Monday, November 2, 2015

Tumor time for the Provident Loan Society Building on East Houston?



On Nov. 17, CB3's monthly Landmark's Committee meeting will include a hearing on the proposal to landmark the circa-1912 Provident Loan Society Building, 223-225 E. Houston St., at Essex.

BoweryBoogie has had the scoop on the situation here. Back in January, BB heard about plans to demolish the building for a new residential complex.

Well, rest assured, it no longer appears that the owners plan to take down the building.

No, as BoweryBoogie uncovered back on Friday, they want to simply drop a 12-story extension on top of the existing building… which would look like…


[Image from Bluarch Architecture via BB]

Head over to BoweryBoogie for more details.

The Landmarks Committee meets on Nov. 17 at 6:30, JASA/Green Residence, 200 E. Fifth St. at Cooper Square.

After a string of random clubs and concepts through the past 20 years, the Provident Loan Society Building is currently unoccupied. (The space served as a studio for Jasper Johns in the 1970s.)

And now, a flashback to an EVG post from November 2010…

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The classic revival brick building has retained its look through the years... Here are some photos from the NYPL Digital Gallery..... the first photo isn't dated...


from 1936…


from 1935...


and today [November 2010] ...

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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 7:15 AM

    Is that gold leaf, gold brick, or gold paint? It's so tacky the rendering should be presented in a twitchy gif format.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    I might be in the minority here but I prefer this added tower to the demolition of a beautiful former bank building. The new towers at least in the rendering seems somewhat related in color and is set back allowing the bank some street line dignity. This could be a lot worst, I would vote yes.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 9:26 AM

    > drop a 12-story extension

    In Wash. DC, they keep the facades of the old buildings and build the skyscrapers behind the facades. Looks weird when you look up, but feels like old Washington when looked at at street level.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 9:30 AM

    The Bank - industrial music and mayhem.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 1:12 PM

    Great memories at "The Bank" back in the 90's.

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  6. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 3:39 PM

    "Tumor" does seem to be the correct word for what may happen, but I think you meant to hit the "R" instead.

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  7. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 4:14 PM

    That building is nice. I'm sure the people who complain about recent architecture will love this one.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 4:35 PM

    How about a bank branch? That could be a good fit.

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  9. AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    9:30 and 1:12 me 2:)

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  10. elyseNovember 6, 2015 at 12:05 AM

    I LOVE this blog. Period. End of story.
    ps. thank you!!!

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