Monday, January 23, 2012

Sidewalk shed arrives at 86 E. Fourth St.

Usually not a newsy item to note. A sidewalk shed. Which workers put up on Friday. However, as we've reported, several current tenants have said that they are wary of the future after RURU & Associates bought the building here at Second Avenue.

Several current and former tenants have said that the new management is declining to offer new leases as current leases expire. (Read more on this here ... and here ... and here)

Nothing sinister via the DOB about the sidewalk shed, which the city OK'd on Thursday:

ALTERATION TYPE 3 - CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - SIDEWALK-SHED
PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FILED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS
PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.


...and the sidewalk shed quickly offered some shelter...


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Thanks to our friend Matt Rosen for the tip about the sidewalk shed.
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1 comment:

  1. nygrumpJanuary 23, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    if one is rent stablized/contreolled, if I'm not mistaken there are very few reasons why they can 'decline' to renew your lease. Market people have no protection.

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