Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Looking at the sidewalk shed and dumpster at 35 Cooper Square

Speaking of sidewalk sheds... Jeremiah first reported last Friday that work was starting at 35 Cooper Square...

So I took a few photos for my files...



Roland Li at Real Estate Weekly got a quote from a spokesperson for the building's developer: "They are removing asbestos in the roof...and they took down the awning."

The DOB permits point to "minor facade work."

Which may or may not explain the presence of an empty dumpster sitting in the sinkhole adjacent to 35 Cooper Square last evening ...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Something 28,998 square feet or so coming to Cooper Square (and goodbye Cooper 35 Asian Pub?)

Doom and doomer: More of Cooper Square primed for development

Cooper 35 Asian Pub part of development deal on Cooper Square
at

7 comments:

  1. LisaFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    RIP, little building. You will be missed.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Bowery BoyFebruary 9, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    No one can deny that there's a ton of new crappy building on the Bowery over the past few years, but the least crappiest, to me, is the Bowery Hotel, cuz it kept the gas station that was there and built with it as a starting point. If one hotel can save a friggin' gas station, can't this new building keep the cute lil' house? How cool would that be? It's the Repurpose Generation, and this house should be part of the revolution. Where's that architect?

    ReplyDelete
  3. LisaFebruary 9, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    Yeah, even the NYU Monster kept the facade of the 1848 St. Anne's Church when they built that illegal abomination of a dorm on 12th and 4th.

    ReplyDelete
  4. EV GrieveFebruary 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    @BoweryBoy

    So Gemma there at the Bowery Hotel used part of the structure from the garage...? I've noticed the 1954 up on the corner of Gemma on Third Street. That's the year the bank closed there...

    ReplyDelete
  5. Bowery BoyFebruary 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    Yes, Gemma is in what used to be the gas station garage. I remember seeing inside, and it went down 2 stories where they excavated the oily dirt underneath.

    ReplyDelete
  6. EV GrieveFebruary 10, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    @Bowery Boy

    I do find it disingenuous that Gemma has the 1954 up on their corner — as if the restaurant has been there for that long.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Bowery BoyFebruary 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    Agreed. That's why we need EVGrieve around... to help us keep the record straight.

    "We kept it straight! Everythin' marked, everythin' 'membered!" -Savannah Nix (Beyond Thunderdome)

    ReplyDelete

Your remarks and lively debates are welcome, whether supportive or critical of the views herein. Your articulate, well-informed remarks that are relevant to an article are welcome.

However, commentary that is intended to "flame" or attack, that contains violence, racist comments and potential libel will not be published. Facts are helpful.

If you'd like to make personal attacks and libelous claims against people and businesses, then you may do so on your own social media accounts. Also, comments predicting when a new business will close ("I give it six weeks") will not be approved.