Construction equipment has arrived on the East 10th Street side of the former P.S. 64 this morning, as these photos by EVG reader Jeffrey Marsh show...
Per Jeffrey: "As far as I can tell, they are just removing rubble at this point."
The building permit on display reads: "INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF NON LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS."
There are plans on file to convert the former P.S. 64 and CHARAS/El Bohio community center into a 500-bed dorm called University House.
On Monday, developer Gregg Singer said that he already had a 15-year agreement for 200 of the beds with Cooper Union, as The Wall Street Journal first reported.
The city disapproved the first round of plans for the building on April 1, as DOB records show.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Will old PS 64 get a theater for nonprofit groups?
Rebranded P.S. 64 up for grabs: Please welcome University House at Tompkins Square Park to the neighborhood
Deed for 'community facility use only' at the former P.S. 64 now on the market
2 new sidewalk bridges arrive as city disapproves latest plan for P.S. 64
Too much.
ReplyDeletei can't take it! hopefully i'll be dead by the time this is finished.
ReplyDeleteThis is bullshit.
ReplyDeleteI haven't followed this in a number of years but ... wasn't the community against this and had kept this concept at 'bay' for awhile? What turned it around?
ReplyDeleteFinally something becoming of an empty vacant building. This is good news.
ReplyDeleteClean it up!
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