado em 1914, o Canal do Panamá se tornou uma travessia importante para o comércio marítimo internacional. O filme aborda os 100 anos da história do canal, desde sua construção até os dias atuais. Os diretores mostram como a obra mudou a vida das pessoas, por meio de cinco histórias reais, intituladas “1913”, “1950”, “1964”, “1977” e “2013”.

Sonhos Imperiais (2014), Malik Vitthal

Bambi é um jovem de 21 anos que acabou de sair da prisão. Ele decide voltar ao seu antigo bairro, em Los Angeles, para encontrar o filho, que está sob os cuidados da avó. Ao retornar, ele recebe um inesperado convite para trabalhar como traficante. Bambi não tem nada e, para sustentar sua família, terá que escolher entre voltar para o crime ou ir atrás do sonho de ser um escritor.

The Butterfly’s Dream (2013), Yilmaz Erdogan

Em 1941, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, a Turquia passa por um período de fome e escassez. Os amigos Rüstü e Muzaffer são apaixonados por poesia e lutam para se tornar escritores. Além disso, eles são apaixonados pela mesma mulher: Suzan, a filha de um homem rico e influente na cidade. Mas, devido à crise econômica, os amigos são obrigados a trabalhar numa mina de carvão, onde acabam contraindo tuberculose.

Seabiscuit: Alma de Herói (2003), Gary Ross

Durante a década de 1930, Charles Howard descobre uma nova paixão: cavalos de corrida. Como quer pagar pouco, ele compra Seabiscuit, um animal preguiçoso, que nunca teve destaque nas corridas. Para treiná-lo, contrata Tom Smith, um vaqueiro com incrível habilidade para se comunicar com cavalos. E, para montar Seabiscuit, George convida Red Pollard, um jóquei com histórico de derrotas. Juntos, eles transformam Seabiscuit em um famoso campeão.

Bônus

Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus (2005), Marcelo Gomes

Em 1942, no sertão nordestino, dois homens vindos de mundos diferentes se encontram. Um deles é Johann, um alemão fugido da 2ª Guerra Mundial, que dirige um caminhão e vende aspirinas pelo interior do país. O outro é Ranulpho, um homem simples do sertão que, após ganhar uma carona de Johann, passa a trabalhar para ele como ajudante. Aos poucos, surge entre eles uma forte amizade.

10 ótimos filmes para ver na Netflix publicado primeiro em https://www.revistabula.com

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Comienza la 22 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Punta del Este

Montevideo, 17 feb (EFE).- El Festival Internacional de Cine de Punta del Este (sureste de Uruguay) comenzará este domingo su 22 edición que tendrá la proyección de 10 películas en la competencia iberoamericana y un homenaje al director polaco Krzysztof Zanussi. Esta edición del festival, que irá hasta el 24 de febrero y que según la organización es el más importante de Uruguay y uno de los principales de la región latinoamericana, presentará "una plataforma de perfil iberoamericano" con ventana para el cine uruguayo y abierta a la producción internacional. Además, tendrá estrenos para la región de largometrajes de ficción y documentales que competirán por los premios Mauricio Litman (nombre del fundador del festival) a Mejor Película, Mejor Director, Mejor Actriz, Mejor Actor y Premio del Público. Las películas que participarán de la Competencia Iberoamericana serán: "Sueño Florianópolis", de la argentina Ana Katz; "El Banquete, de la brasileña Daniela Thomas; "La Voz del Silencio", del británico André Ristum; "Las Rutas en Febrero", de la canadiense Katherine Jerkovic. Y también: "Pájaros de Verano", de los directores colombianos Ciro Guerra y Cristina Gallego; "El Reino", del español Rodrigo Sorogoyen; "La Redención", del paraguayo Herib Godoy; "Los Helechos", del peruano Antolin Prieto; "Miriam miente" de la dominicana Natalia Cabral y el español Oriol Estrada y "En el Pozo", de los uruguayos Bernardo y Rafael Antonaccio. Uno de los hechos destacados de esta edición será el homenaje a Zanussi, el director de 79 años, quien estará presente en Punta del Este para ser reconocido. Según destaca la organización del festival en su programa, actualmente Zanussi es "uno de los mayores cineastas europeos en actividad" y dentro del homenaje, se exhibirá su último trabajo "Éter" y una retrospectiva que incluye "El año del sol quieto", "Iluminación", "Constante", "La vida como enfermedad contagiosa de transmisión sexual" y Our God's brother". El festival, que se llevará adelante en cuatro salas distintas ubicadas en la icónica localidad costera uruguaya, proyectará más de 60 películas. Además de las que integran la competencia, también habrá un espacio dedicado a películas extranjeras, tanto de la región como de otras partes del mundo como China, Japón, Francia o Costa Rica. Algunas de las películas que se proyectarán son "Esa Mujer", del director chino Jia Zhangke; "Cirqo" del chileno Orlando Lübbert; "Soledad", de la argentina Agustina Macri (hija del presidente de Argentina, Mauricio Macri); y "Transit" del alemán Christian Petzold. Por otra parte, se presentará por cuarta vez dentro del Festival el FilmMusic Fest, que es una selección de documentales y ficciones dedicados a la historia de la música, sus protagonistas y "su larga relación con el cine y el audiovisual". En esta cuarta oportunidad estarán "Chico, un artistas brasilero", del director brasileño Miguel Faria Jr.; "My foolish heart", del holandés Rolf van Eijk; "Piazzolla: los años del tiburón", del argentino Daniel Rosenfeld; "Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda", del japonés Stephen Nomura Schible; "Sonido mestizo", del argentino Pablo Mensi; "Un tal Eduardo", del uruguayo Aldo Garay y "Yo no me llamo Ruben Blades", del panameño Abner Benaim. Finalmente, el festival también contará con Maldonado Filma, que promueve la Intendencia de Maldonado y contará con dos cortometrajes de ficción, uno documental y dos largometrajes documentales. EFE

