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Community gardens of LIC
If you want to see a masterful community garden go to Murray playground on 21st St. This, by the waterfront, does not compete.
The new LIC school
A couple years away.
Diplomat’s wife shot in Astoria: Cops
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend The wife of a Sudanese diplomat was shot in the arm Tuesday while standing on a public street with her two children near Long Island City High School, police said. The woman was hit on 31st Drive near 21st Street, police […]
A Review of Sacramone’s, in East Meadow
The owners, Anthony and Domenico Sacramone, who are brothers, have run Sac’s Place in Astoria, Queens, since 1989. Their new place, which opened in January in East Meadow, is casual, sleek and good-looking. On entering Sacramone’s, patrons first encounter a small, handsome bar, then turn left into a two-tiered dining room, with balcony seating up […]
MoMA PS1 Celebrates KRAFTWERK with DJ Harvey, Questlove et al., Sundays thru …
MoMA PS1 celebrates the influence of Kraftwerk with legedary DJ’s in the performance dome every Sunday, now through May 13. Greg Wilson, DJ Harvey, Questlove, and DJ Afrika Bambaataa pay tribute to the German Electro-pioneers amidst the special installation Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at the MoMA PS1, 22-25 […]
New York City Sued by Taxi Owners Over New Car-Service Law
A group of taxi fleet owners sued New York City and Mayor Michael Bloomberg over a new law allowing car services to pick up passengers who hail them outside Manhattan. The Metropolitan Taxicab Board filed the lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan today, seeking to have the new law deemed unconstitutional. The […]
Newsmaker: Vishaan Chakrabarti
By Fred A. Bernstein Photo courtesy SHoP The noted urban planner Vishaan Chakrabarti (second from right) recently became a partner at SHoP Architects. No one has a résumé like Vishaan Chakrabarti, a planner who has darted between the public and private sectors: as a top executive at Related Companies; a director at the New […]
Free & Cheap in New York: Fri., April 20
‘GOONIES’ BUSTIN’ OUT ALL OVER. Remember the 1985 movie “The Goonies”? The Tribeca Drive-In is screening this cult classic about kids who go on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map. The movie, which starred Sean Astin and Corey Feldman, begins at 8:15 p.m., but doors open at 6 p.m. Arrive early for […]
JetBlue is Going Out On a Limb: Pledges to Plant More Than 80000 Trees, One to …
NEW YORK, April 19, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) is teaming up with long-time partner Carbonfund.org Foundation to plant one tree for every customer travelling on the airline on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, 2012. More than 83,000 customers are expected to take to the skies across JetBlue’s 70 city-network on Sunday, […]
Incentives make solar energy feasible in Qns
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend The sun has powered the solar system for billions of years, so it’s about time business on this planet use that power to save some money. Looking to cut costs on the company’s electric bill, officials at Swing Staging Inc., at […]
Olympic Athletes Tell Their Tales
Olympic Athletes Tell Their Tales BY JASON PAFUNDI Long Island City played host to two world-class athletes as Citi, one of the U.S. Olympic Team’s major sponsors, marked the 100-day countdown to the London 2012 Summer Games with an event at their campus in Court Square. Bronx-born Cullen Jones, a gold medal-winning swimmer in […]
Dance Listings for April 20-26
Full reviews of recent dance performances: nytimes.com/dance. Carrie Ahern Dance (Thursday, through May 13) To illuminate just what “farm to table” means, Carrie Ahern gets straight to the point: her new solo, “Borrowed Prey,” involves the butchering of a lamb (in a proper butcher shop), with meat for sale after the performance. The choreographer intends […]
Bloomingdale’s virtual reality windows let shoppers try on shades without …
Window shopping is taking on a new meaning at Bloomingdale’s. As they get ready for summer, busy New Yorkers now can try on sunglasses without stepping inside the store. Virtual-reality technology projects designer shades onto shoppers who simply stand in front of the Lexington Ave. windows. “That’s really cool and fun,” says Julia Snowden, a […]
Museum and Gallery Listings for April 20-26
Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. A searchable guide to these and many other art shows is at nytimes.com/events. Museums ★ American Folk Art Museum: ‘Jubilation | Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined’ (through Sept. 2) Having escaped the ugly, West 53rd Street tomb of a […]
Queens Taste 2012
Borough’s Best Brightest to enjoy Fantastic Food, Delightful Drinks and Nonstop Networking in an Enthusiastic Environment (Kew Gardens, NY) The Queens Economic Development Corporation and lead sponsors Citi and Fairway Market are proud to announce that the borough’s premiere food-and-networking event, Queens Taste 2012, will take place at Citi Field’s Caesars Club from 6 p.m. […]
Try Breadbox for lunch
They photograph well don’t they? If you haven’t been lately, time to float by. Breadbox, un-boxed for Summer! The Best Outdoor Brunch in Long Island City! Now that it’s warmed back up, our patio is now the best spot for a nice brunch, lunch or dinner. And we’ve got some delectable dishes for you on […]
Queens’ real estate sales outshine rest of city for first quarter of ’12
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend It’s a hot real estate market in Queens, with the borough leading the city in sales so far this year. The Real Estate Board of New York reported that Queens had the most real estate sales of any borough in the […]
JetBlue is Going Out On a Limb: Pledges to Plant More Than 80000 Trees, One to … – SYS
<![CDATA[ ]]> NEW YORK, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) is teaming up with long-time partner Carbonfund.org Foundation to plant one tree for every customer travelling on the airline on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, 2012. More than 83,000 customers are expected to take to the skies across JetBlue’s 70 city-network on […]
New City Stage Company Presents World Premiere Wspionage Thriller ASYMMETRIC – Virtual
New City Stage Company presents the world premiere of ASYMMETRIC by award-winning New York City playwright Mac Rogers. The script was commissioned for the 2011-12 season entitled “The Terror Within,” looking at the war on terror 10 years after 9/11. May 17 to June 10, 2012 Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 New City Stage […]