New York City being mentioned as potential site for 2024 Olympic Games
New York City Controller John Liu is among advocates of New York City again trying to be an Olympic host city. With the Olympic Games that New York lost to London just weeks away, a quiet buzz is building around the potential for another Gotham bid. The U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee […]
Socrates Sculpture Park Transformed Illegal Dump Into Cultural Institution …
DNAinfo.com: By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer LONG ISLAND CITY — When Mark di Suvero, a well-known abstract sculptor, moved his studio to the Hallet’s Cove area more than 25 years ago, the waterfront there was being used as an illegal dumping ground. But for Di Suvero, the industrial wasteland seemed perfect for his large-scale work, […]
Off-duty NYPD officer busted for drunk driving after crashing in Long Island …
Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Images An of-duty NYPD officer was busted in Queens for drunk driving early Sunday. An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested for drunk driving in Queens Sunday. Brayan Terrazas, 26, was busted after crashing into a divider on Jackson Ave. in Long Island City just before 3 a.m., officials said. He was not injured and […]
Hottest Day Yet to Scorch the City
NEW YORK CITY — An excessive heat warning was in effect all day Saturday until 6 p.m., as highs briefly reached near 100 degrees in some areas of the city for the third day in a row. City dwellers skirted the denser areas for breezier climes in parks like Union Square, where shoppers crowded the […]
From Around the City: Graffiti’s days are numbered
When the 7 train surfaces in Long Island City, straphangers are greeted by an oversize likeness of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. on a hulking warehouse covered in graffiti. Soon they are likely to see two shiny apartment towers. Longtime property owner David Wolkoff wants to replace 5Pointz—a five-story, block-long canvas for graffiti artists for […]
Plans to Raze Graffiti Landmark 5Pointz Move Ahead
Plans are moving ahead to demolish the five-story graffiti landmark in Long Island City known as 5Pointz, where artists have been allowed to paint freely for more than a decade. Building owner David Wolkoff said next year he hopes to begin tearing down the 200,000-square-foot warehouse-cum-canvas that is visible from the No. 7 elevated train […]
New York City being mentioned as potential site for 2024 and 2026 Olympic …
Craig Warga/New York Daily News New York City Controller John Liu is among advocates of New York City again trying to be an Olympic host city. With the Olympic Games that New York lost to London just weeks away, a quiet buzz is building around the potential for another Gotham bid. The U.S. Olympic Committee […]