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.

• Long Island City becomes more city-like [WSJ]

• M.Wells Diner really knocked it out of the park [NY Press]

• Montreal gets wind that LIC has captured one of their chefs [Montreal Gazette]

• So many reviews of M.Wells diner to sort out [Eater]

• Cop from LIC’s 108th precinct shoots lover [Gothamist]

• PS1 is LIC’s photo du jour [NY Shitty]

• More waxing on the history of Newton Creek [Newtown Pentacle]

• Police night against crime in LIC [Queens Chronicle]

• Review of recent live action at LIC’s Creek & Cave [NYT]

• LIC’s first mascot lizard at Gantry Park [NY Shitty]

• Vintage tugboat on Newtown Creek [Newtown pentacle]

• Checking out LIC/Sunnyside’s railyards [Newtown Pentacle]

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

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• A slice of old school LIC [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC deli gets NYC Health Dept’s first Grade A [Crains]

• All you can eat Gnocchi at LIC’s Testaccio [Foodista]

• Man accused of burglarizing LIC businesses [Your Nabe]

• LIC summer camp gets city girls in touch with city nature [Your Nabe]

• Review of Socrates Sculpture Park’s outdoor international film series [Your Nabe]

• Dining in Queens featuring LIC’s M.Wells Diner [TONY]

• LIC’s East of East Condo unveils with ribbon cutting ceremony [Curbed]

• Cabbies go back to school in LIC [AMNY]

• Assessing Queens’ schools’ students’ performance relative to the country [NY Daily]

• The Burger Garage opened yesterday in Court Square [The Burger Garage]

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

LIC links

• Queens Plaza renovations a boon for bicyclists [Streetsblog]

• LIC’s old school fireboxes crumbling [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC’s Dutch Kills’ residents gather to discuss future of their hood [Your Nabe]

• A Quebec touch to LIC’s new M.Wells Diner [WSJ]

• More noise in LIC [Queenscrap]

• Roundup of the QCA local artist grants [Queens Tribune]

• The ‘Green Girls’ visit LIC’s Hallets Cove [QNYC]

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

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

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• Profile of the latest exhibit at Sculpture Center [Art Info]

• CSA options for Long Island City [LICNYC]

• The story of LIC’s Fresh Direct [MinyAnville]

• LIC’s M.Wells Diner now serving lunch [Foodista]

• Humans and dogs co-existing in NYC [Queens Chronicle]

• LIC’s cupcake factories fare well with NYC sweet touths [NBC NY]

• LIC resident tragically dies in Manhattan shooting [WSJ]

• Spotlight on LIC charity ‘Hour Children’ [Latinalista]

• Girl power in LIC [NY Daily]

• Luckily, there are many pest management headquarters in LIC [Gothamist]

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

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• Queens Drinks & LIC Community Boathouse waterfront party tonight [LICCB]

• LIC’s Brooklyn Grange Farm joins forces with Astoria’s Vesta [Foodista]

• Gossip girl cast strolling around LIC [Celebrity Gossip]

• MIA fights the power at PS1 MoMA [Art Info]

• LIC’s Flux Factory offers ‘adventure as performance art’ [Ode Magazine]

• Queens through the ages [New Yorker]

• Richard Meier’s museum in LIC [Wallpaper]

• Checking out LIC’s Cuban grill joint Madera [Queens Courier]

• Stuff happening in LIC’s Queensbridge Park [Local 718]

• Lots of love for LIC’s new M. Wells Diner [Village Voice]

• LIC expanding its coverage as a local commuter hub [Queens Gazette]

• Truth in the race to represent Western Queens & UES [Queens Gazette]

• VIDEO: Exploring LIC’s Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm [Village Voice]

• The Quiet City: exploring NYC’s industrial underbelly [Urban Omnibus]

• Real estate sales in Queens see a huge jump in volume [Real Deal]

Long Island City’s classic architectural mish-mosh.

