Tuesday, December 15, 2009

(Updated) 536 E. 13th Street is a real dump now

All work has stopped at 536 E. 13th St. near Avenue B at the site of a stalled six-story apartment/condo....

The construction here caused cracks in the foundation at the building next door...and now someone is using the site to dump garbage. Thanks, rampant development!




Updated:
A former neighbor checks in via the comments.

I lived on the second floor of 530 East 13th until last January. Ours was the apartment with the terrace overlooking this "space". There were three huge trees which gave a beautiful dappled effect on a sunny day. Then in August '08 the so-called construction began. I came home from work one day to discover that all three trees had been felled. Work stalled almost immediately, but by then it was too late, and our apartment became infested with rodents almost overnight. I disposed of 11 mice between August and December (and those were just the ones I caught).


Previously on EV Grieve:
A dormant construction site on East 13th Street

8 comments:

Jill said...

Now THIS is the East Village of my youth.

EV Grieve said...

Jill, do you remember what was torn down here to make way for the development?

James Taylor said...

I lived on the second floor of 530 East 13th until last January. Ours was the apartment with the terrace overlooking this "space". There were three huge trees which gave a beautiful dappled effect on a sunny day. Then in August '08 the so-called construction began. I came home from work one day to discover that all three trees had been felled. Work stalled almost immediately, but by then it was too late, and our apartment became infested with rodents almost overnight. I disposed of 11 mice between August and December (and those were just the ones I caught). One of the reasons we moved out was the thought of living next to a huge glass condo. I'm happy to report our new place is rodent free but I'm frustrated that all my hard work fashioning mouse traps out of out of cereal boxes was for nought.

EV Grieve said...

Thanks for sharing, James.

Anonymous said...

You know, it wasn't really worth rolling out that tank back in the day if this is all they have to show for it. City should think twice about using tanks in the future.

Anonymous said...

The buildings the cops raided/seized were on the other side of the street -- 535, 537, 539, 541 and 545 in total -- military style.

Jill said...

I don't remember what was there before. I also can't remember what I was doing five minutes ago.

I love how you can see through to 12th Street.

Anonymous said...

No to mention that this construction also cracked the building at 530. There are several cracks that go all the way thru from outside to inside on the south east corner.I thought they would condemn the building.