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Long Island City (LIC) is the westernmost residential and commercial neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. LIC is noted for its rapid and ongoing residential growth and gentrification, its waterfront parks, and its thriving arts community. LIC has among the highest concentration of art galleries, art institutions, and studio space of any neighborhood in New York City.
Long Island City was once home to many factories and bakeries, some of which are finding new uses. The former Silvercup bakery is now home to Silvercup Studios, which has produced notable works such as NBC's 30 Rock and HBO's Sex and the City. The Silvercup sign is visible from the IRT Flushing Line and BMT Astoria Line trains going into and out of Queensboro Plaza. The former Sunshine Bakery is now one of the buildings which houses LaGuardia Community College. Other buildings on the campus originally served as the location of the Ford Instrument Company, which was at one time a major producer of precision machines and devices. Artist Isamu Noguchi converted a photo-engraving plant into a workshop; the site is now the Noguchi Museum, a space dedicated to his work.
The Standard Motor Products headquarters, a manufacturing site producing items like distributor caps, was once located in the industrial neighborhood of Long Island City until purchased by Acuman Partners in 2008 for $40M. The Standard Motor Products Building was put on the market by Acuman in 2014 and acquired by RXR Realty, LLC for $110M. The former factory built in 1919 now houses the Jim Henson Company, Society Awards, and a commercial rooftop farm run by Brooklyn Grange.
High-rise housing is being built on a former Pepsi-Cola site on the East River. From June 2002 to September 2004, the former Swingline Staplers plant was the temporary headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art. Other former factories in Long Island City include Fisher Electronics and Chiclets Gum. Long Island City's turn-of-the-century district of residential towers, called Queens West, is located along the East River, just north of the LIRR's Long Island City Station. Redevelopment in Queens West reflects the intent to have the area as a major residential area in New York City, with its high-rise residences very close to public transportation, making it convenient for commuters to travel to Manhattan by ferry or subway. The first tower, the 42-floor Citylights, opened in 1998 with an elementary school at the base. Others have been completed since then and more are being planned or under construction.
Today, the most prominent structure, other than Queensboro Bridge, is the community's green skyscraper, the 658-foot (201 m) Citicorp Building built in 1989 on Courthouse Square. It is the tallest building on Long Island and in any of the New York City boroughs outside Manhattan. Socioeconomic diversity is very visible in Long Island City; the Queensbridge Houses are composed of over 3,000 units, making it the largest public housing complex in North America.
It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Hazen Street, 49th Street, and New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek—which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn—to the south. It originally was the seat of government of the Town of Newtown, and remains the largest neighborhood in Queens. The area is part of Queens Community Board 1, located north of the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Plaza; it is also of Queens Community Board 2 to the south.
Long Island City is the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, which is the only non-toll automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan. Northwest of the bridge terminus are the Queensbridge Houses, a development of the New York City Housing Authority and the largest public housing complex in North America.
SILVERCUP PENTHOUSE WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE!
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Arcadia LIC is an all-new luxury development in the heart of the trendiest neighborhood of Long Island City, two blocks away from the subway and located minutes away from Manhattan. The neighborhood provides an incredible lifestyle including nearby restaurants and..
- Hunter's Point South, Waterfront park that offers L.I.C. dwellers natural respite from their urban lifestyle
- Gantry State Park, 12 acres of riverside recreational space with a dramatic panoramic view of the Manhattan Skyline
- MOMA PS1 Museum featuring one of the largest contemporary art collections in the United States.
- Kaufman Studios, Museum of moving image, Noguchi Museum and more!
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September 2013 | Arts in the City
Host Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson takes a look at The New York Pops' upcoming 31st season;
Graham Douglass takes us on a tour through some of Long Island City's most exciting venues for contemporary art;
Tinabeth Piña sits down with modern Renaissance man John Forté to hear his amazing success story;
Pat Collins looks at some of the upcoming blockbuster movies;
Donna Hanover explores the story behind author Linda Stasi's novel, The Sixth Station;
Barry Mitchell talks with comedian Carmen Lynch about her rising career;
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Isamu Noguchi's Dance Sets
Dakin Hart discussed Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi's explorations of the archetypal spaces of myth, including the American west, the Minotaur's labyrinth and the cave of the heart.
