[June 2012]
Signs went up for an incoming Yogurt Crazy last June on Third Avenue between 12th Street and 11th Street ... replacing the hardware store that closed in January 2010...
However, there was never any craziness... Last month, we spotted a "rent demand" letter on the door from landlord NYU ... Per the letter, signed by Peter Min, director of NYU's Lease and Acquisitions, Yogurt Crazy owes $37,134.87 "for rent and additional rent" through Feb. 28.
Last Monday, we spotted more legalese papers taped to the door...
And now, someone has removed the Yogurt Crazy signage....
So! Let's do a quick FroYo recap. A Twister self-serve frozen yogurt shop is in the works on Second Avenue near East Seventh Street. The Yogurt Station remains closed on St. Mark's Place ... the NLYU Yogurt on First Avenue near East 10th Street closed after just a few months in business.
Oh! That Yooglers froyo place opened on Broadway near East 10th Street about a month or so ago. Never noted that...
Before the building housing Yooglers was torn down to make way for luxury condos, the address was the last home to New York City's unofficial poet laureate Frank O'Hara. Read more about that at Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.
I miss the hardware store. That's that NYU gets for booting out a solid tenant in favor of a fad.
ReplyDelete37,000 was a small price to pay to rescue the good name of Yoghurt Crazy
ReplyDeleteIs the $37,134.87 for one months rent or two?
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame. They tossed out our hardware store -- and neighboring deli -- and the spaces are just sitting there!
ReplyDeleteWho needs a hardware store when their condos provide for all their maintenance needs? They need froyo shops to lick and consume on while the building's repair whatever it is need to be repaired in their conods. Everything is bought and no one needs to be self-reliant anymore.
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