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Spaceworks, A New Affordable Art Space Could Transform NYC’s Art Scene
Although the New York City art scene recently suffered a loss with the impending demolition of 5pointz Aerosol Art Centre, there is also some good news to report. As of yesterday, city artists can...
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A Look at Long Island City’s New Hunter’s Point South Park Along the East...
Mayor Bloomberg cut the ribbon to Long Island City‘s new waterfront park in Hunter’s Point South this morning. The park, located just next to Gantry Plaza State Park, will be an integral part of the...
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A Photo Essay Marking the Impending Loss of 5 Pointz, NYC’s Graffiti Haven in...
5 Pointz loading dock, and the labyrinth in the parking lot. Last week, the iconic 5 Pointz Art Center in Long Island City lost another battle in its fight for survival. On August 21, 2013, the New...
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Daily What?! Con-Ed Training and Learning Center along East River is Worth...
On a tour this week, the president of the Friends of the Roosevelt Island Steam Plant pointed out a funny plot of land across the East River on Long Island City. At a quick glance, it might look like...
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5 Pointz Is Slated for Demolition But Won’t Go Down Without a Fight: Hearing...
5 Pointz, the largest legal aerosol art exhibit in the US is a cultural gem slated to be destroyed – but the artists won’t go down without a fight. Last week, the City Council approved the plans for...
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5 Pointz Update: Judge Denies Injunction to Prevent Demolition, Rally Saturday
On November 12, the beloved 5 Pointz Art Center in Long Island City suffered yet another blow in its fight for survival. The temporary restraining order on the developers was lifted and the injunction...
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Tribute to 5Pointz Graffiti Haven in Long Island City, With Photos from the...
We were preparing this article about the 5 Pointz Rally for publishing yesterday when the news first broke that the building had been whitewashed in the middle of the night. This piece was originally...
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Top 10 Coffee Shops in Brooklyn (For Design Buffs)
We previously compiled a list of the Top 10 Coffee Shops in Manhattan for design buffs and now we’re tackling Brooklyn. The following is by no means a complete list of coffee shops in Brooklyn, but...
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7 of NYC’s Quirkiest Bathrooms
In a city that prizes space so rapaciously, it’s really a shame how many establishments waste the real estate of the bathroom. So many people visit it, every day! Shouldn’t we aspire to something...
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Vintage Photos: 5Pointz’s Original Past as the Neptune Meter Company
Image Source: The Tammany Times Brownstoner Queens has some awesome photos and history of what 5Pointz was way before it was the beloved graffiti hotspot. It was built in 1892 as the headquarters of...
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Flashback Film Locations: “The Warriors” Show a Gritty NYC in the 1970s
35 years ago, director Walter Hill’s New York City-based cult classic The Warriors was released into theaters with little to no promotion backing it. The film is looked at today as a portrait of New...
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Inside The Oracle Club, A Co-Working Salon for Writers & Artists in LIC, Queens
Our fascination with awesome New York City co-working spaces continues with The Oracle Club in Long Island City. This cozy location is the perfect spot for working in private or in a group, and...
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The Abandoned Gantries of NYC: Port Morris, North Brother Island, Long Island...
The Port Morris Gantries in the Bronx as they sit abandoned today (pic via Friend of Brook Park) Gantry cranes, utilized as slips for ships carrying both goods and people, were used throughout the 20th...
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5 Pointz Artists Collaborate in WHITEWASH Exhibit at Jeffrey Leder Gallery
Detail of a painting by Meres One, who was curator and resident artist at 5 Pointz. The iconic 5 Pointz building in Long Island City may have been painted over, but the artists can’t be silenced. In...
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Daily What!? NYC Students Take Flight at Long Island City’s Aviation High School
A glimpse of the aircraft parked in clear view behind the Aviation High School in Queens. Image via Flickr: Matt Green Anybody who has ventured through western Queens can attest to having a “What the...
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Demolition of 5 Pointz Graffiti Mecca Begins in Long Island City, Queens
Image via Instagram by notexactlyblue The day has come for 5 Pointz. Animal New York reports that as of this morning, “a backhoe began tearing into the building that was once the graffiti mecca of New...
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A Secret Punk Show Inside LIC’s 5pointz Happened This Past Weekend While...
Filthy Savage play a secret show inside of 5Pointz, were demolition is currently underway. Image via Sixdust As we should all know by now, not only has the historic 5Pointz been whitewashed in...
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10 Pieces of Modern Art in NYC That Are Actaully Sundial Sculptures
By the time New Amsterdam was founded in 1664, sundials had been around for millennia. More than that, they’d been replaced by clocks and were antiquated time-keeping objects. Nonetheless, sundials...
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NYC Film Locations for TV Show Gotham on FOX
Opening screening of Gotham, at the New York Public Library Bryant Park One of the most anticipated new series this fall television season is FOX’s Gotham. Inspired heavily by Christopher Nolan’s Dark...
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How the First East River Tunnel Was Built in NYC 1892
Photograph of the metal lined section of the tunnel. When was the last time you traveled through a tunnel into Manhattan? Perhaps it was during your subway ride to work, on a train from Penn Station,...
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