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Aug 11 2010

Long Island City catching up with Wednesday afternoon linkage

A new way of incorporating pineapple into architecture, LIC –photo

Hello liQcity readers – August posting will be light. Even we have to go on vacation sometimes, especially when it’s 100 degrees. Or so. We’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to send us your local events, especially if they are free and open to the LIC public. We need all the details by the Friday before the week of the event in order to post it. Cheers.

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Aug 3 2010

Long Island City weekly event roundup; August 3rd – 8th

Chillin at QCA’s ‘Live at the Gantries’ Summer Music Festival 2010, LIC

Tuesday 8/3

  • Live at the Gantries, LIC’s only outdoor summer music festival sponsored by the QCA, continues on Tuesday, Aug 3rd with the St. Paul AME Church Mass Choir, “Powerful Gospel Music”. 7pm at the Gantry State Park, LIC waterfront. 50th Ave & the East River

Wednesday 8/4

  • The LIC Greenmarket happens every Wednesday now, starting July 7, from 8am-6pm. 48th Ave & Vernon Blvd, Hunters Point, LIC

  • Socrates Sculpture Park’s Outdoor International Film Series 2010 runs Wednesday evenings in July & August. Pre-screening performances begin at 7pm, films begin at sunset. Food provided by local international restaurants. Free admission. 32-01 Vernon Blvd, LIC

  • Shi Restaurant hosts karaoke on Wednesday nights. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 347.242.2450

Thursday 8/5 »

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Aug 3 2010

Long Island City Tuesday slightly sunny afternoon linkage

Still life in Long Island City. — photo by Newtown Pentacle

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Jul 26 2010

LIC’s Hunters Point library site in lawsuit over remediation costs

From Crains:

Plans for a 20,000-square-foot library in Long Island City, Queens, along the East River, are moving ahead in a timely fashion, despite a possible lawsuit involving who should pay for the clean-up of the site.

The state’s Queens West Development Corp. said it plans to sue Honeywell International to pay for the $5 million to $10 million clean-up of toxic waste on the three-quarter acre plot at Center Boulevard between 48th Avenue and 47th Drive. The state claims that a Honeywell predecessor firm used the site to make and store roofing materials, and says it will sue because yearlong negotiations with the company have broken down »

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Jul 24 2010

Long Island City weekend update; Queens Plaza moving into the future

Queens Plaza in the beginning stages of a complete makeover, Long Island City.

LIC links

Weekend Event Update

  • Ten10 Studios is still hosting the opening party of its fifth exhibition of the summer, “Excerpts” by Daniel Acker, continuing though tonight (Saturday) from 6-10:10pm. The studio is open to the street, and right next to the Yoga Room at Vernon Blvd. liQcity rates 5 stars for great vibe. Check out photos from their space. 1010 47th Rd, LIC, 646.271.5353
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Jul 22 2010

Long Island City weekly event roundup: July 22nd – 25th

Ten10 Studios host opening party tonight for ‘Excerpts’, Long Island City

Thursday 7/22

  • Ten10 Studios hosts the opening of its fifth exhibition of the summer, “Excerpts” by Daniel Acker, tonight from 6-10:10pm. The show will highlight Acker’s personal photographs made locally and abroad during the past decade. 1010 47th Rd, LIC, 646.271.5353

  • Court Square Wine & Spirits hosts FREE wine tasting events every Thursday & Friday of the week from 4:30-7:00pm. 2420 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.707.9911

Friday 7/23 »

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Jul 21 2010

Summer opportunities & grants for Long Island City artists & arts groups

Welcome to the Local Project, Gallery & Studio in 5pointz building, LIC

Long Island City has for a long time now been known for hosting NYC’s largest artist colony outside of Manhattan (where is it now, Chelsea?). We haven’t heard much about LIC’s artist community in a while, since the Crane Street Studios closed due to a tragic accident, and a beloved local artist was brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend, but finally it’s some good news! The government would like to give you guys some money to make art in LIC. Ok local artists, pay attention »

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Jul 19 2010

Long Island City producing cupcakes & girl power; M.Wells open for lunch

Long Island City’s Gantry Park part of ‘Play Me I’m Yours NYC’ exhibit. –photo

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Jul 15 2010

Long Island City morning linkage; Queens Drinks at LIC Boathouse

Long Island City Community Boathouse 2010, Anable Basin, LIC waterfront

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Jul 14 2010

Long Island City weekly event round-up; July 14th – 18th

Hunters Point Greenmarket, Long Island City –photo:Jesse Winter

Wednesday 7/14

  • The LIC Greenmarket happens every Wednesday now, starting July 7, from 8am-7pm (!). 48th Ave & Vernon Blvd, Hunters Point, LIC

