A tipster tells us that the Dunkin' Donuts at 520 E. 14th St. is on the move… heading east toward Avenue B a few storefronts away … to the former home of La Isla Restaurant, which closed in July 2012…
DOB permits for this address at No. 542 point to a renovations for a Dunkin' Donuts …
Meanwhile, what will become of the storefronts at No. 520? The building will be the last thing standing here … with bookend 7-floor retail-residential complexes on the way …
Gino DiGirolamo's Royal Tailor shop at No. 520 is closing on May 31. Gino is retiring after 50 years in business. A bit of a forced retirement given that the landlord was doubling his rent here.
In other Dunkin' Donuts news … as we reported on Friday, a DD is taking the former Norman's Sound & Vision storefront at 67 Cooper Square.
I love donuts!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's been mentioned before on EVG, but East 14th St (and its environs) was once home to tens of thousands of Sicilian immigrants. I can trace my NY roots (on both sides) straight back to this block.
ReplyDeleteI am guessing it's bye-bye 520 as we know it. Bye-bye, lovely little building with warm brick and nice stone accents and history and charm, hello yet more featureless cheesy-looking "luxury" featuring shops no one wants or needs or could afford to shop in.
ReplyDelete@Anon. 9:14 - my uncle's "godfather" - in the Marlon Brando sense - used to live on Avenue A between 10th and 11th Streets...
Huh. Was there bad feeling towards the Pugliese immigrants a few blocks to the south around 1st Avenue? (Di Robertis is a remnant of that.)
ReplyDeleteSuburbanites luuuurv Dunkin' Donuts and gotta have that Coolatta. And don't forget to give their receipts.
ReplyDeleteAwww, Rats!
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