Saturday, March 26, 2011
Next step in the demolition of 35 Cooper Square
Yesterday, we noted the presence of rodent control signs at 35 Cooper Square... today, crews are on the scene to remove the water and sewer lines... all necessary steps that the developer needs to complete before demolition can commence...
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It's a goner. Too bad -- its modest 2.5 stories (most townhouses rise at least to 3.5 and some even 4 with the stoop, like Merchants') provided an interesting contrast with the much more upscale town houses just around the corner nearer Lafayette surrounding the old Vauxhall Gardens.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that the Bowery up here was a little like Washington Avenue along the Botanical Gardens -- the rear end of a park is often commercially depressed by lack of density. Of course Lafayette Place had money because it kept density out. It's as if there are two distinct economic models, one for wealth and another for work, and their relation is that of bizarro world or topsy-turvey.
No doubt there were other factors. I wonder what they were. Why would a Stuyvesant build such a modest house there?
good riddance! build it!!!!!!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 5:17 - Oh, just shut the fuck up, you miserable douchebag. You could only wish that your (hopefully imminent) extinction occasioned a tenth of the outpouring of rage, grief and mourning that this little building's did. But ya know, somehow I doubt it.
ReplyDeleteThe developer won't name his silent partner. But a quick look at Bhatia Development Org's website reveals that he builds luxury condo towers and dorms for the New School. Not a prob for him to do either since there are no zoning regs for that stretch of Cooper Square which is how the Cooper Square Hotel happened.
ReplyDeleteJust sad. People would have enjoyed looking at that little building for decades (centuries?) to come. Once its gone, its gone. And for what? So some developer can pad his bloated bottom line this year, forgotten the next?
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