Here's a look at the recently renovated 264 E. Seventh St. between Avenue C and Avenue D.
According to the approved permit filed with the city, the owners had No. 264 gut-renovated and converted to a two-family dwelling (from three units), leaving the building's exterior in place and adding an extension in the rear.
You can see the exterior results of this work in the top two photos... as it still fits in this row of like-minded residences.
Things didn't look so good here in September 2016, when a permit was filed with the DOB to demolish the three-level, circa 1842 townhouse.
Preservations rallied to try to have the string of pastel-colored residences considered for landmarking. However, in late October 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to consider them for such a designation.
In April 2019, word came via the Village Preservation that new owners purchased the property and nixed a full demolition. (Public records show an LLC paid $7.7 million for the address.)
And as noted before, Felicia Bond lived in the garden duplex at No. 264 when she illustrated the renowned children's book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" in the mid-1980s.
Things didn't look so good here in September 2016, when a permit was filed with the DOB to demolish the three-level, circa 1842 townhouse.
Preservations rallied to try to have the string of pastel-colored residences considered for landmarking. However, in late October 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to consider them for such a designation.
In April 2019, word came via the Village Preservation that new owners purchased the property and nixed a full demolition. (Public records show an LLC paid $7.7 million for the address.)
And as noted before, Felicia Bond lived in the garden duplex at No. 264 when she illustrated the renowned children's book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" in the mid-1980s.
Meanwhile, two residences to the east, the three-level 268 E. Seventh St., didn't fare as well ... demolition continues here... and the insides have been gutted...
Actor John Leguizamo owned No. 268 starting in 1995. In February 2013, the building hit the market with a $4 million ask. However, as Curbed noted at the time:
It's unclear how recently Leguizamo lived in the place, or whether or not he even still owns it — the deed was transferred to an LLC in 2002, and the listing says that it was "Recently a single family residence; currently used as a 3-family" ...Leguizamo watchers on the block say that the actor moved away about 2001 or 2002.
Highpoint Property Group is now listed as the owner... picking up the property for $4.3 million in the fall of 2019, per public records. The Group's other East Village properties include The Slater at 174-176 First Ave. ... The Topanga at 202 Avenue A ... and The Callahan at 100 Second Ave.
This has always been one of my favorite blocks because of that row of townhouses. I'm sorry to see the blue color go, but happy the building still stands and think the exterior looks great.
ReplyDeleteThis week I did a dissertation on these exoskeletons aka scaffolding and how they are integrating into our landscape as representations of the outward vegean movement with regards to extraterrestrial life that have the ability to mommentarily morph into scaffolding. Each time a person walks beneath or through these, 7 microns of their soul is harvested - for what, I do not know.
ReplyDeleteTownhouses are literally what pre-war architecture stands for in the towns and small cities and they are the only factor as to why people want to live in these areas and make them lively. It's only the architecture that determines whether a place becomes gentrified or not either in a major urban area like NYC or a mini urban area in the countryside. A good and an opposite example of this is Bensonhurst in Brooklyn with its vinyl siding homes doting along its landscape.
ReplyDeleteMY objection is that it doesn't appear to be luxurious enough. Hopefully there will be enough space for the servants to sleep.
ReplyDeleteI Love this Blog!!! Thankfully COVID didn’t kill the sarcasm in the EV. Now we just have to get rid of the “bro’s” of 10th and their horrible rooftop parties...
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