On Friday, the E Smoke Shop on St. Mark's Place at Third Avenue announced their close-out sale ahead of shutting down at the end of this month...
As previously reported, a seven-story, 66,000-square-foot office building with ground-floor retail is slated for this corner. Permits were filed on March 15 to demolish the low-rise buildings here at 3 St. Mark’s Place, 23 and 25-27 Third Avenue.
The Continental
McDonald's and Papaya King have already shut down.
There haven't been any closing dates announced yet for Korilla BBQ or the smaller shops that line St. Mark's Place.
[Photo from April]
REEC picked up the 99-year leasehold for the properties for some $150 million, per The Real Deal last November. There still aren't any new building permits filed for the property, owned by the Gabay family.
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Shake Shack effect? McDonald's on 3rd Avenue at St. Mark's Place has closed after 20 years
Report: Northeast corner of St. Mark's Place and 3rd Ave. fetching $50 million for development site
Report: NE corner of St. Mark's Place and 3rd Avenue will yield to a 7-story office building
Demolition permits filed for northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place
More blandification on the way!
ReplyDeleteHere's your chance, Papaya King. This time you could do it right.
ReplyDeleteGive Shake shack a run for it's money.
When I was a kid, I saw W. H. Auden standing at the grungy north/east corner of St. Marks and the Bowery. Waiting for the light? Being struck by inspiration? But I can't imagine him standing at that corner in front of a glass wall office building being struck by anything other than a kid on a skateboard. God, how times change and change and.. well... Yeah.
ReplyDeleteBlandification is my favorite new but sad word.
ReplyDeleteManhattan = blandification. Where else to move though?
Blanhatten?
DeleteA huge nasty construction eyesore for years on the way! St Marks is over!
ReplyDeletelike, literally closing?
ReplyDeleteYes, more blandification for our increasingly brickified, glassified and hellfied horridors of Midtown South. Welcome to BroDeo Drive.
ReplyDeleteI never thought I would miss Spacely
ReplyDeleteBlandattan
ReplyDeleteGood riddance to Continental. Its owner Trigger was a jerk who sold out to NYU kids.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the remaining pre-1990 businesses left on St.Mark's Place between Second and Third Avenues? The only ones I can think of are Ray's Pizza (corner of St.Mark's and Third Avenue), Gem Spa (corner of St.Mark's and Second Avenue), the souvenir shop between them on the south side of the street, St.Mark's Comics, and (maybe) Bull McCabe's. Any others?
McDonald's, a smoke shop, the Continental... I'm not really going to miss any of these spots.
ReplyDeleteStill hoping for news that Korilla finds a home nearby. Anything that I've had there has been delicious!
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