[Bobby Williams]
Prep work for the demolition of 100 Avenue A is getting serious... the scaffolding has arrived... and workers put up the plywood along Avenue A...
The city OK'd a demolition permit in June for 98-100 Avenue A, which housed East Village Farms until Feb. 7, 2012.
Developer Ben Shaoul purchased the former theater turned market in May for $15.5 million, according to public records.
We don't know specifically what will be here... Shaoul's reps filed the plans in the hub self-service... and they will not be made public until the city approves them.
But a rendering on the plywood shows a building looking like this:
...six floors of residences above the retail component here between East Sixth Street and East Seventh Street.
A retail listing that we posted in May stated that the building will contain 40 residential units.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A little bit of Hollywood on Avenue A
East Village Farms is closing; renovations coming to 100 Avenue A
Inside the abandoned theater at East Village Farms on Avenue A
Reader reports: Village Farms closing Jan. 31; building will be demolished
Asbestos abatement continues at 98 Avenue A, Ben Shaoul's latest East Village trophy
What? No gray to go with the red?
ReplyDeleteBricks. There's a great future in bricks. Think about it. Will you think about it?
ReplyDeleteAt least there's retail below. The absence of street-level retail on a lot of the recent renderings has been a major part of why all this new construction poses such a threat to the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteA retreat from the mixed-use nature of the East Village is a big mistake.
Thanks to whoever approved this. Now our public transport will be even more stressed than it already is.On top of everything else that this neighborhood doesn't need.
ReplyDeleteThis is the final end of the remnants of a grand old theater...probably the last and only remaining movie palace in our neighborhood! Wish there was more notice being paid, and there would be if it were in, maybe, the upper west side?
ReplyDeleteWe just lost the Charles Theater at 12th + Avenue B, which was in better shape and still had its seats. This place (I got inside last year) was just a shell, but most of the original layout was intact. Why couldn't they have built apartments above and kept the theater restored below? How fucking cool would that be? (It's still not too late!!)
ReplyDeleteThis question answers itself because it's all about an insane lust for money coupled with an accelerated effort to change the demographics of our neighborhood, all with the assistance and facilitation by city gov't.
New York is dying....
"At least there's retail below..." Unfortunately the retail is going to be chains, banks, or more tourist bars/party-theme-dining. Who else can afford the rents they are going to charge?
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine what it would do to the block if there were something like a nice bookstore/cafe, a real gathering spot that could reflect that locations' focal point in the neighborhood?