26 THE QUEENS COURIER • JANUARY 1, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com s year in photos CROWDFUNDING EFFORT TO BRING PEARL JAM TO FOREST HILLS This year, November could’ve been renamed Pearl Jam Awareness Month. Since Nov. 5, a devoted group of fans have raised almost $100,000 in crowd funds over two months. The fundraiser is a wildly hopeful dash to convince the ‘90s rock band to play in the Forest Hills Stadium. The members of the famous quintet have made no indication on what they plan to do. The group Pearl Jam Forest Hills will be holding a fundraiser in the New Year at Austin’s Ale House. Danny Clinch/Flickr Creative Commons novemBER ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PASSES COUNCIL VOTE After some tussling over this year’s key phrase — affordable housing — the City Council voted overwhelmingly on Nov. 25 to approve the Astoria Cove mega development, clearing the way for the major land use project. More than 460 units of the 1,723 total apartments throughout the 2.2-million-square-foot project on the Astoria waterfront will be affordable housing. The project, which is anticipated to take more than 10 years to complete in four different phases, will also include about 84,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space, a school and some Rendering courtesy of STUDIO V Architecture retail. THE COURIER/Photo by Angy Altamirano DAIRY QUEEN ARRIVES IN QUEENS Dairy Queen opened in Corona on Nov. 11, bringing its famous soft-serve treats back to the borough for the fi rst time in decades. Located at 37-39 Junction Blvd., the Dairy Queen is one of four locations in the city, joining DQs in the Bronx, Staten Island and Manhattan, which just debuted in May. As many of our DQ expert readers pointed out, the dessert chain once existed in the borough prior to the 1980s, but the Corona eatery is currently the only location in Queens. The restaurant serves more than just dessert. Its menu features familiar sweets, including Blizzards, and lunch and dinner items, such as burgers, sandwiches and salads.
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