The BP station on Second Avenue and East First Street closed in early July.
So until whatever new development comes along here (the rumor is boutique hotel), the property is providing a fine canvas for, well, all this...
Anyway, nothing yet on file with the DOB for the address.
Previously on EV Grieve:
RUMOR: Gas station going, boutique hotel coming on Second Avenue? (31 comments)
BP station on 2nd Avenue closes this month
The 2nd Avenue BP station has closed
I wish I understood the rationale for shutting/tearing things down before something is primed and ready to go in its place. This place could have been pumping gas all this while. Mary Help of Christians has been down for a year now, and they have yet to do anything on the site besides let it lie fallow. Why?
ReplyDeleteI wish some of this graffiti had something to say about the land grab in the EV instead of retro fat name tags. I simple $ symbol means more than these.
ReplyDelete"I wish some of this graffiti had something to say about the land grab in the EV instead of retro fat name tags. I simple $ symbol means more than these."
ReplyDeleteIn a bad way it kind of does. That top-hat character in photos 1 and 4 are drawn by a really bourgie street artist named Andre Saraiva. The character doesn't really have any meaning, but it to me it just shows how money is taking over EV.
of course, there will be great lamenting and gnashing of teeth when these are covered up / torn down when construction begins.
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To me the graffiti is a message about what the hotel is going to be all about. Andre Saraiva (top hat) , runs the club in the Standard East, is a partner in the club at TriBeca Grand, owns Le Baron…
ReplyDeleteI don't think its a coincidence that he was the first person to tag closed gas station. I bet he is doing a club in the new hotel and paul sevigny has something to do with it as well.
Just a guess.
It takes them a while to get all the permits, but in the meantime they can clear the lot and get it ready.
ReplyDeleteThese developers came to the community board asking for a bunch of variances to build higher and closer to the curb due to the weird shape of the lot, so they could squeeze more units in and make more money. I wonder if the denial by CB3 makes any difference to the DOB who seemingly approves anything on paper with ink.