Millstones to Murals in Long Island City

Long Island City has always led the way in shepherding ‘The Future’ into ‘Today’.

Our tour will start at the legendary Dutch Kills Millstones, the last remnant from the era when tide mills transformed a failed colony into a jewel on the crown (and whose importance is evidenced by flour barrels on the city’s coat of arms).

We then cross noisy Queens Plaza and are suddenly in a hushed neighborhood which echoes the last remnants of residential 19th century Long Island City.

On to 21st Street, to admire the Metro Tech Building – covered in murals – and said to be artists’ testament to the gone but not forgotten Flux Factory.

Finally, we hope to have an invite (or two!) to an artist’s atelier – to see the work, hear the words, from representatives an art community who help to dub Long Island City – the ‘Cradle of Creativity’