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15 Queens restaurants, multiple in Astoria/LIC, Elmhurst, awarded 2018 Michelin Bib Gourmand
New York City Restaurants Celebrated for Great Food, Good Value in 2018 MICHELIN Guide (PRNewsfoto/Michelin) Oct. 24, by Nathaly Pesantez Michelin has released its picks for the 2018 Bib Gourmand award, a recognition designated to 127 restaurants this year where diners can eat quality food for a good value. The restaurants, revealed on Oct. 23, […]
Second phase of Hunters Point South project in Long Island City will rise even higher after redesign
Hunters Point South in Long Island City, the largest affordable housing unit to be built in New York City since the 1970s, will get a major redesign. The second phase of construction, which will include almost 1,200 units, was originally spread out into two towers and another building perched in between. But a rail tunnel […]
Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law …
For two decades, Jerry Wolkoff let graffiti artists use his crumbling Queens warehouse complex as a canvas for their vibrant works. Artists gave the spot the name “5Pointz” — a place where all five New York City boroughs come together — but painters traveled from as far as Japan and Brazil to tag, bomb and […]
Born in Sandy-flood hospital, kids ‘stronger than the storm’ – Merced Sun
Their lives began with one of the most dramatic stories of Superstorm Sandy: the evacuation of 32 newborn babies from a major New York City hospital that got flooded and lost power. Hospital staffers tended to laboring women in the dark and carried mothers and tiny infants — 21 of them in intensive care — […]
After four years, TF Cornerstone files plans for 1200-unit building at Hunters Point South
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 […]
A judge is poised to decide whether graffiti can be protected by law
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 […]
Long Island City and Amazon: A match made in tech heaven
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 […]
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 […]
Whitewashing of 5Pointz Cost Me Cash, Graffiti Artist Testifies at Trial
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 […]
5Pointz development goes on trial
The Long Island City building 5Pointz, which became a graffiti mecca before being torn down to make way for residential towers, is the subject of a lawsuit over protected public art. A group of more than 20 artists are suing developer Jerry Wolkoff under a relatively obscure federal law called the Visual Artists Rights Act, […]
Long Island City tenants displaced by fire since January demand action
Google Tenants of this Long Island City apartment building are suing their landlord claiming they haven’t been allowed back in the building since a fire in January. By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. Residents of a Long Island City apartment building are fighting to […]
Football Game Preview: Grady vs. Long Island City
Long Island City and Grady go head to head this Saturday at 11:00 AM. Long Island City is currently on a four-game winning streak and looking to extend its dominance. Long Island City took its contest against Automotive last week by a conclusive 48 – 22 score. The game was pretty much decided by the […]
NYC’s Amazon HQ2 bid names Midtown West, Long Island City as possible sites
It’s official: the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced that the city has submitted a bid for Amazon’s HQ2, naming four different neighborhoods as having the potential to accommodate the Seattle tech megacompany’s second North American headquarters. The release coincided with NYC landmarks, including the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center, being […]
Trial over 5Pointz graffiti whitewashing begins
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 […]