Thursday, February 7, 2013

Demolition starts on former garage and lot; new developments coming for Lafayette Street


Goggla passed along these photos yesterday, noting that the demolition had started on the former ZP Auto Repair Shop on the southwest corner of Lafayette and Great Jones. The shop moved out to Brooklyn in the spring of 2011. This prime real estate (car-care center? hahaha!) had been on the market for years. Workers started prepping the space for demolition back in the fall.


By the end of the afternoon, the garage was mostly gone...


The demolition extends to the parking lot and billboard on the northwest corner of Lafayette and Bond...



There are big plans in place for each corner.

At 10 Bond Street, developers have aspirations for a 7-story, 11-unit condo building. (Find more details and renderings at Curbed.)

[Via Curbed]

One note: Earlier reports list Annabelle Selldorf as the architect of record for 10 Bond Street. However, the plans waiting approval at the DOB list the notorious Gene Kaufman as the architect.

Meanwhile, there are other big plans for the opposite corner at 372 Lafayette. The city just approved architect Morris Adjmi's plan for a new 6-story apartment building...


The last rendering we saw looked like...


The above image came via Off the Grid, who has more details on this project here.

Now where do people get their cars repaired?

Previously on EV Grieve:
New skyline for Lafayette Street?

Another corner still primed to fall on NoHo
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8 comments:

  1. glammaFebruary 7, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    Oh. God. No. Not Gene Kaufman again. Please no

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  2. dmbreamFebruary 7, 2013 at 10:09 AM

    Wait --- I thought we're supposed to be "against cars."

    Which is it again?

    ;-)

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  3. Ken from Ken's KitchenFebruary 7, 2013 at 10:25 AM

    Amazing. I don't hate either building, they both kind of fit in. The silver is kind of cheesy though.

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  4. EV GrieveFebruary 7, 2013 at 11:07 AM

    @ dmbream

    Oh, cars are IN for 2013. (They were out last year!)

    @ Ken from Ken's Kitchen

    Agreed.

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  5. pinheadFebruary 7, 2013 at 11:28 AM

    Christopher Gray did a piece on that stretch of Lafayette in 2010, including a 1942 photo at Bond Street.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM

    This garage was basically the last vestige of gritty charm this area had...

    The old NoHo is truly dead, now home to a bunch of absurdly priced condos.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2013 at 1:50 PM

    I can't reconcile the two pictures. Looks like two different lots; two different shapes (?) I don't know where I'm looking.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2013 at 8:05 PM

    Do they build anything besides luxury condos anymore? Really, who are these people? Does the city have any say in approving these building permits, maybe saying "hey we already have x amount of luxury condos, maybe we need some housing for the people who actually live and work in NYC?" Oh wait, they don't care. And I guess they think you can get gas and mechanics in the outer boroughs- hope your car survives the trip over the bridge without running out of fuel or engine life.

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