This site has been vacant for years, last housing Irreplaceable Artifacts until its demolition by the city in July 2000. There's a lot of back story, which the links below cover...Previously on EV Grieve:
• Workers remove artifacts from the vacant 14 2nd Ave., fueling speculation of new development
• Development watch: 14 2nd Ave.
• Vacant lot at 14 2nd Ave. sells for $7 million; will yield to 10-floor condoplex
• More about Treetops, the name of the condoplex coming to 14 2nd Ave.
7 comments:
Looks like the new building will block light again for those apartments that
had a reprieve for a while.
Gee, so different, original and unique! I'm sure everyone within the sightline of this charmer will be simply *thrilled* to have it there!
I breathlessly await the inevitable drivel-filled press release extolling its myriad one-of-a-kind virtues, (which are actually available in pretty much any new building) when it finally opens.
Irreplaceable Artifacts was the most amazing cool store, I still miss browsing there for architectural treasures
Ain't no EV Arrow, Ain't no Condoplex happenning
Was also going to mention Irreplaceable Artifacts.
I could spend hours in there.
So sad when it (literally) collapsed.
Whole Foods Row
The demolition and the subsequent void predated 9/11, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, the exorbitant rents and anything else that represents the full scale gentrification that we see in Manhattan today.
The older cohort of the younger adults who are now behind the driving force of consumption were barely able to comprehend if NYC was cool at the time.
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