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blackout!
some of you may be aware of this freak blackout in Queens. such a strange phenomenon. some of it works, most of it doesn’t. one outlet (of three) in my studio is working; the overhead light switch is...
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with the upcoming street art show at Flux Factory I got to thinking more than usual about the area in which I live and how we navigate it. So I invested some research in my immediate and surrounding...
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whoop, there it goes
walked out my front door this morning to find most of the artwork under the LIRR overpass at 43rd Street and 37th Avenue painted over. the people who undoubtedly painted over the work were likely sent...
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whoop, there it goes again
now i’m not saying those responsible read what i previously wrote about the LIRR underpass, but sometime in the past week that gaudy yellow paint was covered over with a more appropriate, perhaps...
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This is more a plug for the collectives involved than anything else but tonight I went to a presentation by five (i saw four) Queens-based arts collectives sponsored by the Queens Council on the Arts....
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new view
I’ve been out to the Queens Museum of Art (QMA) a good number of times. And I always make a point to check out their NYC Panorama, which is by far the most-intriguing map-oriented works (prior to the...
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last weekend international
This is a really belated plug-post for what is now the last weekend for one of the best exhibitions in town, Queens International 2006, “the third installment of the Queens Museum of Art’s biennial...
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See the Future of Queens
Queens (DEFEND IT!) borough president’s office have published a slideshow of images that proclaim ‘the Future of Queens’. There’s one slideshow for the arts (above, #24) which shows planned expansion...
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QMA opening tomorrow
Love him or hate him, the trio of exhibitions (Queens Museum of Art, Museum of the City of New York, and the Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University) about the legacy and...
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view 59 crap
it’s always funny to see what developers and real estate-minded people think about where you live. in the image below it shows a condo development in the Long Island City area, which basically shows...
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peter parker forgets his roots
At the end of this month ‘Spider-Man Week in NYC’ begins throughout… NYC? this street banner is located near the Steinway Street R subway (whose Queen’s termination is Forest Hills, where Peter Parker...
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stroll
took a stroll today through some of the more-memorable areas of Long Island City:
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sayonara sunnyside!
Late last year US Transportation Secretary signed a $2.6billion Full Funding Grant Agreement to construct the East Side Access, which will provide a connection between the LIRR and Grand Central...
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cricket in Queens
another reason to love Queens there’s something completely seductive about watching cricket, especially by local players who make the game fit given the parameters of the field (bend some rules, do...
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the week recapped
a near-week of not blogging followed by the last few days of what I would describe as ‘weak blogging’ are at least a sign that something was happening. To be too busy, that is. I guess that’s a good...
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recently:
went kayaking on the East River! (my feetsies in the boat, with north edge of Roosevelt Island off to the left) anybody who lives in NYC must do this! You’re in a kayak, in the East River! How cool is...
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tomorrow, in Queens
Meet Me In St. Louis we’ll be watching it on the big screen for Turkey Day. stop by in the early afternoon if you’re around and want to enjoy watching the neighbors get ‘killed’ – that’s my favorite...
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