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RKO Keith’s to rise: FAA approval means 17-story development will fly
RKO Keith’s to rise: FAA approval means 17-story development will fly
Northeast Melissa Chan 5/09/2012 at 1:00PM

While the curtain has long come down on a historic former movie house in Flushing, recent approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has green lighted RKO Keith’s Theatre for Act 2. The proposed 17-story development will be built approximately 7,000 feet from the runway at LaGuardia Airport, which raised concerns in the past as [...]

Flushing Chamber of Commerce set to close
News Steve Mosco 2/08/2012 at 5:00PM

After 80 years of service to the business community, the Flushing Chamber of Commerce and Business Association (FCCBA) announced it would cease all activities and dissolve. The association’s co-president, Myra Baird Herce, said that the decision was a long time coming as many new business organizations in the downtown Flushing area have emerged in recent [...]