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• LIC waterfront proposal by Green Shores [Queens Gazette]

• Queens Plaza improvements outlined at LICBID annual meeting [Queens Gazette]

• Live storytelling in LIC [Queens Courier]

• Apples, Bannas & Pears, Oh My…??? Hilariousness in LIC. [Find Jobs in NY]

• JetBlue keeping LIC cool [Your Nabe]

• The City won’t fix LIC’s broken seawall [Your Nabe]

• LIC Solar Energy company greening NYC [CE Center]

• LIC residents protest 9-story hotel [The Real Deal]

• Kids Day at Noguchi Museum in LIC [A Child Grows]

• Review of Socrates Sculpture Park’s outdoor movie night (Wed through Aug) [Capital NY]

• Brooklyn Grange redefines local farming in LIC [Well&Good NYC]

• Love for Sage General Store in LIC [Coffee Beaners]

• LIC’s Con Ed taking unfair heat [Crains NY]

• Updated menu for LIC’s Breadbox Cafe [Taste as You Go]

• Checking out LIC’s Communitea [Coffee Beaners]

Hang in there Big Allis. Ravenswood, Long Island City

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• LIC’s Con Ed bracing for power demands during heat wave [NYT]

• Record breaking heat wave testing LIC’s Con Ed [NYT]

• M.Wells diner is open in LIC, from 7am – noon [Foodista]

• Lots of love for M.Wells diner, opened yesterday (bfast only) [ChrisAbraham]

• Harnessing the power of rye in LIC [Village Voice]

• Reviewing PS1’s first WarmUp performance [NYT]

• A slice of LIC’s industrial side [Newtown Pentacle]

• Transit workers attacked in LIC [AMNY]

• Plays happening at Cranky’s Cafe [Unity Stage]

• Random: White people a majority again in Manhattan [NYT]

• Discovering LIC’s Gantry Park [MNYCP]

• PS1 WarmUp 2010 coverage [Metromix]

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.

• PHOTOS: Miss Heather prowls around 5pointz [NY Sh*tty]

• LIC High School targeted for a make-over [Your Nabe]

• LIC’s Irish Center involved in 50-year Irish Jubilee celebration [Irish Central]

• LIC/Astoria bid adieu to the W train [Your Nabe]

• Queens irate over MTA service cuts [Your Nabe]

• Little Closets has a slew of LIC kids’ shirts in stock [LC blog]

• Holy Sh*t! The Queensbridge Park seawall falling apart [Queens Chronicle]

• LIC’s ERDA helping local residents with job searches [Your Nabe]

• Hunters Point South photos and philosophical musings [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC’s ‘Tower Town’: more photos and musings [Newtown Pentacle]

• NYC celebrity real estate gossip including LIC’s Arris Lofts [NY Post]

• Say Cheese in LIC: Cheesemongers gather and eat… cheese [Queens Chronicle]

• Killer Little Paintings exhibit in an unnamed LIC gallery [NY Arts Mag]

• Roads in NYC must not get paved often, because it’s serious news [Your Nabe]

• A synagogue turf dispute in LIC? [Queens Chronicle]

• Murderer commits suicide on LIC subway tracks [Your Nabe]

• Outdoor international film festival kicks off next week in LIC [Your Nabe]

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.

Summertime at Long Island City’s Gantry State Park.

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• A peek at the amazing looking M. Wells Diner (Quebeco-American) opening next week in LIC [NYT]

• LIC’s Firehouse #116 is officially OFF the chopping block [Queens Gazette]

• Some unfortunate public illiteracy in LIC [Queenscrap]

• LIC jazz drummer merges music with activism [Your Nabe]

• Latest photos of Newtown Creek & LIC [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC rock wall gets $200K federal grant [Your Nabe]

• Leaders disagree where to store LIC millstones [Your Nabe]

• Father program begins in LIC [Your Nabe]

• Photos and highlights from last weekend’s cheese event in LIC [Eater]

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

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• LIC High School on City’s list of lowest acheivement [Cityroom NYT]

• LIC wins the real estate ‘Hunt’ again [NYT]

• LIC’s Film Biz Recycling now open on Sundays [Film Biz]