Speaker Biography: Dakin Hart is a senior curator at the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, New York. He previously served as an independent curator and researcher, assistant director of the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, and has organized a retrospective of Davi Det Hompson that was on view at the ZieherSmith Gallery in New York.
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Listening to Stone: The Art & Life of Isamu Noguchi
Hayden Herrera discusses her book on the acclaimed Japanese-American artist and designer Isamu Noguchi, an important creative partner of Martha Graham. Without Isamu Noguchi I could have done nothing, Graham said. Always he has given me something that lived on stage as... another dancer. This and other events celebrating Noguchi were presented through the support of Sachiko Kuno and Ryuji Ueno.
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Latest Edition: October 2019 | Asian American Life
Asian American Life New Fall Episode: Host Ernabel Demillo takes us on a tour of Noguchi Museum in Queens; Filmmaker Konrad Aderer reports on Tsuru For Solidarity, where Japanese Americans are protesting the separation of family and children at the border; Rayner Ramirez reports on New York's Indonesian Community; Kyung Yoon shares the importance of the 2020 Census. Some groups are at risk for being under counted, and
the stakes are particularly high for Asian American communities nationwide; And Minnie Roh meets the first Asian American organic farmer of the year at Sang Lee Farms.
Taped: 09/10/2019
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Chatam Square , piazza centrale di Chinatown . E' circondata da sedi bancarie e ornata al centro dal Kil Lau Memorial ,arcata a pagoda del 1962 a ricordo dei cino-americani morti in difesa della libertà. A sud,lungo St. James Palace , si trova il cimitero ebraico più antico di New York. A Nord parte la Bowery, animata arteria con a sinistra , al N 18, la Edward Mooney House , antica residenza del 1785-89 in stile georgiano. Di fronte, sulla destra di Broadway, vedete Confucius Plaza, moderna torre di appartamenti del 1976, decorata dalla statua bronzea al filosofo Confucio ( Liu Shih, 1977)
Occult SATURN Symbols In NEW YORK | Tentacles of the Deep State PART 6 [2018]
We’ve seen that the Deep State is a more than just a group of people controlling things, the #DeepState or the #Cabal is also connected to the occult. So wouldn’t there be proof or evidence of the occult all around us – symbols that connect to the material world, hiding in plain sight?
On part 5 of our Deep State series you saw how #Saturn symbolism has penetrated every facet of our culture.
But where can we see examples of this and how deep does it go?
In Part 6 Ben and Rob will take out out into the jungle of Manhattan, they’ll show you undeniable evidence of Deep State symbolism infiltration.
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【4K】Walking in Manhattan From Bowling Green to Washington Square Park
Walking in Manhattan Downtown to Midtown From Bowling Green Battery Park to Washington Square Park, New York, NYC
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02:23 - US Custom House
02:43 - Bowling Green Park
03:40 - New York Film Academy
04:12 - Bull Statue
04:52 - Bull Statue Girl
09:35 - New York Stock Exchange
21:17 - 9/11 Memorial Park
26:05 - One World Trade Center Building
01:01:11 - NYU Building
01:02:45 - Washington Square Park
01:05:10 - Washington Square Arch
The Landmarks of New York
Isamu Noguchi: Citizen, Spaceship Earth | Dakin Hart
This talk addresses the work of Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), in dialogue with the practice of Vietnamese Danish artist Danh Vo (born 1975).
Noguchi’s work is an increasingly relevant model for what contemporary art in a totally connected world can be: rooted in tradition and future focused; culturally specific and universal in intent; crafted, industrial, and technological; inseparable from the fabric of society; and made with a deep sense of civic purpose. Today, no artist better reflects Noguchi's uncompromising approach to changing the terms of debate in the art world—and its still surprisingly rigid club rules—than Danh Vo.
The talk was held in conjunction with the Noguchi for Danh Vo: Counterpoint’ exhibition in the M+ Pavilion, designed to explore the maverick values of two of Asia’s most complex, diasporic sons.
