Inside scoop: Socrates is only one block from the Noguchi Museum
and across the street from the Mansard-Roofed Clock Tower. This
L-shaped tower is atop a building that once housed the Sohmer &
Company piano factory, which was built in 1886, when the area
was spotted with piano factories. The building was designed in the
German Romanesque Revival style.
Address: 32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City,
www.socratessculpturepark.org.
THALÍA SPANISH THEATRE
The borough’s only bilingual Latino venue, Thalía Spanish Theatre
is dedicated to promoting and preserving the heritage of Hispanic
drama. Founded in 1977 by Cuban actress/director Silvia Brito,
Thalía specializes in the zarzuela, an art form that combines operatic
singing with dialogue, and other kinds of Spanish-language drama
genres.
Inside scoop: Lance Corporal Thomas P. Noonan Playground is
a few blocks from Thalía on Greenpoint Avenue and 43rd Street.
The public space is named after a native son who was awarded a
posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroics in the
Vietnam War. On February 5, 1969, Noonan was fatally shot by
North Vietnamese soldiers while carrying a seriously wounded
United States soldier to safety.
Address: 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside,
www.thaliatheatre.org.
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