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“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing”
Socrates never set foot in his namesake park, but you can! Walk among the immortals this Saturday, when numerous [Read more…] about ALL SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, ALL SATURDAY
In the perfect world of The Editor there would be fewer humans taxing the earth’s resources and fewer still straining those of Queens and NYC. Regrettably someone else from this borough was recently elected monarch so I won’t be able to impose my will until 2020 and thus will be required to accept compromises, just like everyone else. That will entail watching large swaths of Long Island City towered up to the sky, much of which has already transpired.
Despite my anti-growth leanings, [Read more…] about MUSINGS ON GENTRIFICATION IN LIC AND DEVELOPING WATER’S EDGE
Gonna leave this brokedown palace
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
A half block north of the Queensbridge Houses, where Ravenswood abruptly turns into a warehouse and industrial zone, sits Paretti Hall. As pictured above, it’s appearance is considerably more august than that of it’s neighbors, and it has a history to match. Who exactly was James J. Paretti and what was his “Association” are lost to the sands of time. In fact the building’s precise history is not fully verifiable. So we’ll take some artistic license and piece together the snippets of others to paint a tale of intrigue in what is otherwise a non-descript area. ((albeit one that has the requisite new 10-story hotel going up 100 feet north, but otherwise wilderness …as the hotel patrons will find out)) [Read more…] about THE LEGEND OF PARETTI HALL
It’s good to be king and have your own world
It helps to make friends, it’s good to meet girls
A sweet little queen who can’t run away
It’s good to be king, whatever it pays
The Black Star Bakery on 50th Avenue near Center Boulevard has opened, Indie LIC in Court Square [Read more…] about MORE OPENINGS ANNOUNCED IN LIC
EPHARISTO, epharisto, epharisto, Vernon Grille in Hunters Point will open on October 11 according to its owner. A look [Read more…] about VERNON GRILLE TO OPEN OCTOBER 11