The Entrepreneur Space's second birthday and more in the QNYC Evening Edition for Thursday March 7, 2013

Happy second birthday, Entrepreneur Space!

Last night folks from around the city converged at the Entrepreneur Space in LIC to help them celebrate their second birthday! The Entrepreneur Space is a food and business incubator located in Long Island City. 50 of the Space’s 170 clients from all five boroughs brought out their products for an evening of tasting, purchasing and meet-and-greet. Everything we tried was delicious and it was so nice to see all the enthusiasm and support for these food artists. Check out the gaggle of photos and recap of the festivities last night!

Photographer Mario Tama wins award for his photographs of post-storm destruction and life

Getty Images photographer Mario Tama won a Judge’s Special Recognition award in the Environmental Awareness Award category at the Picture of the Year International contest. He took a lot of photos of the destruction of some very powerful storms – and yes, including Sandy – from this past year. The effects of Hurricane Isaac and the November 2012 nor’easter are also pictured. Several months have passed but the images are still pretty amazing and sobering.

Building the Pan Am Worldport: Photo

Love this shot of the construction of the Pan Am Worldport, which will likely get torn down soon. This photo was taken in April 10, 1959. It took over 4,000 tons of steel to build it.

Image source: Save the Pan Am Worldport Facebook page

Bloomberg has come up with his own post-Sandy buyout program for storm ravaged areas of NYC

A while back we told you about the property buyout plan from Governor Cuomo that would take damaged homes, raze them, and leave the land as a sort of buffer zone against future storms. But WNYC reports on another buyout plan, this time coming from the Mayor’s office. While the Cuomo plan would use that purchased land strictly as “open space for use as parks, wetlands, drainage or other purposes,” the Mayor’s plan could use that same purchased land for development in the future. In the words of Brad Gair, the director of the city’s housing recovery office, “These are valuable properties. There is a limited amount of coastline properties.”

Seafood potato chip alert

If you are a fan of potato chips, perhaps a seafood chip strikes your fancy? Joe DiStefano checks out three flavors from Lay’s Thailand – Hot Chili Squid, Lobster Hot Plate, and Hot and Spicy Crab flavors. It set him back $7.50 but he gained and experience. Here are his conclusions after the taste drive:

If I had to pick a favorite it would be the squid one, but only because I’m partial to a crunchier chip. The real winner is anyone with access to the full range of Lay’s Thailand chips, which include Peking Duck and another bearing the word “Shuck,” along with what looks to be red chilies and crawdads.