The Architect Behind M. Wells Dinette Rethinks PS1’s Cafe as "Pantry of Wonders"
In August 2011, M. Wells, an audacious, Quebecois-inspired diner in Long Island City, New York, bid farewell to the cult following it had amassed in just over a year’s time. Having failed to settle a rent dispute with their landlord, owners Sarah Obraitis and Hugue Dufour, the husband-and-wife duo who gave the eatery its renegade streak (and its foie […]
LIC Startup Wants Its Web App to Become New Visual Social Network
LONG ISLAND CITY — Think of it as a scrapbook, only in an online version. Storybox, a new web application designed by a Long Island City-based start up, allows users to tell a story by using pictures that they can share with friends and then watch them reorder it any way they want. The site […]
JetBlue Airways Breaks Ground on New International Arrivals Terminal at John F …
NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — New York’s Hometown Airline™ JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today breaks ground on the extension to its world class home at John F. Kennedy’s Terminal 5 to pave the way for an international arrivals facility. Set to open in early 2015, the thoughtfully-designed space includes six international arrivals gates – […]
LIC resident pleads to girlfriend’s slay
Photo by Christina Santucci-Inset courtesy NYPD Tigran Tambiev (inset) pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend, Susan Woolf, Dec. 11, 2009. A picture shows police tape around the crime scene. Inset courtesy NYPD By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers A 46-year-old Long Island City man admitted earlier this month to a 2009 murder in which he fatally […]
‘Alienating’ good moms
Andrea Peyser Will the madness ever end? Kelly Rutherford is a celeb who plays socialite Lily van der Woodsen on TV’s “Gossip Girl.’’ But at heart, she’s just a mom. And on Friday, this hurting mother sprinted from the “Gossip’’ set in Long Island City and boarded a plane at JFK — coach class — […]