• Cheese, Glorious Cheese in LIC [Daily News]

• LIC’s Gantry Park the backdrop for all sorts of stuff [Actors Connect]

• Love for an old school firebox on LIC’s Vernon Blvd [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC’s Con Ed’s green roof leading a business trend [Earth Portal]

• ‘Greater New York’ exhibit at PS1 MoMA [ArtObject]

• Coverage of PS1’s latest summer courtyard installation ‘Pole Dance’ [WSJ]

• PS1 MoMa WarmUp 2010 Schedule and DJ line-up announced [Brooklyn Vegan]

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

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• No July 4th fireworks for LIC again this year [Queens Gazette]

• Review of LIC’s Secret Theatre’s ‘Ortonesque’ [Queens Courier]

• LIC Pearson St. construction site is still a dump [Queenscrap]

• LIC ‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ piano exhibit coverage [Queens Gazette]

• City sanitation desperately seeking garage space in LIC [Queens Gazette]

• The stragglers of the LIC condo market starting sales [Curbed]

• LIC senior center closing on June 30th [Queens Courier]

• No. 7 train ranked third cleanest by Straphangers [Your Nabe]

“Ze plane, Ze plane!” Dutch Kills, Long Island City

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• Photos of LIC’s pianos at Gantry Park in ‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ exhibit [Curbed]

• Durst daughter assumes control of NY Water Taxi, including LIC [Crains]

• Crapping on the latest article about LIC [Queenscrap]

• Maloney being challenged by Reshma Saujani to rep western Queens [Politics Daily]

• Arris Loft’s architect Kondylis facing civil fraud [Real Deal]

• JetBlue joining the cool roofs program in LIC [CEC]

• City to provide grants for brownfield clean-ups. Um, hello LIC. [RealDeal]

• NYC library activists hold a ‘read-in’ in Brooklyn [Guardian]

• Powerhouse Art Salon this Thursday afternoon [Facebook Event]

• Manducatis Rustica’s Godfather Dinner back on tonight [Facebook Event]

‘Pole Dancing‘ gets some… round objects. PS1 MoMA’s Warm-up courtyard installation 2010, LIC

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• More press about how great LIC is getting [Daily News]

• Photo essay on Hunters Point South, LIC [ForgottenNY]

• Random discussion thread about living in LIC [City-Data Forum]

• Be part of the art in LIC & NYC [NY Post]

• Vegan Foie Gras made in LIC [TheQnote]

• Thorough review of LIC’s cult favorite 5-Star Punjabi Diner [Comestiblog]

• NYC Public Advocate releases ‘Guide to Community Organizing’ [nyc.gov]

• An artist bloomed inside LIC’s Queensbridge Projects [Salisbury Post]

• Visiting the specialty Czech store in LIC [Foodista]

• Library budgets slashed in NYC including 14 Queens branches [Daily News]

Long Island City magic. 49th Ave, aka Hunters Point Ave, LIC

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• Queens Harvest Food Co-op meets in LIC [pdf]

• What to do this FATHER’s DAY weekend in Astoria/LIC [WeHeartAstoria]

• NYC Charter revision going on in LIC [Your Nabe]

• LIC’s El-Ay-Si & Testaccio get shouts as spots to watch the World Cup [Foodista]

• LIC community kicks ass in the face of local tragedy [Queens Courier]

• LIC HS students walkout for subsidized transportation [Your Nabe]

• East of East condos dips a toe in the LIC market [Curbed]

• Stolen cars alert for LIC/Astoria [Queens Gazette]

• LIC Millstones priority of Queens Plaza construction [Queens Chronicle]

• PS1 to screen a bunch of experimental documentaries [Your Nabe]

• Make Music New York to hit LIC [Your Nabe]

• Art adventures at LIC’s Flux Factory [Daily News]

• Why NYC needs its Senior Centers [Forum News]

• NYC Senior Center closings, LIC included [Queens Chronicle]

What skyline? Gantry State Park, Long Island City.

