NYTimes: Jimmy Van Bramer Is City Council’s Arts Champion
Van Bramer at the announcement of a new arts district in Astoria New York Times He played drums as a teenager for the St. Joseph’s Brigade, a Catholic fife, drum and bugle corps. He fondly recalls singing along to his mother’s 45s while he and his seven siblings cleaned their childhood home in Astoria, Queens. […]
LIC Garden Group Vying for Grant to Expand Composting Program
Smiling Hogshead Ranch is an urban farm in Long Island City, built on a plot of unused land owned by the MTA. View Full Caption Courtesy Gil Lopez ASTORIA — A community garden in Long Island City is looking to score some funding to help its programs grow. Smiling Hogshead Ranch, a nonprofit urban farm […]
John Tesh Dishes to Donna Drake on Long Island
The music entertainer tells Drake, a Huntington Station resident, all about growing up in Garden City. When media personality Donna Drake recently interviewed John Tesh, the entertainer, TV and radio host spoke about his upbringing in Garden City, and his affection for Long Island. “I went to Garden City High School,” Tesh told Drake, who resides in […]
New condo to go up near MoMA PS1
Rendering (11-51 47th) April 7, By Christian Murray The development of Hunters Point continues, with reports that a new condo building is going up adjacent to MoMA PS1, at 11-51 47th Avenue. The property, based on its rendering, will be a 54-unit condo, according to New York YIMBY. The development will be 70,000 square feet and […]
The Long Island City Flea Returns for 2014
The LIC Flea (5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101) returned for another year on April and 5, “curated with the diversity and spirit of Queens in mind.” Photographer Bradley Hawks went went on an empty stomach and brings back these images of the new vendors, artists and designers, the delicious vegan fried chicken, […]