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Our last nod to winter. Ciao! – PS1 MoMA, LIC (via b.green/liQ Flickr pool)
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PS1 entrance plan draws CB2 anger [Your Nabe]
The return of the No. 7 train [Gothamist]
More on the 7-train resurrection [Daily News]
More tales of LIC’s blank billboards (& dead drive-in screen?) [Restless]
Out of town paper says LIC “doesn’t have a unique [...]
Flux Factory’s ‘Housebroken’ exhibition, 39-31 29th St, Long Island City
Despite the many changes our little-nabe-that-could is constantly undergoing, Long Island City’s arts community still finds a way to endure – always seeming to discover new ways to express itself. Last week’s Armory Fest did much to drive this point home, especially on a Long Island [...]
No. 7 train will grace these tracks again this weekend, LIC
We have never used the word ‘woohoo’ in a title, but in this case, it probably doesn’t even do the news justice. It seems that our friends over at the MTA (yes, now they’re our friends) have finished the 7 train repairs [...]
Looking out from Queensboro Plaza platform, Long Island City
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The many guises of PS 1 over the years [PS 1]
Signs of Spring appearing in LIC’s Murray Playground [LICNYC]
Pulaski Bridge and Jackson Ave real estate update [LICNYC]
The scoop on Cranky’s Cafe [Foodista]
Testaccio review: modern Italian with a hint of nostalgia [Foodista]
LIC Boathouse fundraiser @ The Foundry this [...]
Vernon Blvd near 9th St, LIC
Last month, LICBDC held a Queens Agency Breakfast in LIC featuring Maura McCarthy, the Dept. of Transportation’s commissioner for Queens; Paul D’Amore, the Dept. of Parks & Recreation’s deputy chief of operations for Queens; and Lt. Philip Aversano of the 108th Precinct.
In a neighborhood like Long Island City, conversation [...]
Second Sundays screening & talk this week at Noguchi Museum, LIC
Wednesday 3/10
Now Playing at Chocolate Factory: Walter Dundervill’s Dear Emissary,…, “the fictional memoir of a pretend time traveler recording history as he sees it (i.e. fleetingly through the lens of his nebulous memory)” running from March 10th-13th @ 8pm. 5-49 49th Ave, LIC, 718.482.7069
Thursday [...]
Excuse the upcoming explicative. Holy Shit. It appears this morning, a man was touring the Avalon Riverview North luxury rental building and apparently ran for the 25th story window and jumped out. As in suicide. There are a few stories circulating about the specifics, but it does appear to be confirmed [...]
The mailbox speaks the truth, 21st St, Long Island City
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Skinny’s Cantina coming to LIC from the SHI brothers [Crain's]
Outcry over high price of new CUNY Law home in LIC [Crain's]
Man in Black to be honored @ LIC Johnny Cash Fest this wkend [Queens Tribune]
Great little collection of LIC textural photography [Nany Nany]
News & notes from [...]
Two Gotham Center shot from Queensboro Plaza platform, Long Island City
Tishman Speyer’s mixed-use Queens Plaza giant, the Class A office tower Two Gotham Center, was officially topped off in Long Island City last week at 21 stories. They’re looking forward to a ribbon-cutting in early 2011, but although that’s still some ways off, this is [...]
Lolly’s Early Learning Center now enrolling, 47th Ave, LIC – Photo
It’s the beginning of a new month, and that means it’s once again time for liQcity’s monthly Sponsor Specials post. Meet our sponsors and check out their specials for the month of March. Thank you all for your support!
Sponsor info after the jump »
Lolly’s [...]
Silvercup Studios hosts ‘Made in NY’ production training program, LIC
“Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting Commissioner Katherine Oliver, and “Law & Order” actor Anthony Anderson today launched the “Made in NY” Production Crafts Training Program to help women, minority and struggling New Yorkers prepare [...]
Interior of Breadbox Café on 11th St, Hunters Point, Long Island City
New LIC Biz Updates
Breadbox Café has been open on 11th St between 47th Rd & 47th Ave for several weeks now, looking more homey, furnished, and stocked up with bagels, sandwiches, salads, soups, treats, and more. And yes, the rolling pins on the facade [...]
Things looking up for the L Haus Condos? Hunters Point, Long Island City
Baby Steps folks. The L Haus Condos have cleared the 15% sold mark, now marking the time for official sales closings. Curbed has the scoop:
“[... ] a pair of February sales have hit public record—both one-bedrooms a tad smaller than 700 [...]
