Walking on 29th Street near Queens Plaza, I noticed a sign I hadn't seen before: a building was recently demolished, revealing an ad for a delicatessen that is presumably long gone.
LIC
All American
A tribute to the US of A on an empty LIC street; although shuttered in this photo, All American Coffee Shop is a cheap and cheery little place on 37th Avenue.
The Flea in Queens
Not to be outdone by Brooklyn, Long Island City now has its very own hipster market by the river: the LIC Flea.
Plenty of vendors, including local stores like Matted and Nook 'n Crannie, are offering their wares, as are artists, jewelers, and clothiers. But the real strength is the food: I had Sweetleaf's Rocket Fuel, okonomiyaki, a baked black-bean empanada, a fantastic green-mango salad from Hong Kong Street Cart, and Sweet Silk's truffles. Stuffed to the gills, I stopped myself from eating more, but I'll be back. The market, in a lot at the corner of 5th St. and 46th Ave., will run through the summer on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Get there early---by noon, it was already impossibly crowded!
Lit up
One of the coolest "open studios" at the LIC Arts Open was Krypton's space---so interesting to poke around the neon shop. There were sculptures and neon works by Kenny Greenberg, Tom Unger, and Clare Brew, but even the tools and tubing were fascinating as found installations.
Dreary in Dutch Kills
An abandoned street in LIC on a drizzly, drizzly day.
Unfocused
I took a short walk in the snow, finding lights against the fat wet flakes.
Light on the river
LIC fairly glowed pinky-orange this morning; the light on the river was near perfect, too.
