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The nearly completed Hunters Point Library along the waterfront in Long Island City will be re-christened in honor of Queens most famous native son. The Queens Library has announced that the new building will be given the name 'Trump Library' when … [Continue reading] about HUNTERS POINT LIBRARY TO BE NAMED AFTER TRUMP
I've seen you 'round for a long long time I remembered you when you drank my wine I've seen you walking down in Chinatown I called you but you could not look around The color of your skin don't matter to me As long as we can live in … [Continue reading] about FEUDIN’ N FIGHTIN’ LIC-STYLE
I am the eggman (Ooh) They are the eggmen (Ooh) I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Sex may sell, but there's nothing more highly anticipated in Long Island City than the annual Easter Egg Hunt. The local lust for this event is unrivaled, … [Continue reading] about EGGS IN LIC 2017
CONFESSION: I've never actually been to a MoMA PS1 Warm Up. I've talked about it a lot, I've walked by MoMA PS1 while it's been going on and noted the crowds, but for one feeble reason or another I have yet to actually enter the premises during … [Continue reading] about PS1 WARM-UP IS 20, PAUL SIMON IN LIC, BANAL NEWS, CANOPY?
Recently, an old friend who grew up in Queens, shared with me her main recollection of coming to Long Island City back in her youth. It centered around subway rides to Queens Plaza to shop at a crowded flea market called QP's Market Place, in order … [Continue reading] about QP’s MARKETPLACE, CUE THE MEMORIES OF 80’S LIC