Two designers created a unique home that they hope makes visitors feel like they’re in an alternate world.
Category: Queens (NYC)
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After 40 Years, the Pizza Hut Book It! Kids Are All Right
Pizza Hut’s Book It! literacy program, founded in 1984, has reached more than 70 million students — and counts the radio host Charlamagne Tha God among its fans.
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5 Places to Visit for NYC Pride 2024
Check out the new Stonewall visitors’ center, bask on a queer-friendly beach, see works by a pioneering lesbian photographer and revel in L.G.B.T.Q. history in every borough.
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For Mets Fans, Opening Day Was All About Shopping
For a lot of fans at the new Mets team store, game day is all about the shopping.
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New York Food Delivery Workers, Overlooked in Life, Are Honored in Death
A Facebook page chronicles the deaths of dozens of bike-riding workers who delivered food in New York City, lionizing them as fallen heroes.
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Burt Young, ‘Rocky’ Actor Who Played Complex Tough Guys, Dies at 83
A former boxer from the streets of Queens, he became a scene stealer with his portrayals of mobsters, cops and working men with soul.
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The Police Seized My Rental Car Reported Stolen and Avis Won’t Refund Me
A traveler was visiting family when police impounded her vehicle, saying it had been reported stolen. Why wouldn’t Avis give her money back, and why would they rent her a stolen car in the first place?
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New Red Order: Artists With a Call to ‘Give It Back’
In “The World’s UnFair,” a Creative Time project in Queens in the form of a wry carnival, a collective redirects the resources of the art world toward returning Indigenous land.
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Ecuavoley, Anyone? Sport of Ecuador Thrives in Shadow of US Open.
Just outside the U.S. Open grounds, Queens locals, many of them immigrants from Ecuador, play a volleyball-like sport imported from their country that brings the community together.
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Life at a Grand Slam: What You Don’t See on TV at the U.S. Open
The commute, the fight for court time and the sponsorship commitments make the life of a tennis player demanding during this tournament.