Queens graffiti mecca faces demolition
Back in late January, Inhabitat.com reported that 5 Pointz, the graffiti mecca in Long Island City, may be facing demolition by as soon as next year. Until now, owner Jerry Wolkoff had allowed the massive studio building to be used as a canvas by some of the best and most iconic artists of the genre. […]
Queens graffiti mecca faces demolition
Back in late January, Inhabitat.com reported that 5 Pointz, the graffiti mecca in Long Island City, may be facing demolition by as soon as next year. Until now, owner Jerry Wolkoff had allowed the massive studio building to be used as a canvas by some of the best and most iconic artists of the genre. […]
How Queens is becoming king
How Queens is becoming king Photo credit: Stretches of 30th Avenue in Astoria are becoming a mecca for the area. (Agaton Strom) For years, Queens was usually identified by the cast of TV characters coming from there-Archie Bunker, George Costanza’s screeching parents and Fran Drescher, the nasal-challenged nanny. But recently, the talk centers around who’s […]
How Queens is becoming king
How Queens is becoming king Photo credit: Stretches of 30th Avenue in Astoria are becoming a mecca for the area. (Agaton Strom) For years, Queens was usually identified by the cast of TV characters coming from there-Archie Bunker, George Costanza’s screeching parents and Fran Drescher, the nasal-challenged nanny. But recently, the talk centers around who’s […]
Huguenot Sighting
As M Wells prepares their return, in the form of the PS1 cafeteria, the Hugue sightings are accelerating. Smorgasburg… And PS1 tonight in the shadow of a very major cultural evening. Serving poutine all up in this piece.
The international art scene is in LIC right this minute
Oh yeah and Martha Wainwright is playing an amazing show, in a dome, over the technical backdrop of Kraftwerk.
Queens Midtown Tunnel Opens East 37th Street Entrance
Queens-Midtown Tunnel Manhattan approach tunnel tube will be closed over the weekend from July 8 – July 11, 2011. (ehavir / Flickr) MANHATTAN — The East 37th Street entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel reopened on Wednesday. Cars can now access the tunnel through that entrance on weekdays between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m., MTA officials […]
Shop Owners Sue City, Motorists In Bridge Exit Crashes
Two Long Island City shop owners have filed a $1 million lawsuit against the city, two construction firms and the drivers of three speeding cars that slammed into their storefronts early last year. Scott Agulnick, attorney for the owners of Espinal’s Caribbean Restaurant II and Villa De Beaute Hair Salon, filed the lawsuit in Queens […]
The Cranberries, Feist and The Beach Boys Play New York
SEE MORE PHOTOS By Daniel Jumpertz Special to DNAinfo Wednesday, May 2 Celebrating the opening of the Frieze New York art exhibition, Martha Wainwright performs a full concert in the MoMA PS1 Performance Dome amidst the Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 installation. The set includes her Edith Piaf renditions, […]
Archives At Queens Library Celebrate Centennial
(L. To r.): Customer Service Specialist Harry Bailey, Charles Young, manager from 1985 to 1998 of the then Long Island Division, Digital Assets Manager John Hyslop, Vice President Queens Historical Society James Driscoll, Judith Todman, manager since 1998 of the Archives at Queens Library; Ian Lewis, librarian and Eric Huber, photo archivist, celebrated the 100th […]
Seven Queens high schools to close: staff says turnaround shows ‘no democracy’
Seven high schools in Queens — and 17 more throughout the city — had their fates sealed after the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) voted to close the schools on April 26. Under the Turnaround plan, the schools — August Martin, Bryant, Flushing, John Adams, Long Island City (L.I.C), Newtown and Richmond Hill — will […]
Local Restaurants Duke It Out For Top Spot in ‘Queens Taste’
Pop Diner and Uncle Peter’s are competing for top honors in “Queens Taste 2012.” (Queens Economic Development Corporation) JACKSON HEIGHTS — Local favorites Pop Diner and Uncle Peter’s will duke it out for borough bragging rights at Tuesday night’s “Queens Taste 2012.” The annual event brings restaurateurs from across the borough to Citi Field’s Caesar […]
The Bridge and Shuttle Crowd: 6 Ways to Get to Randall’s Island for Frieze New …
This week the art world jet set and many, many New Yorkers will visit a strange island for the first time in their lives to attend the inaugural Frieze New York art fair. Located at the juncture where the Harlem River and Long Island Sound meet to form the tidal strait known as the East River, Randall’s […]