Long Island City waterfront parks will host concerts, dance classes, exotic animal shows and more
Long Island City is celebrating the summer with more than a dozen music and dance performances and classes, an arts and crafts session, exotic animal shows and more. Gantry Plaza State Park and Hunters Point South Park will be more than just waterfront parks with a nice view, as several neighborhood organizations have curated 18 events […]
More towers to rise in Long Island City
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. At the LIC Partnership’s annual LIC Summit last month, one of the more interesting panel discussions was entitled “The Next Wave of Development in LIC” and it included representatives of developer Tishman Speyer, the New York City Economic […]
City Council officially landmarks Long Island City Pepsi-Cola sign
Photo: Katrina Samuelson The Pepsi-Cola sign was built over the soda company’s LIC bottling plant, and remained after the factory was torn down. The New York City Council has officially landmarked the neon Pepsi-Cola sign that adorns the Long Island City waterfront. City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, whose district in Queens encompasses the […]