  • Socrates Sculpture Park’s Outdoor International Film Series 2010 runs Wednesday evenings in July & August. Pre-screening performances begin at 7pm, films begin at sunset. Food provided by local international restaurants. Free admission. 32-01 Vernon Blvd, LIC

Thursday 7/15 »

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Jul 13 2010

LIC’s new M. Wells Diner razzles & dazzles with neo-Quebecois fare

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Breakfast at the M. Wells Diner. Long Island City — photo:Jesse Winter

Ok Long Island City, you’re going to love this place. There’s been many a request by liQcity commenters for more independently operated specialty restaurants, hold the fusion please. Well, it’s fusion, but not anything anyone in LIC could have even known to ask for. Quebecois food is here! How do you say woohoo! in French-Canadian? »

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Jul 12 2010

Long Island City summer heatwave continues Monday morning linkage

Long Island City’s classic architectural mish-mosh.

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Jul 9 2010

Your salad may have been grown in Long Island City.

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Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm, Long Island City –photo:Jesse Winter

Standard Motors has a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O… Long Island City celebrated the success of its first rooftop farm this week, with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by local press & politicians. The farmers, Brooklyn Grange, jumped through many hoops to sow their rooftop farm and are starting to see the fruits of their labor. Luckily, so are we.

The one-acre farm on the roof of the Standard Motors building on Northern Blvd is impressive to say the least. Growing speciality vegetables, the farm is already selling to prominent restaurants in the city, as well as their own market in the SM lobby, and can barely keep up with their abundant bounty. So far they’re growing: kale, spinach, rainbow swiss chard, basil, thai basil, mint, cilantro, mustard mix, green salad mix, mizuna, merlot lettuce heads, crispino lettuce heads, bok choy, komatsuna, Italian dandelion and coming soon, cucumbers and puntarelle.

By popular demand »

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Jul 7 2010

Long Island City ridiculously sweltering Wednesday morning linkage

Hang in there Big Allis. Ravenswood, Long Island City

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Jul 6 2010

Long Island City’s PS1 MoMA puts the ‘art’ in party with summer WarmUp 2010

PS1 MoMA Summer WarmUp party 2010

PS1 MoMA Summer WarmUp 2010, Long Island City — photo: Jesse Winter

It was a HOT Independence Day weekend, probably one of the hottest in a while. And Long Island City, with its mostly low-to-the-ground industrial landscape really just bakes in the inferno. (El infierno is more like it.) Well our favorite, world-reknowned contemporary art museum PS1 MoMA gave us a brief respite from the heat, with an adult version of a sprinkler set in this weekend’s kick-off to the very popular summer WarmUp music festival, featuring the latest courtyard installation ‘Pole Dance‘. liQcity’s newest roving photographer and blogger Jesse Winter was there to capture the vibe, some great photos, and a video »

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Jul 6 2010

Long Island City weekly event roundup; July 5th – 11th

Socrates Sculpture Park’s Outdoor International Film festival, Long Island City

Tuesday 7/6

  • Live at the Gantries, LIC’s only outdoor summer music festival sponsored by the QCA, continues on Tuesday, July 6th with Jia-Yi He, “A world-class harmonica virtuoso”. 7pm at the Gantry State Park, LIC waterfront. 50th Ave & the East River

Wednesday 7/7

  • The LIC Greenmarket happens every Wednesday now, starting July 7, from 8am-7pm (!). 48th Ave & Vernon Blvd, Hunters Point, LIC

  • Socrates Sculpture Park’s Outdoor International Film Series 2010 begins Wed, July 7th. The 12th Annual Festival of International Film, Music, Dance and Food Celebrating the Cultural Diversity of Queens runs Wednesday evenings in July & August. Pre-screening performances begin at 7pm, films begin at sunset. Food provided by local international restaurants. Free admission. 32-01 Vernon Blvd, LIC

Thursday 7/8 »

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Jul 2 2010

Long Island City Laughing Buddha on LSD Friday morning linkage

The Laughing Budda is tripping out! 5pointz detail, Long Island City -photo

Actually, we’re tripping out a bit also, at how much LIC news there is this morning. You might want a cup of coffee on hand… this could take a while.

