Tuesday, May 3, 2011

ZP Auto Repair moves out of NoHo; condo on the way in?

We've been keeping an eye on ZP Auto Repair on the southwest corner of Lafayette and Great Jones , which had been on the market for several years ...

Last Friday, Goggla noticed that the guys were sweeping out the shop with a bit of finality... and today, the shop sits empty...



They'll be working from Brooklyn now.


Meanwhile, we don't know for sure what's coming here. The listing is no longer active at the Massey Knakal site, which stated "the property has Landmark’s Approval for a 6-story steel and glass building for residential, commercial or hotel-use." The property was listed at $4.4 million.

And this was the last rendering we saw:

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9 comments:

  1. nygrumpMay 3, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    The purpose of architecture is to blight the landscape. That is one ugly building.

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  2. Ken from Ken's KitchenMay 3, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    Or maybe a "bar/restaurant/auto repair experience" courtesy of the EV Imagineers!

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  3. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Bye Gus! No more candy...

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  4. glammaMay 3, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    they seem to be keeping in tune with the garage/auto repair shop/toolbox/parking motif.
    doesn't anyone use brick and mortar anymore or is it just cheaper to build them like this?

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  5. ekMay 3, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Thanks for the love guys! We miss it there too and hung on as long as we could. Our space is much nicer in Williamsburg though so we're happy. Come visit!
    ZP Auto
    37 Montrose Ave
    Brooklyn, NY 11206
    718-388-2377

    Elayne

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  6. ekMay 3, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Thanks guys we miss it there too. We held on as long as we could. We have a much more fabulous space in Williamsburg though so we're happy. Come visit!

    ZP Auto
    37 Montrose AVe.
    Brooklyn, NY 11206
    718-388-2377

    Elayne

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  7. LisaMay 3, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    @glamma - Cheaper and faster to throw up (and you can take that terminology any way you want) glass and steel crap than to go the traditional brick and mortar route. Anyway, seems the young pups for whom such buildings are intended LIKE living in a fishbowl, cos they apparently believe their lives are so unique and special they should be put on 24/7 display so that those of us who aren't fabulous but wish we were can line up on the sidewalk panting and drooling like Pavlov's dogs as we watch and yearn to emulate their "luxury" existence. And they have no filing cabinet in their brains marked "Architectural History", so this hideous excrescence is, to them, the new normal.

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  8. Marty WombacherMay 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    @Lisa: How sad, but very true! And your use of the word throw up is genius!

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  9. DianaMay 3, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    Yeah, but on the other hand this doesn't look like it's going to block anyone's light and that's my litmus test. I'm not opposed to *all* change. This may not be fabulous, but it's not as ugly as the red tumor building that's supposed to replace the old Salvation Army building on the corner of third and bowery. Let's save our fury for the developments that truly deserve it.

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