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IN what has to be the best story of the slow summer, a man fishing from the shore of the East River right near Costco on Vernon Boulevard hooked a giant sea turtle. I mean really big! Then, following a volley of incredulous f-bombs, he and [Read more…] about MASSIVE SEA TURTLE AND NEW FERRIES IN THE EAST RIVER
I feel bad for millennials, unlike Gen X’ers they never got to experience multiple viewings of the classic movie Apocalypse Now during their formative years. On the other hand, most of them probably still have the good fortune to be able to experience it for the very first time and be awed by it.
What does this have to do with LIC? Well [Read more…] about APOCECLIPSE NOW
What’s up with rezoning upzoning of LIC? What’s the latest on the founder of the Long Island City Academy of Music? What really happens behind the walls of MoMA PS1 during a summer Warm-up? When is the CVS in Hunters Point opening? [Read more…] about AUGUST UPDATES JUST FOR YOU LIC
The Smooklers are expanding their culinary empire by taking over the former Alobar space and renaming it Ravenswood Tavern according to Eater. The menu will have more in common with the prior occupant than Mu Ramen, with chef Joshua Smookler creating [Read more…] about MU RAMEN OWNER TO TAKE ALOBAR & RENAME RAVENSWOOD TAVERN
The Chocolate Factory Theater has scored a golden ticket and secured a permanent home for $3.8 million with financial help from the NYC government according to The New York Times. Currently located on 49th Avenue in Hunters Point, the theater will be moving into a 7,500 SF single story brick building at 38-29 24th Street in Dutch Kills, for now the home of Earth Stone Design Inc., a stone supplier, for the 2018-2019 season. I imagine acquiring a new home will allow the Chocolate Factory to largely stay the course in terms of avant garde programming, which leaves only two questions lingering: [Read more…] about THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY GETS ITS OWN NEW FACTORY