Progress at the 'slowly handmade' 154 Second Ave.

We haven't checked in at 154 Second Ave., the former home of the Sigmund Schwartz Gramercy Park Chapel, since the end of January.

Here's an update on the "luxury rental apartments" with ground-floor retail via EVG reader Terry Howell:

"As you can see, this building is being slowly handmade. I have listened to every one of those girders being hammered into place by hand over this winter. You can see a small pile of girders waiting to be placed and pounded together on the flooring. There is a crew of about 5-6 guys who are doing it all!

Meanwhile! It looks as if there is an empty space in the rear... Perhaps a Party Patio? (A reader called a patio where these bros always hang out on East Fifth Street the "Dick Deck.")

Or, preferably, maybe a little green space with grass and what not...



...And a view of the front from Tuesday...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Former funeral home looks to double in size with help from 'the controversial penthouse king of the East Village'

Redeveloped funeral home looking for a few live retail tenants

The walls come tumbling down at 154 Second Avenue