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• LIC’s ‘Live at the Gantries’ free summer music festival kicks off [Your Nabe]

• Chronicling the transition of Hunters Point South [Newtown Pentacle]

• Miss Heather catches some LIC Puerto Rican pride action this weekend [NY Shitty]

• Coyote running loose in LIC [NY Mag]

• Block party coming up at 5pointz [Graffiti News]

• Intercontinental bringing a Crowne Plaza to LIC [WSJ]

• LIC students rally for free transportation [NYT Cityroom]

• LIC contractor’s office raided [NYT]

• Cheeselovers to unite in LIC [SergeTheConcierge]

• The LIC Jazz scene is getting HOT. [TheQnote]

Detail on 5pointz, Court Square, Long Island City

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• Greenpoint Ave Bridge Closures coming up (pdf) [CB2]

• Inside LIC’s Murano Condos’ opening party [Curbed]

• Crackin on the latest PS1 group exhibit [Art Fag City]

• Shout out to LIC’s ElAySi [AllNY]

• PHOTO: Long Island City ala Manhattan high-rise [Flickr]

• Talking about the Taste of LIC [NY1]

• Something going on under the Queensboro Bridge [Newtown Pentacle]

• Shout out to LIC’s Sweetleaf [Foodista]

SAFETY UPDATE: There was a serious fire this afternoon that impacted two houses on Vernon Blvd between 48th Ave & 47th Road.

• PHOTO: Waiting for the B62 bus in LIC [NY Shitty]

• Love for LIC’s Dutch Kills Bar [Off Manhattan]

• Documentary in process about LIC arts scene [Your Nabe]

• LIC Boathouse update [LICB]

• Queens Xpress is back! [WeHeartAstoria]

• Socrates Sculpture Park holding Maker’s Market this weekend [SSP]

• PHOTOS: LIC railyards [City Noise]

Commenters: If you know the people of the houses which caught on fire, please respect their privacy and do not name them in the comments, or make any negative comments towards them. Thank you.

Long Island City dreams. –photo

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• Longing for Long Island City [Globe&Mail]

• City backs hotelier’s variance request, to Dutch Kills’ chagrin [Queens Gazette]

• PHOTO: Nice B&W Midtown skyline shot from LIC waterfront [Flickr]

• Interesting analytical post about real estate development and parking in NYC, including LIC [CapNTransit]

• PHOTO: From Long Island City with Love, part 2 [MHeidelberger]

• Info on some Queens political races, including LIC/Astoria [Queens Gazette]

• PHOTOS: Current round-up of some 5pointz pieces [NY Shitty]

• LIC’s L Haus Condos gets FHA approval [The Real Deal]

• City approves Brooklyn Grange’s LIC rooftop urban farm [Queens Gazette]

Long Island City perspective from Queensboro Plaza. –photo

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• Queensbridge, The Other Side Story [MasterZico]

• LIC’s upcoming Socrates Sculpture Park’s bike parade [NY Metro Parents]

• 5 Star Punjabi Diner in outer borough cheap eats faves [Eater]

• What is the Newtown Pentacle? [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC’s Pulaski, the bridge of the week? [LongDistanceVoyager]

• PS1 brings the energy with latest exhibit [post-gazette]

• PHOTO: Waiting for the G-train shuttle in LIC [NY Shitty]

• PHOTO: From Long Island City with Love [MHeidelberger]

• PS1 pole dancing’s balls have arrived [Curbed]

• Checking out LIC’s Creek and the Cave [Foodista]

Recycle-A-Bicycle, Long Island City

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• LIC’s Ethereal Boutique is having a Memorial Day ‘Fashion Al Fresco’ this weekend in their lovely backyard garden, and is offering 10% off your entire purchase this weekend, and tons of stuff on sale.

