Comments on: JOSH BAILEY FINDS A HOMEDevelopment program has a first-round advocate

By: Isle be Damned

Isle be Damned — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:41:40 +0000

I’m really starting to like Bailey. He’s still probably not 100% ready for this league, but he has been making excellent strides all year long.

Maybe we should give Snow & Jankowski some more credit, as their moves at last years draft are looking phenomenal all the way around.

By: isles316

isles316 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:51:02 +0000

Bailey really sees the ice well. I thought on the first assist he had last night that he was shooting all the way. It’s good to see that.

By: PreOriginal

PreOriginal — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:42:49 +0000

Mike Francessa and the Chris “Mad Dog” Russo were a sports radio duo on WFAN (the Mets flagship radio station that produces sports-talk migraines) and on YES TV (the Yankees propaganda network). Mad Dog (Chris Russo) left the duo last year to solo on satellite radio. They ran a very aggressive show and tended to avoid hockey.

By: PreOriginal

PreOriginal — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:38:13 +0000

Josh of the Blue and Orange uni is a Yankees fan? Jeez—front runner. Next thing you know he’ll be wearing a Dallas Cowboys cap. Well, no one’s perfect…

By: Nick Classic

Nick Classic — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:17:30 +0000

I’m with JayK on this one – the area is not nearly as built up as some people would like to believe. Complaining about traffic is a major cop-out because, first of all, it’s a fact of life for most areas around Long Island. Second of all, the traffic is not really that bad past 6PM on most nights (I went to school right down the road from grades 6-12 in the recent past, and I go through there on a regular basis now, so I have extensive first-hand experience). Now, in addition, a project like this would give us access to federal transportation dollars in order to actually provide a reliable mass transit option. Simply saying there’s a need for a “community center” ignores the real need in the community for the services the Lighthouse will provide, and it also, once again, ignores the fact that Nassau County looked at all the facts and approved this project as the best one for the area.

By: MiKe

MiKe — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:07:38 +0000

Oh come on. He didnt have access to a COMPUTER?! How could this young RICH kid know NOTHING about Long Island??? Sounds a bit goofy to me.

By: Dally Mac

Dally Mac — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:57:02 +0000

What the hell is a Mike and a Mad Dog?….I live in Nova Scotia. I hope they don’t slip back a bit, but the probably will, look at Sam Gagner in Edmonton this year. On the other hand Kane in Chicago is playing well, but he was a #1 pick. Again what’s with the Mad Dog thing, is it a TV show or something?

By: Aim

Aim — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:46:42 +0000

CGS #34 I actually know Julie Arbour too. As far as the house goes I cant post the address here but the house number was 12 and the street name started with D if that helps you. I saw Julie last year at the 1980 reunion she is married with a family and living in New Jersey. As for Al and Claire who by the way is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. They sold the house and retired to Long Boat Key Florida.

By: Dank516

Dank516 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:30:23 +0000

What are your thoughts about Komiserek and Nystrom playing in an islanders uniform soon if ever?

By: 19 ISLE in NJ 22

19 ISLE in NJ 22 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:26:31 +0000

Now that we are back on the Light House … I have a Question… Is there going to be a large venue theater / movie theater at the LH?

The question was asked to me last night at the rink by a Ranger fan actually. He thinks the Light House Project would be a brilliant idea … he said as an entertainment center it should have a theater where live shows and small concerts could be performed .. and on other days have it convert to a large screen movie theater as in the classic days of film. He said it would be great for Blockbuster releases … not a bad idea for a Ranger fan … I’m wondering if something like that is part of the plan myself now.

By: mLem

mLem — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:07:02 +0000

It’s a great start really…

Bailey has verbally said he likes it on Long Island
DP must have seen something(maybe $) when he signed on for 15 years

I would be interested to see what KO and Comeau think, as well as some of the young defensive err talent? we have in the lineup i.e. Campoli and uh…

Hopefully Travheduch will like it here too as well as Komiserak having some good memories and you’ve got the beginnings of a solid core

By: D-Money

D-Money — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:53:36 +0000

Also, just food for thought as I am trying to waste the rest of my Friday:

Lakewood, Colorado did something similar to the Light House in the last 10 years, transforming their closed mall into a mixed use development that they billed as “Lakewood’s Downtown.” They have lots of retail/restaurant space, limited commercial space, but also lots of high-density residential development.

Unfortunately I think that model is failing Bel Mar for a couple of main reasons, which may or may not apply to the Coliseum site (again pardon my ignorance of the area): 1) there is not a lot of business around Bel Mar, and because they provided very little commercial space, people from the area spend the majority of their days (and their money) elsewhere, leaving the retail ops a few hours each night to turn a profit; and 2) there is no population base right now to fill the residential development, furhter minimizing the potential for the retail ops to make money.

Although I don’t think there is a population base issue on Long Island, I kinda think what Wang/Rechler are trying to avoid similar pitfalls. Hence the need to make it a destination not just for shopping and gathering, but for living, working, visiting/tourism, and – most important to Isles fans – taking in a sporting event. Essentially, they are creating a (hopefully) economically self-sustaining environment that does not rely on evening or weekend visitors alone.

So, as people start to say that the Light House needs to be scaled back, you have to look at the project holistically and ask what do put there and will it be economically self-sustaining?