Streaming Live TV on Mobile Devices, Challenging the Networks
Until now, if you wanted to catch, say, NBC’s “The Voice,” live, you’d have to find your way to a television set with a cable subscription or a digital antenna. Enter Aereo, a Long Island City-based startup that counts media executive Barry Diller as one of its major backers. Founder and CEO Chet Kanojia worked […]
Take a daytrip to Long Island City
This spring, spend a day in Long Island City, a neighborhood as rich in history as it is in great brunch spots. A historic hub Before the LIRR connected to Penn Station, LIC was the end of the line. Commuters awaiting ferries to Manhattan met at Tony Miller’s Hotel on Borden Avenue (now the fabulously […]
RAMOS v. RODRIGUEZ
Defendants made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law as to plaintiff Ramos’s claims of “permanent consequential limitation of use” and “significant limitation of use” of her right knee and cervical spine, and plaintiff Benvenutty’s similar claims of serious injury to his lumbar spine. Defendants submitted expert […]
JetBlue Sign Approved
Proposed 27-01 Queens Plaza North signage. Photo for illustrative purpose only. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall last month gave a thumbs up to a plan by officials at JetBlue Airways who want the company logo to soar over the Long Island City landscape. JetBlue officials, in partnership with the Department of City Planning (DCP), proposed […]
Communists, Crime, Lost History And The Hydrogen Bomb
The first nuclear weapons were gravity bombs, such as this “Fat Man” weapon dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. They were very large and could only be delivered by heavy bomber aircraft. Photos public domain Get into a conversation with a long time Queens resident and you’re likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star-Journal, […]
Discover Free Art Galleries And Museums In Queens
The Noguchi Museum offers a trip through the mind of its founder, Isamu Noguchi. The soul of Long Island City exudes a cluster of art galleries. This collection includes the Fisher Landau Center for Art, MOMA P.S.1, the Sculpture Center, Museum of the Moving Image, the Isamu Noguchi Museum and, last but not least, the […]
FedEx Packing For Move To LIC
Officials at the FedEx plant in Maspeth are making preparations for one large shipment. The international shipping giant is planning to shut down its Maspeth Ground distribution center and move it to a new, 14,000-square-foot facility on Borden Avenue in Long Island City. Construction of the new plant will cost an estimated $56 million, including […]
Hearings Scheduled For Queens High Schools Facing Closing
After a relatively quiet March 1 meeting, the Panel for Educational Policy has taken steps toward closing 33 schools at the end of the school year, including William Cullen Bryant and Long Island City High Schools. A final vote is scheduled at the April 26 PEP meeting. Public hearings for the eight high schools in […]
LICP Hears Details Of Roosevelt Island Science Campus
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel. On March 7, the Long Island City Partnership welcomed Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel to its business breakfast. In the Queensboro Room of the MetLife Building on Queens Plaza North, Steel told a large audience about the Cornell University graduate science campus that is […]
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The return of the Artist Formerly Known As M Wells
It is official: the food artists of M Wells will be taking up residence at PS 1 MoMA some day very soon. It’s a coup for LIC – now a later-afternoon activity hub at the very cool and very central PS 1 area to add some more steam to Court Square. A very livable and […]