• Notes from LICBDC’s recent Real Estate Breakfast [Queens Gazette]

• Notes from Hunters Point South High School public hearing [Queens Gazette]

• LIC man shot and killed at Queensbridge [Your Nabe]

• Close=up on ConEd’s green roof in LIC [NRGeffeciencyBlog]

• Bicycling in LIC and Queens is up [Queens Chronicle]

• Review of current exhibit at MoMA PS1 [NYT]

• ‘Cool Roofs’ initiative in LIC a success [Queens Courier]

• LIC a cell service dead zone? [WSJ]

• LIC’s Murano Condos hitting the market [Curbed]

Lady Liberty picks her nose in Long Island City, courtesy of Banksy.

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• Banksy hits Long Island City [FashionLowDown]

• Parking impossible in LIC [Your Nabe]

• Creative adaptive reuse going on in Dutch Kills [Queens Gazette via Curbed]

• LIC’s Con Ed launches ‘Cool Roofs’ program [YourNabe]

• Noguchi gets $30K conservation grant [Queens Tribune]

• MTA Queens No. 7 train under scrutiny [Queens Tribune]

• An Ode to LIC’s Gantry State Park waterfront [Newtown Pentacle]

• NYCEDC helps JetBlue relocate to Queens Plaza LIC [PressRoom]

• LIC & Astoria on this summer’s big screen [Your Nabe]

Hidden messages for Long Island City

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• LIC’s Rooftop farm is back on track! [Brooklyn Grange]

• Brooklyn Grange back to farming on an LIC rooftop [WSJ]

• Three LIC condos hitting the market right now [Curbed]

• Dutch Kills hears plan for giant dormitory [Queens Gazette]

• The fight for the Queens Plaza millstones continues [Queens Gazette]

• LIC’s Camp Bow Wow helps with the Gulf spill [Queens Courier]

• What’s up at the LIC Boathouse [LIC Boathouse]

• LaVuelta gets a shout out [CityGrits]

Time lapse footage of the Gotham Center construction, Queens Plaza, LIC

Links

• PLEASE PAVE VERNON BLVD! [Queens Chronicle via Queenscrap]

• Medical College takes commercial space in LIC [NYRE]

• LIC’s Fisher Landau hosting new Columbia art generation [Your Nabe]

• VIDEO: Building a building within a building in LIC [NY1]

• PS1 Summer WarmUp series starts July 3rd [True Vagabond]

• Crazy cupcakes made in LIC and sold on solar powered cart [IndieJourno]

• VIDEO: Mayor holding off on announcing firehouse closings [NY1]

Quick Event Reminders

• HPS Middle/High School Public Hearing tonight [liQcity]

• LICBDC Real Estate Breakfast tomorrow morning [LICBDC]

Praying for the sun. Hunters Point, Long Island City

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• More on the firehouses closing, including LIC [Queens Courier]

• LIC Luxury on sale at the L Haus [Curbed]

• Check out the Farm Museum in Queens [NY Daily]

• LIC’s Model Architecture Museum profiled [ArtInfo]

• Con Ed’s green roof a success! [EnergyBoom]

• LIC Streetart Du Jour [NY Shitty]

• LIC’s cooling White Roof program working out [EpochTimes]

• Notes from the Noguchi Gala [ArtDaily]

• VIDEO: The 2010 5-Borough Bike Ride over the Pulaski Bridge [YouTube]

• VIDEO: A big chicken loose in LIC on Jackson Ave [YouTube]

Gantry State Park waterfront, Hunters Point, Long Island City –photo

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• Suggestions for Mothers’ Day in LIC/Astoria [Foodista]

• Long Island City comes into its own [NYT]

• NY1’s Queens’ Person of the Week from LIC [NY1]

• Horrible hit and run outside LaGuardia College in LIC [NY Post]

• LIC’s Zikrayat releases new album [Your Nabe]

• CB2 still fighting with P.S.1 over the wall [WSJ]

• Richard Meier’s LIC Model Museum open this summer [Metropolis]

• What’s going on at LIC’s Secret Theatre [Your Nabe]

• Annual NYC Food Film Festival kicks off in LIC [Your Nabe]

• Road rage in LIC gets ex-senate into hot water [Asylum]

• Let’s talk about bridges baby [Newtown Pentacle]