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Date: 17 November 2018
Venue: JC Cube, Tai Kwun
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Celebrating the East Building Twentieth-Century Art Series, Part 14: Modern Sculpture
David Gariff, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art. The East Building of the National Gallery of Art houses an impressive collection of modern sculptures displayed throughout its many levels. Henry Moore’s Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece, Anthony Caro’s National Gallery Ledge Piece, and the enormous mobile, Untitled, by Alexander Calder were commissioned for the opening of the building in 1978 and are prominently displayed at the entrance and in the atrium. Other large-scale works by Max Ernst, Andy Goldsworthy, Isamu Noguchi, Richard Serra, and David Smith are also found in the atrium. Throughout the upstairs galleries one can trace the history of 20th-century sculpture in parallel with the history of 20th-century painting. As part of the series Celebrating the East Building: 20th-Century Art, senior lecturer David Gariff leads a tour of the Gallery’s modern sculptures in this lecture presented on August 30, 2018, at the National Gallery of Art.
Queens | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:36 1 History
00:02:45 1.1 Colonial and post-colonial history
00:08:03 1.2 Incorporation as borough
00:11:18 2 Boroughscape
00:11:27 3 Geography
00:13:09 3.1 Climate
00:15:44 4 Neighborhoods
00:21:47 5 Demographics
00:21:57 5.1 2010 U.S. Census
00:23:51 5.2 Population estimates since 2010
00:25:04 5.3 Ethnic groups
00:35:10 6 Culture
00:37:11 6.1 Languages
00:39:20 6.2 Food
00:39:51 7 Government
00:43:15 7.1 Representatives in the U.S. Congress
00:45:44 8 Economy
00:48:42 9 Sports
00:50:09 10 Transportation
00:50:31 10.1 Airports
00:52:19 10.2 Public transportation
00:54:40 10.2.1 Water transit
00:57:34 10.3 Roads
00:57:42 10.3.1 Highways
00:58:49 10.3.2 Streets
01:03:08 10.3.3 Bridges and tunnels
01:04:55 11 Education
01:05:04 11.1 Elementary and secondary education
01:06:24 11.2 Postsecondary institutions
01:09:00 11.3 Queens Public Library
01:10:11 12 Notable people
01:12:37 13 See also
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Queens is a borough of New York City, coterminous with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest borough geographically and is adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island. To its east is Nassau County. Queens also shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The borough of Queens is the second largest in population (after Brooklyn), with an estimated 2,358,582 residents in 2017, approximately 48 percent of them foreign-born. Queens County also is the second most populous county in the U.S. state of New York, behind Brooklyn, which is coterminous with Kings County. Queens is the fourth most densely populated county among New York City's boroughs, as well as in the United States. If each of New York City's boroughs were an independent city, Queens would be the nation's fourth most populous, after Los Angeles, Chicago, and Brooklyn. Queens is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York. The settlement was presumably named for the English queen Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705). Queens became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898, and from 1683 until 1899, the County of Queens included what is now Nassau County.
Queens has the most diversified economy of the five boroughs of New York City. It is home to John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, both among the world's busiest, which in turn makes the airspace above Queens among the busiest in the United States. Landmarks in Queens include Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; Citi Field, home to the New York Mets baseball team; the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, site of the US Open tennis tournament; Kaufman Astoria Studios; Silvercup Studios; and Aqueduct Racetrack. The borough has diverse housing, ranging from high-rise apartment buildings in the urban areas of western and central Queens, such as Ozone Park, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Astoria, and Long Island City, to somewhat more suburban neighborhoods in the eastern part of the borough, including Douglaston–Little Neck and Bayside. The Queens Night Market in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park attracts over 10,000 people nightly to sample food from over 85 countries.
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David Torkanowsky Interview by Monk Rowe - 9/26/2019 - New Hartford, NY
Pianist David Torkanowsky talks about the unique sound of New Orleans music and the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the culture. He also offers advice on becoming a valuable and respected sideman.
