[GIF via Meredith Rendall]
Late last week, workers removed the scaffolding on the west-facing wall of 421 E. Sixth St., the former Con Edison substation and Walter de Maria studio that Peter Brant is converting into an exhibition space.
This reveal provides the first look at the renovated circa-1920 building, which will reportedly host a few exhibits a year as an extension of the Greenwich, Conn.-based Brant Foundation Art Study Center ... and serve as a home for some of Brant's private art collection.
It might be worth taking a look at the progress here between Avenue A and First Avenue... starting with the Sixth Street side...
... and from the Seventh Street side...
Renovations are in the second year year. I don't even remember hearing about a completion date. "We plan to open it in a few years," Brant told the Times in October 2014 before the start of the construction.
The construction didn't really get going until April 2016. After complaints about the ongoing noise — particularly the jackhammering — the construction crew started posting a "weekly look ahead" schedule in August 2016 that outlines the work taking place.
Brant bought the building for $27 million in August 2014.
Updated 10/12
I haven't walked by in a few days... and the scaffolding is down on the Sixth Street side...
Previously on EV Grieve:
About that "giant-robot laboratory" on East Sixth Street
RIP Walter De Maria
What is your East Village dream home?
Walter De Maria's 'giant-robot laboratory' going for $25 million; inside is amazing as you'd expect
Here's what Peter Brant wants to do with his new exhibition space on East 6th Street
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All I can say is, this is a sad joke on the neighborhood.
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