Wednesday, November 17, 2021

[Updated] Sidewalk bridge arrives ahead of planned demo of former Red Square storefronts

Workers yesterday started erecting a sidewalk bridge outside the now-vacant former shops at 250 E. Houston St. between Avenue A and Avenue B. (Thank you to the EVG reader for the photos!)

As previously reported, a demolition permit is on file with the city for the address. 

And as we've been noting, there's been a storefront shuffle along this renovated retail stretch. Kapri Cleaners and the FedEx Office Print & Ship Center moved from the unrenovated spaces a few doorways down East Houston. Other businesses, such as Dunkin'/Baskin-Robbins, Subway (sandwich shop) and China Town, closed.
The old section of this one-level strip — starting at the former Mattress Firm — will eventually come down to make way to an unspecified residential development. There's nothing new on this front to note just yet. 
The 13-floor residential building at 250 E. Houston St., the former Red Square, changed ownership in the fall of 2016 ... and underwent extensive renovations.

Updated 7 p.m. 

That's a wrap... a plywood wrap anyway... Stacie Joy shared these photos... the old spaces are now boarded up (and no full-on sidewalk bridge — yet?)...
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 17, 2021 at 10:04 AM

    Anyone know what the rate is for the green elevated loft airbnb that is on top of the scaffolding?

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  2. AnonymousNovember 17, 2021 at 12:36 PM

    Come on, add the corner at B to the demo...!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 17, 2021 at 2:30 PM

    Nah @12:36 I'm sick of the beautiful old buildings being torn down, get outta here

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    1. NeighborNovember 17, 2021 at 3:07 PM

      That building is vacant and has scaffolding outside of it because it has literally rained bricks on the sidewalk.

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