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Queens | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Queens
00:02:21 1 History
00:02:30 1.1 Colonial and post-colonial history
00:07:22 1.2 Incorporation as borough
00:10:13 2 Geography
00:11:47 2.1 Borough scapes
00:11:56 2.2 Climate
00:14:24 2.3 Adjacent counties
00:14:44 3 Neighborhoods
00:19:23 4 Demographics
00:19:32 4.1 Population estimates
00:22:15 4.2 Ethnic groups
00:31:44 5 Culture
00:34:07 5.1 Languages
00:36:10 5.2 Food
00:36:40 6 Government
00:39:36 7 Economy
00:42:22 8 Sports
00:43:42 9 New York City Designated Landmarks
00:43:53 10 Transportation
00:44:14 10.1 Airports
00:45:55 10.2 Public transportation
00:48:07 10.2.1 Water transit
00:50:47 10.3 Roads
00:50:55 10.3.1 Highways
00:51:58 10.3.2 Streets
00:55:55 10.3.3 Bridges and tunnels
00:57:36 10.4 Education
00:57:44 10.5 Elementary and secondary education
00:58:57 10.6 Postsecondary institutions
01:01:35 10.7 Queens Library
01:02:43 11 Notable people
01:04:51 12 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island and to Nassau County farther east on Long Island; in addition, Queens shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Coterminous with Queens County since 1899, the borough of Queens is the second-largest in population (after Brooklyn), with a census-estimated 2,358,582 residents in 2017, approximately 48% of them foreign-born. Queens County also is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of New York, behind the neighboring borough of Brooklyn, which is coterminous with Kings County. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated county among New York City's boroughs, as well as in the United States. If each of New York City's boroughs were an independent city, Queens also would be the nation's fourth most populous, after Los Angeles in California, Chicago in Illinois and Brooklyn. Queens is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York. The settlement was presumably named for the English queen Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705). Queens became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898, and from 1683 until 1899, the County of Queens included what is now Nassau County.
Queens has the most diversified economy of the five boroughs of New York City. It is home to John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, both among the world's busiest, which in turn makes the airspace above Queens among the busiest in the United States. Landmarks in Queens include Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; Citi Field, home to the New York Mets baseball team; the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, site of the US Open tennis tournament; Kaufman Astoria Studios; Silvercup Studios; and Aqueduct Racetrack. The borough has diverse housing, ranging from high-rise apartment buildings in the urban areas of western and central Queens, such as Jackson Heights, Flushing, Astoria, and Long Island City, to somewhat more suburban neighborhoods in the eastern part of the borough, including Little Neck, Douglaston, and Bayside.
Japanese Americans | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Japanese Americans
00:01:06 1 History
00:01:15 1.1 Immigration
00:04:02 1.2 Internment and redress
00:05:08 2 Cultural profile
00:05:17 2.1 Generations
00:06:28 2.2 Languages
00:07:51 2.3 Education
00:09:07 2.3.1 Schools for Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals
00:12:03 2.4 Intermarriage
00:13:55 2.5 Religion
00:16:04 2.6 Celebrations
00:16:45 3 Politics
00:17:28 4 Genetics
00:21:08 4.1 Risk for inherited diseases
00:24:11 5 Japanese Americans by state
00:24:21 5.1 California
00:26:02 5.2 Connecticut
00:26:20 5.3 Georgia
00:26:35 5.4 Hawaii
00:26:43 5.5 Illinois
00:27:31 5.6 Michigan
00:28:30 5.7 New Jersey
00:29:07 5.8 Virginia
00:29:35 6 Neighborhoods and communities
00:29:45 6.1 The West Coast
00:33:30 6.2 Outside the West Coast
00:35:48 7 Notable people
00:35:57 7.1 Politics
00:37:38 7.2 Science and technology
00:39:07 7.3 Art and literature
00:39:16 7.3.1 Art and architecture
00:39:58 7.3.2 Literature
00:41:18 7.4 Music
00:42:37 7.5 Sports
00:46:15 7.6 Entertainment and media
00:48:03 8 Works about Japanese Americans
00:48:41 9 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Japanese Americans (日系アメリカ人, Nikkei Amerikajin) are Americans who are fully or partially of Japanese descent, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1.4 million, including those of partial ancestry. According to the 2010 census, the largest Japanese American communities were found in California with 272,528, Hawaii with 185,502, New York with 37,780, Washington with 35,008, Illinois with 17,542, and Ohio with 16,995. Southern California has the largest Japanese American population in North America and the city of Torrance holds the densest Japanese American population in the 48 contiguous states.
The Forgotten Indispensable Man: Joe Kinyoun & The Birth of the NIH
Dr. David Morens, an epidemiologist and medical historian at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), talks about Dr. Joseph Kinyoun and his role in the history of NIH. This talk took place on September 26, 2011 at the NIH National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. (A few images not in the public domain will appear blurred.)