NEW YORK CITY (SBG) – The sweetest neighborhood in Queens has every sort of shop, dining establishment, and attraction that you could possibly desire. There’s a hot chocolate brewery, a coffee shop specializing in pumpkin spice lattes, and a store selling a wide variety of exotic teas. You’ll find handmade quilts, stained glass windows, and artisanal baked goods. And for all of your holiday needs, there’s an ornament repair shop, a sled factory, and a post office delivering letters to Santa. You can even join a snowball fight club.
Unfortunately, no matter how much you’re willing to pay in rent, you won’t be able to move into an apartment in this neighborhood. That’s because every single building is made entirely out of gingerbread, icing, and candy, and the whole village is housed within the New York Hall of Science. It’s called GingerBread Lane, and according to Guinness World Records, it’s the largest gingerbread village in the world.
Jon Lovitch doesn’t particularly enjoy the taste of gingerbread, but the warm, inviting scent permeates his kitchen year-round. Constructing and decorating hundreds of edible houses is a full-time job for Lovitch, a New York City-based chef with a passion for Christmastime. Lovitch creates the entirety of GingerBread Lane by himself, an enormous endeavor that keeps him in the holiday spirit even when the weather outside is far from frightful. His basement serves as his primary workspace, as well as a temporary holding zone for […]