Back in August 2012 we heard that the Duane Reade on Avenue B and East Second Street was going to expand... next door into the spaces previously occupied by Zaitzeff ... and the long-dead High Chai Tea Room.
In addition, Duane Reade would add a second level, digging into the basement space where the Dolphin Gym closed in February 2010.
Anyway, the city had previously OK'd the necessary permits ... and workers are prepping the adjacent space for expansion, as you can see in the photo above... Workers have replaced the former storefronts with plywood.
As discussed several times previously, this corner space was previously home to The Gas Station, aka Art Gallery Space 2B. Alex at Flaming Pablum wrote about the space here.
Per the Times:
For 10 years, the Gas Station, with its towering sculpture built from discards ranging from a 1970 Plymouth Valiant to department store mannequins to television sets, has been a symbol of the Lower East Side's Bohemian ways and artistic resolve.
The space was cleared out in 1996...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Reader report: Duane Reade expanding on Avenue B
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So now the Duane Read warehouse will be extended from Ave B and 2nd Street to Duane and Reade streets?
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