10 Surprising Facts About NYCHA, New York’s ‘Shadow City’
In this week’s New York magazine, Mark Jacobson takes on a doozy of a task: examining the city’s public housing projects and why they are what they are today, “a shadow city within the city.” NYCHA, or Nychaland to Jacobson, is the last system of giant housing projects in the country. Once touted as modern […]
Long Island City Lunchtime Dance Party Goes Bulgarian
LONG ISLAND CITY — Summer may be ending, but that doesn’t mean the party’s over. Lunch Beat LIC — the lunchtime dance fest that gives office workers the chance to bust a move during their midday break — is returning to Long Island City with a new spot and a new DJ. Bulgarian-born Joro-Boro will […]
LICNYC supports the Sugary Drink Ban –> NYT ‘Soda Ban Explained’
‘Soda Ban Explained’ – NYTimes.com.
Pudding on the Ritz: Local business owners bet old school dessert will be next …
Stephen Barcelo For New York Daily News David Smith, Christopher DeMark and Lonnie Fortuna, the co-founders of New York Natural Pudding Co. It’s smooth and creamy – and attracting New York-area businesses eager to turn a tasty profit. Greek yogurt? Superpremium ice cream? No, try pudding. A small, but growing number of local entrepreneurs are […]
Van Bramer distributes $638K to district’s nonprofits
Photo courtesy Jimmy Van Bramer Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer throws the first pitch for the Long Island City YMCA’s Youth Basketball League. The councilman gave $50,714 to the YMCA of Greater New York for its sport programs through his discretionary funding. Photo courtesy Van Bramer By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer […]
LICs proud architectural legacy
Not. Check out this beauty just north of Queens Plaza. Not the tower going up. The combo auto repair shop and vinyl Victorian. Yikes. Recalls the Ghosbusters house in midtown from the cartoon series. Remember it?
John Lane of Monroe, age 80
POMPTON LAKES – Services were held for John C. Lane, 80, of Monroe, formerly of this borough, who died on Friday, August 31, 2012. Born in Long Island City, New York, the son of John F. and Edith (Tienken) Lane, he lived in Pompton Lakes, moving to Monroe 10 years ago. An Air Force veteran […]
NEW YORK CITY BALLET
NEW YORK CITY BALLET The season opens with a celebration of a partnership that transformed dance—the collaboration of Balanchine and Stravinsky. On opening night, Sept. 18, the company performs three pieces that display the two artists’ unity of vision: “Apollo” (1928), “Orpheus” (1948), and “Agon” (1957). “Apollo,” originally made for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, is a […]