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
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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 [...]
LIC—That fuzzy cam-phone shot at right of a crate filled with rolling pins is not just any crate filled with rolling pins! Those are some of the ornaments that will soon be affixed to the facade of the Breadbox, the ODA-designed bakery that took the place of an old Long Island City auto body shop. We’re getting pumped! Er, pinned! [CurbedWire Staff]
JERSEY CITY—Two things we’re not used to seeing in the same sentence: The Trump name and FHA mortgages. But these are strange times for the Trump Plaza Jersey City (now known as Trump Plaza Residences Jersey City), the 55-story waterfront luxury condo tower—a second planned tower got scraped—that is now moving units thank to the availability of FHA-insured loans and the 3.5% down payments they allow. According to a press release, over half of the building’s 443 units have sold (1BRs start in the mid $400,000s; 2BRs in the mid-$600,000s). Though the Trumps don’t have much to do with the actual building, Ivanka is splashed all over the website. [CurbedWire Inbox]
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 [...]
The path has been long, the StreetEasy message board discussion, heated, but Long Island City’s L Haus has finally hit the 15% sold mark, clearing the way for the offering plan to be declared effective and closings to begin. And indeed, a pair of February sales have hit public record—both one-bedrooms a tad smaller than 700 square feet, which sold for $385k and $395k. The 122-unit Cetra/Ruddy-designed building near the Pulaski Bridge, with bundles of amenities and a funky L-shape that gives it a large landscaped courtyard, is no stranger to dangling carrots in front of buyers, and that’s getting ramped up with units now ready for immediate occupancy.
The L Haus website points out that on contracts signed by March 31, the developer is offering $10,000 towards closing costs, two months of included common charges and, for the next six buyers, a free rooftop cabana. The cabanas sell for around $70,000 and up, so this ain’t chump change. Prices hover around $600/sf (here’s a look inside a $1.4 million duplex), and the incentives-in-lieu-of-PriceChoppage seem to indicate that developer the Stahl Organization, which also owns Apple Bank, isn’t panicking yet.
· L Haus at 11-15 50th Avenue [StreetEasy]
· L Haus [Official Site]
· L Haus coverage [Curbed]
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 [...]
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LONG ISLAND CITY—Two Gotham Center, the 21-story office building that’s been wowing many a 7-train rider zipping through Queens Plaza, has topped out. (That’s a recentish photo above.) Will the rest of Tishman Speyer’s ambitious Gotham Center get built? Baby steps, people. Two Gotham Center will house the city’s Department of Health when completed in early 2011. [CurbedWire Inbox]
HIGH LINE—Friends of the High Line has announced the second project curated by arts group Creative Time that will soon grace the rails. Following up artist Spencer Finch’s colored glass tiles will be Stephen Vitiello’s sound installation in the High Line’s 14th Street Passage entitled A Bell For Every Minute. What is it? Bells! Want to know more than that? Click here. Debuts in June. [FHL]
LOWER EAST SIDE—Noticed that the New Museum’s scrolling sign that usually blasts the slogan “New Art, New Ideas” to the Bowery suddenly says things like, “A lot of professionals are crackpots” and, “A sincere effort is all you can ask?” That’s the work of artist Jenny Holzer, whose LED sign magic also graces the lobby of 7 WTC. It’s part of the museum’s new Skin Fruit exhibition curated by Jeff Koons. [CurbedWire Inbox]
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 [...]