Monday, September 17, 2012

Old firehouse on East 11th Street no longer really looks like an old firehouse

In January, we posted about the former firehouse converted into residences on East 11th Street just east of Avenue B... two units were available to rent... the space is no longer on the market ...


... and it no longer has that firehouse look out front — workers painted it black yesterday.


Apparently black is in for former firehouses-turned-residences in NYC — just ask Anderson Cooper.

Updated: Dave on 7th notes that this space is now home, in part, to ALLDAYEVERYDAY, an integrated marketing communications and entertainment company whose clients include Michael Kors, Gawker Media and Cee Lo, among many others.
at

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 1:48 PM

    A bit further down the same block toward Avenue C, and on the same side, was RUSH. It sold high quality weed in small amounts through a speakeasy-type opening in the door to the basement unit. This was, of course, back in the day -- 1979 or so.

    ReplyDelete
  2. GojiraSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    @Anon 1:48 - do you remember the Blue Door Store and the Black Door Store, a couple of buildings away from each other on 10th between 1st and A, that operated the same kind of business around the same time as RUSH?

    ReplyDelete
  3. James C. TaylorSeptember 18, 2012 at 9:55 AM

    My wife and I live on this block and were highly saddened to see this building lose its distinctive red paint job (which had only recently been given a fresh new coat).

    A typical example of our "more-of-the-same" culture.

    @EV Grieve: Disappointed you missed the opportunity for a Rolling Stones-inspired headline for this post.

    ReplyDelete
  4. EV GrieveSeptember 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM

    @ James

    Ah! Next time! And there will be a next time...

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousDecember 4, 2012 at 6:22 PM

    Looked better red. Makes sense there's office space there. I'm pretty sure there was some form of baby dot com there in the late 90's when it was 'my' block. Sigh. Does anyone remember the summer when a bunch of crusty types were 'living' on a flat bed truck parked on this block?

    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.