[EVG file photo]
As noted a few weeks back (first by DNAinfo), demolition permits are now on file to take down the long-empty, single-level building at 71 Fourth Ave. and the four-story, turn-of-the-century townhouse next door at 82 E. 10th St.
On Wednesday, an EVG reader said that workers cleared away the makeshift shelter where several people had been living. (It was unclear if anyone had been sleeping here of late.)
Yesterday, another reader reported that a dumpster arrived on East 10th Street as workers began clearing out the Fourth Avenue structure, which once housed the Green East deli and St. Marx Music…
There are plans waiting the city's approval for a 10-story, eight-unit building on the site with ground-floor retail. The DOB disapproved the first round of plans in September.
Expect to see a sidewalk bridge and plywood along here soon.
Updated 1:56 p.m.
EVG reader Jon Kestenbaum shared this photo of the No. 71's interior…
Previously on EV Grieve:
The 'tremendous retail potential' of East 10th Street and 4th Avenue
10 stories of condos in the works for the long-vacant corner of 4th Avenue and East 10th Street
Where is my trust fund!
ReplyDeleteA blight on this part of the EV will soon become the subject of intense rants on this blog site as the developer unveils plans. In this city, he / she who buys property pretty much has carte blanche no matter how much people will complain. The rule of owners / landlords did not collapse with the election of Bill de Blasio (just as the rule of the banks won't end if Sanders should be elected).
ReplyDeleteWhat burns is the lack of interest in history... in any type of historic preservation.
ReplyDeleteWhat also burns is when they co-opt our history to make gobs of cash, i.e. the ADAM PURPLE "lux" bar. THIS HAS TO STOP.
ReplyDelete@ Anon 9:14- Ayup. Couldn't agree more.
ReplyDeleteI'm note sure I understand the previous comments. This unused site has been a blight on the neighborhood for several years now. Any new construction will be an improvement.
ReplyDeleteJust removing the homeless encampment is a step forward.
Historic preservation! Just a sliver from dead. Just recently they announced the forthcoming teardown of Admirals Row--the neighborhood of 19th cent houses in the Navy Yard.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if there is any historical significance to 82 East 10th Street other than its age. I can't remember how many years ago it was abandoned, then renovated, and then briefly lived in. For at least a decade, I would think, it has been empty. I wish some of the energy of preservationists would be focused on the oval plaques to tell of the history of buildings and who lived there (where that is relevant). I knew from reading her biography that Dawn Powell lived at 95 Christopher Street, but the other day walking East on 10th Street I notice a commemorative plaque to her. The area between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenues from St Marks up to 14th Street was once the hub of artist life in NY with lots of painters having their studios there. A few years ago a project posted signs on trees telling us where various artists' studios were along 10th Street. It should be revived and made permanent. Everyone who rants about the town house knows that nothing will save it once rapacious builders have it in their claws.
ReplyDeletewith such inflated profits available how can we expect an owner to preserve a gem like 82 e 10? it is too bad that the very soul of this new "better" east village is tall, cold and made of locavore artisanal glass.
ReplyDeleteand Anonymous 242 "Just removing the homeless encampment is a step forward."
a step forward would be preserving the beautiful old buildings that give this neighborhood character, building something in a scale that did not cut off air and light, and not just removing a homeless encampment which will just move on to another block.
November 20, 2015 at 2:42 PM
I watched this building over 30 yes and it is in excellent condition. A waste to tear down.
ReplyDeleteAs I watch the City Planner Commission on TV and see so many give way to the destruction of old buildings for crappy new buildings.