Trial over 5Pointz graffiti whitewashing begins – Curbed NY
Tuesday marked the beginning of a trial that’s been brewing since at least November 2013, when developers Jerry and David Wolkoff swiftly and without warning whitewashed the walls of 5Pointz, Long Island City’s beloved and erstwhile graffiti institution. Wolkoff has owned the property bound by the rail yard and Jackson Avenue, and Crane and Davis […]
After four years, TF Cornerstone files plans for 1,200-unit building at …
Updated rendering of parcel c for Hunters Point South, courtesy of ODA Architecture TF Cornerstone on Thursday filed its first permits for a 1,200-unit apartment building as the second phase of the city’s Hunters Point South redevelopment, a project that first began in 2013. The plan for the waterfront neighborhood in Long Island City, Queens […]
5pointz graffiti trial: New York artists sue real estate developer …
Graffiti’s transformation from a kind of vandalism to a high art form is almost complete. In the last half century, street art has evolved from a stain on neighborhoods to a tourist draw and the toast of museums and galleries, embraced in pop and high culture. As its market value rises, the controversial art form […]
Stribling & Associates Releases Third Quarter 2017 Long Island City Sales Report
NEW YORK, Oct.19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Stribling Associates, a leading New York residential brokerage, today releases the third quarter Long Island City Market Report. The report focuses on the Northwest Queens neighborhoods of Astoria, Hunters Point, and Sunnyside. A strong showing for new development condos continued to push sale prices in the third quarter, with the […]
Whitewashing of 5Pointz Cost Me Cash, Graffiti Artist Testifies at …
Tourists at graffiti arts center 5 Pointz in Long Island City before it was painted over. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A graffiti artist from the former Long Island City street art mecca 5Pointz testified in federal court Wednesday said he could have earned tens of thousands of dollars for a piece he painted at the […]
Large 8-acre site along Long Island City waterfront goes on sale
A 326,000-square-foot site that sits along the Newtown Creek in Long Island City is currently on sale. The site, at 55-01 Second St., currently houses City Harvest‘s food rescue facility and New Sensor, a guitar part manufacturer. According to the New York Post, the family owned site could go on sale for as much as $480 […]
Long Island City and Amazon: A match made in tech heaven – NY …
Fifty-three years ago, New York City played host to the world as it showcased American culture and technology on the grounds of the World’s Fair to over 51 million visitors in Queens. The 1964 World’s Fair was conceived with futurism in mind, featuring Jetsons-like Googie architecture on a sprawling, leafy campus. Today, as cities across […]