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How Big of a Blow Did Amazon Just Deal Long Island City’s Housing Market?

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Amazon’s announced decision on Thursday to not build a headquarters in New York City was a blow to Long Island City’s hyped-up real estate market. But just how big of a setback remains to be seen.

In November, after about a year of intense speculation, the tech giant told the world it had chosen the Queens neighborhood, across the East River from Manhattan, and Crystal City, VA, outside of Washington, DC, as sites for its new headquarters.

The news that the company would be hiring up to 25,000 workers with average salaries of $150,000 in each city was met with much fanfare—and the early signs of a real estate gold rush. Practically overnight, home prices shot up 10% to 25%, as hordes of buyers descended. This seemed to be a blessing for Long Island City’s real estate market, which had built so many luxury high-rise rental and condo towers in recent years that developers were having trouble filling them.

Now the future of Long Island City’s housing market is up for grabs. Currently, the median home price in the formerly industrial neighborhood is $992,500. While that sounds high, it’s still significantly below the median price in Manhattan, the heart of New York City, of $1,662,500.

“I don’t know exactly how far prices will go down, but [Long Island City] will definitely lose momentum,” says Chief Economist Danielle Hale of realtor.com®. “It’s a short-term setback for Long Island City’s housing market. But people are [still] going to be attracted to the area, and it’s got a lot going for it. So in the long run prices and sales will increase.”

None of local real estate broker Eric Benaim‘s clients have tried to pull out of any real estate deals yet.

But he anticipates it will take a little longer to rent and sell properties going forward, as the rush of folks trying to score a spot before Amazon opened its doors will now disappear. The cost to buy a home in the neighborhood could fall back down to pre-Amazon levels.

“Prices will probably be a little more negotiable now,” says Benaim, of Modern Spaces.

Seattle-based Amazon, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, decided to pull out of the neighborhood on Thursday. It had received substantial blowback from some New York City lawmakers and residents for being awarded billions in tax incentives. The company says it will move forward with its plans to open up another headquarters in Crystal City and expand into Nashville, TN, and its other locations, but will not look for another headquarters site.

“For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long-term,” the company wrote on its blog. “A number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City.”

That decision isn’t likely to decimate Long Island City’s housing market, although there could be adjustments.

After Amazon plucked it from national obscurity, it became “overhyped,” says New York City–based real estate appraiser Jonathan Miller. “There have been lots of stories about people buying three apartments sight unseen like there’s some sort of frenzy. … It’s not some sort of frenzy where people are in a mosh pit diving over each other to get the next apartment.”

He believes prices in the neighborhood could continue to rise—and it will have nothing to do with Amazon’s change of heart. Instead, more folks have been priced out of Brooklyn, so they’re heading to Queens and driving up real estate costs there. Prices in Queens overall have risen 8% year over year, to $585,000, as prices in Brooklyn have soared to hit $849,000 as of Jan. 1, according to realtor.com data. So Long Island City’s prices could rise along with the rest of Queens, just not at a breakneck pace.

And Long Island City won’t be any worse off from its brush with Amazon, says local real estate broker Rick Rosa, of Douglas Elliman.

“It brought LIC to a world stage,” he says. Thanks to the company, more potential buyers are familiar with the neighborhood.

“LIC still won because we got all this free publicity,” he adds.

The post How Big of a Blow Did Amazon Just Deal Long Island City’s Housing Market? appeared first on Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com®.

from https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/did-amazon-hurt-long-island-city-housing-market/

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GBG ARTS® invita a MONUMENTO NACIONAL de DANIEL BENAIM. Apertura: Domingo, 02.04.2017 –– 11:30 am. ––––– “Más que la catalogación de una estatuaria paradigmática, este provisional archivo de fotografías se propone trazar una lectura polisémica y desconocida de las transformaciones y reconfiguraciones del escenario urbano. Un espacio ciudadano cuya iconografía reciente y arbitraria abre –también–, una serie de especulaciones, atribuciones y suposiciones a partir de nociones que recorren las más insospechadas historias singulares, atravesadas por el relato de la narrativa popular, la ficción, el mito urbano y la leyenda apócrifa.” Fragmento del texto de Ruth Auerbach para la exhibición.#danielbenaim @danielbenaimg (en GALERÍA GBG ARTS)