Neon signs handcrafted in LIC’s Krypton Neon shop – Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
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PS 1 censors controversial performance art [Gothamist]
LIC 7 train Town Hall yields MTA promises [Queens Chronicle]
More on LICers grilling MTA @ Town Hall [Queens Gazette]
LIC Art Center’s Caffeina: where’s the coffee? [LICNYC]
Poll: Help make LIC’s Little Closets better [Little Closets]
Historical anecdote about LIC’s Irish [...]
Enjoy P.S. 1 & LIC’s other galleries & events during Armory Fest this week
Wednesday 3/3
It’s that time again.. Armory Arts Week is upon us, and LIC is participating heavily as usual. Starting Wed March 3rd through the 7th. Check the listing of events on the website featuring special exhibitions, open studios, and many of LIC’s [...]
7-train, Queensboro Plaza, LIC
In a bizarre twist of news from the MTA, apparently you can thank the snowstorm for something:
[Via CB2] “This is to advise you that all service diversions scheduled to take place on the 7 line in support of track and tunnel work in the Long Island City area on the February [...]
‘Not Another Long Night’ from The Space’s Museum of Fake Art, LIC
Last year had Vanessa Beecroft and Kanye rumors. This year has special tours, multi-venue exhibitions, a silent & live auction, and the spankin’ new debut of the LIC Art Shuttle. Yes, friends, it’s that time again: Armory Arts Week is upon us, and Long [...]
Graffiti springtime breaking up through the snow, Vernon Blvd, LIC
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Should MTA pay to muffle fans so condo dwellers can sleep? [Gothamist]
Queensboro Bridge, Roosevelt Island & other views [Newtown Pentacle]
Gallery spotlight on LIC’s PS 1 MoMA [Alarm]
Op-Ed: tell legislature to protect Queens environment [Queens Courier]
PR: Gotham Center topped off in Queens Plaza [PRWeb]
Graffiti springtime breaking up [...]
LIC exhaust fans from above – Photo
LIC’s recent Town Hall stirred up everyone in attendance over the 7 train shutdowns, but that wasn’t the only MTA-related issue under fire. The noise of the exhaust fans parked on 50th Ave between 2nd & 5th St – which seem to be right up there with the LIRR [...]
The classic neighborhood mish-mash of old and new, Long Island City
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LIC once had its own Madison Square Garden?! [Bowery Boys]
Johnny Cash Festival coming to Secret Theatre in March [LICNYC]
Nice bird’s eye view of LIC/Dutch Kills at night [Flickr]
Own This City slideshow of Flux Factory’s newest installations [Time Out]
‘Wonderful display of local designers’ @ Queens Fashion [...]
River paddling with LICCB – Photo
The all-volunteer nonprofit organization LIC Community Boathouse is looking forward to another season of bringing unforgettable urban paddling experiences to thousands of adults and children, including their free summer paddles from Hallets Cove near Socrates Sculpture Park.
To assist their efforts, LICCB is having a Spring Launch Fundraising Party on March [...]
‘In My Free Time I Self-Destruct’ opens at Secret Theatre this week, LIC
Wednesday 2/24
Now Playing @ Secret Theatre’s Big Secret: alternating operatic programs of ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ & ‘Serse’ running this week, February 24th-28th, presented by Pocket Opera of NY. Note: ‘Cosi’ is on Feb 24th & 26th @ 8pm & Feb 28th @ 4pm; [...]
Candy-striped Big Allis smokestacks, LIC – Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
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No free shuttle but maybe fewer 7 train shutdowns, sez MTA [Daily News]
Residents fuming over No. 7 outages, more work to come [amNY]
Christine Quinn focuses on ‘jobs she helped destroy’ [Queens Crap]
Madera Cuban Grill opening soon on Vernon [Nany Nany]
Pix & write-up from Queens Fashion Week [Queens [...]
Iced up River East Condos lot earlier this winter, 44-02 Vernon Blvd, LIC
Long Island City real estate development rumors flaring up again. The latest off the press is the huge expected sale of a $32.5M note on the now gaping, flooded, and (as of this winter) frozen construction site at 44-02 Vernon Blvd in LIC. [...]
Apparently things got pretty heated last night during the 7 train Town Hall at LIC’s Manducatis Rustica. In a packed house, MTA reps came face to face with locals – all frustrated, some straight-up irate – who sounded off on the 7 train but also on the infernal noise of the MTA exhaust fan. According [...]