Long Island City Artists Show

May 23, 2010 / Long Island City LIC / Queens Buzz. This weekend there was an Open Studio Weekend put on by the Long Island City Artists organization. Painters, sculptors, photographers, and installation artists working in the LIC area agreed to open their studios to the public, for a once a year peek into the spaces were the creative process occurs in the art infused neighborhood of LIC in Queens.

We visited a ceramic studio as well as the old clocktower building near Queens Plaza on this weekend and a soon-to-be published report, including photos of the works will soon follow.

Richard Meier Model Museum

New Architectural Model Museum In LIC

August 2, 2010 / Long Island City LIC / Queens Buzz. This past week we had the opportunity to visit the Richard Meier Model Museum in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The museum began as a storage area for the models made and used by world famous architect Richard Meier, during the architectural design process. In the museum you will see some of the great buildings he's designed over his long career, such as the billion dollar Getty Museum in Los Angeles or the Smith House in Darien Connecticut. But there's much more ...

The museum reminded me a bit of the Noguchi Museum, where the artist had a vision of his own lasting legacy. In visiting the museum, I felt I not only had the opportunity to view the architectural process as managed by one of the great modern architects, but also to become a bit more acquainted with the man himself. Laura Galvanek, the museum guide and curator, took me on this fascinating journey which will be posted sometime later this week, including photos.

Flux Factory Flexes

LIC / Long Island City Queens / March 5, 2010. At long last I made a connection with the Flux Factory. They’d been on my radar for about two years, during which time I had made several feeble attempts to contact them via email and telephone. Over the course of those two years, I remotely watched them wrangle through ‘life threatening’ issues like finding a new space, as their former ‘factory’ had been committed to another purpose, and for a while they ran a ‘virtual factory’.

The Flux Factory is an amalgam of artists that seems to operate as a sort of socialistic whole. Yeah, I’m not sure exactly what that means either, but intuitively I think it's an apt description. Click here to read the full story about the Flux Factory in the LIC / Long Island City neighborhood of Queens.

Da Gianni's Ristorante - LIC / Long Island City

Long Island City LIC Restaurants. This is a review of the Italian restaurant Da Gianni's Ristorante in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, NY. Da Gianni's restaurant serves home made pastas, veal, seafood and chicken. Da Gianni's Ristorante is a fun, comfortable Italian restaurant that's only a couple of blocks from the Citicorp center in Long Island City.

The restaurant has patio space in the back which receives ample sunlight and a medium sized room upstairs where they host private dinners and parties. They also have a full bar. Click here to view our report on Da Gianni's Italian Restaurant in Long Island City.

Waterfront Crabhouse - Seafood Restaurants In LIC

This is a review of the Waterfront Crab House in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens NY. The Waterfront Crab House is an historic building that houses a seafood restaurant.

Organic Food / Supermarkets In Queens

Long Island City LIC / Queens Buzz. This is a report about organic, all natural food and locally produced food in Queens. This report includes coverage of what constitutes organic and why it has important health implications.

This report also includes a bit of the history of organic food and how organic and all natural foods are making their way into Queens in a big way. Click here to read our report about organic food / all natural food in Queens.

LIC Real Estate Appraisal

Real Estate Prices & Availability Discussed LICBDC

Long Island City LIC / Queens / May 19, 2010. I attended a breakfast hosted by the Long Island City Business Development Corporation [LICBDC] which focused on real estate.  They had a panel of four knowledgeable speakers, all of whom presented differing perspectives on the current and long term prospects for real estate in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens.

Click here to read our report on real estate prices and inventory in Long Island City LIC.

Long Island City Shopping Center

Shops & Shopping In LIC

This page contains special offers and commercial announcements by local businesses and merchants in the neighborhood / section of Long Island City LIC in Queens NY NYC. Discounts and sales are frequently announced on this page.