Happy Independence Day LIC! Since there’s no fireworks this year, chances are some local restaurants will be closed this weekend (everyone needs a break) so if you’re sticking around, be aware of that. We’ll be back to blogging on Tues morning. Cheerio.

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Jul 1 2010

BREAKING NEWS: DOT repaves two blocks on Vernon Blvd

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Filming is hard work. Vernon Blvd & 47th Rd, Long Island City. –Jesse Winter

If you’ve ever driven, biked, skateboarded, or walked down Vernon Blvd in LIC, chances are you’ve run into a few potholes… well no more! At least not on the blocks between 47th & 48th Aves. Hallejulah and praise a non-denominational deity: Vernon Blvd has been REPAVED.

Apparently we’re not the only ones excited, because NY1 has created a rather lengthy editorial video documenting the entire process, complete with community and politico commentary. Not to mention highly detailed information about how many tons of asphalt used and the number of DOT workers etc… seems they really want to be clear that they’re working hard for Long Island City.

While they’re at it »

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Jul 1 2010

Long Island City’s Murray Park gets a facelift: new ball-field and playground

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New ball-field at Murray Park, 11th St & 45th Rd/Ave, Long Island City

With all the hoopla surrounding the opening of LIC’s new fancy waterfront playground, we forgot all about the City’s renovation of Murray Park, which we noticed a long time ago. It’s a city project, so for a long time there wasn’t really any work going on, and consequently we stopped paying attention.

Lo and behold, imagine our surprise when walking by and seeing a giant patch of shiny green in the LIC upland landscape, in the form of a new ball-field. There’s not that much green around in Long Island City save for the Gantry, so it really catches your attention. Attached to the ‘field’, is a less-fancy playground than our skylined, waterfront version, but indeed nothing to scoff at »

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Jun 30 2010

Long Island City Wednesday morning linkage; LIC’s #116 Firehouse saved

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Summertime at Long Island City’s Gantry State Park.

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Jun 28 2010

Long Island City hot and humid Monday afternoon linkage

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The scaffolding around LIC Citylights building is finally coming down. Woah.

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Jun 28 2010

MTA to Long Island City: Kiss the V train goodbye, the M train replaceth

The new subway routes impacting Long Island City, courtesy of MTA

It’s alphabet soup for us this morning, as our favorite transportation authority (yes, that’s you MTA) has cut and pasted a few letter trains, effective yesterday. The V train is out, replaced by the M train (though not entirely) and the G train now ends at the ‘new Court Square terminal’ in LIC. Which is not finished yet? Oh, and the W train’s gone too, though that doesn’t really effect LIC too much, save for a few local stops in LIC/Astoria. Which the N still covers…

The V train turning into the M train however, does have an impact »

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Jun 28 2010

Long Island City weekly event roundup; June 28th – July 4th

Artist Goowon Kang exhibits at the Space Womb this week in Long Island City

Monday 6/28

  • Slow Food NYC is hosting ‘The Queens Slur‘ at Dutch Kills Bar from 7-9pm. “Dutch Kills will have a drink special for all Slur attendees. As an extra treat, we will also have hors d’œuvre celebrating all things bacon (Baby B.L.T.’s and Bacon & Gruyere Tarts… Yum!) provided by Sage General Store, the near-by restaurant and catering company that works with local farmers and suppliers.” 27-24 Jackson Ave, LIC

Tuesday 6/29

  • Live at the Gantries, LIC’s only outdoor summer music festival sponsored by the QCA, continues on Tuesday, June 29th with Pass Kontrol, “A Fierce Set of Sweaty, Summer, New York City Rock n’ Roll”. 7pm at the Gantry State Park, LIC waterfront. 50th Ave & the East River

Thursday 7/1 »

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Jun 24 2010

Long Island City Thursday afternoon linkage; No fireworks for us this year.

All Long Island City gets this 4th of July is the bright lights of TV production.

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Jun 24 2010

LIC’s Ethereal Boutique hosts outdoor open air market, ‘Fashion al Fresco’

Jackson Ave ripped up, LIC

This weekend, Long Island City’s Ethereal Boutique is holding the second installation of their open air market, ‘Fashion Al Fresco’, featuring independent designers selling handmade fashion in Ethereal’s lovely backyard patio. Selling one-of-a-kind pieces will include »

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