‘Eminent domain’ takes out a beloved LIC artists collective. How shocking.
Well. The links really tell it all, but looks like LIC’s Flux Factory is getting the boot thanks to the MTA and some Long Islanders that really need to get to Grand Central in a hurry. In a ‘take it or leave it’ deal, the building owner must give up his property for the East Side Access Project linking the LIRR to Grand Central Station. According to the storyline, Flux Factory already fled rising rents in Williamsburg for refuge in LIC/Sunnyside with a 15 year lease. And now, they’re homeless again.
Hopefully they’ll find another home in LIC. If anyone has any updates on where they’re going next, pass along the info. It’s not very surprising that the MTA would callously knock out a beloved artists collective, but it does make one want to wear black all day.
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