Workers have finally removed the sidewalk bridge and construction attire from outside the new 9-floor office building at 141 E. Houston St. ... providing a full view of the 65,000-square-foot structure between Eldridge and Forsyth.
Someone already welcomed the structure with a few tags on the future retail spaces...
The red entrance you see out reveals a narrow alleyway/courtyard that separates the new building and No. 137 to the west — the longtime home of Yonah Schimmel. According to the listing for the two retail spaces at 141 E. Houston St., this corridor is Sunshine Alley, perhaps a lame nod to the Sunshine Cinema. (Previous marketing materials called the courtyard Houston Alley.)
The listing notes a "built-in capacity for a commercial kitchen with venting to the roof," so a food-drinks operation is within the realm of possibilities for a new tenant.
In some positive news, the circa-1910 Yonah Schimmel (revisit our post on them here) with its classic storefront is now in full view again after two years of obscurity thanks to the neighboring construction...
It's like we can breathe again!
— Yonah Knishes (@YonahSchimmelNY) April 28, 2022
Previously on EV Grieve:
• Sunshine Cinema-replacing office building moving forward; demolition watch back on
• Discarded theater seats and goodbyes at the Sunshine Cinema
• The 9-story boutique office building coming to the former Sunshine Cinema space
• The boutique office building replacing the Sunshine Cinema will be 'unbounded by walls' with an outdoor space called Houston Alley
• Discarded theater seats and goodbyes at the Sunshine Cinema
• The 9-story boutique office building coming to the former Sunshine Cinema space
• The boutique office building replacing the Sunshine Cinema will be 'unbounded by walls' with an outdoor space called Houston Alley
That building looks like the poster child of “giant cheap personality-free glass box”. Way to optimize!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of graffiti but even I have the urge to tag that red entrance.
ReplyDeleteThese glass monstrosities passing as buildings are HU-hideously ugly.
ReplyDeleteWhen did architecture become fartchitecture?
Looks like a horsehoe magnet! Just ugly!
DeleteI don't understand why architects can't look to their neighboring buildings and use them for some context. This thing is such a sore thumb.
ReplyDeleteWhat an eyesore of a building that is so out of touch with the neighborhood. The builders did not even try to make it fit in. I still miss the old Sunshine movie house. This building is Terrible!
ReplyDeleteHoly crap is that ugly, even worse than I expected it to be. And how much sunshine does "Sunshine Alley" get, anyway??
ReplyDeleteI am tired of these glass boxes.
ReplyDeleteMan that is one ugly building don't mind ultra modern but dang does whichever dept that approves new builds in our nabe have zero aesthetic criteria?? is it really just a matter of Money Me
ReplyDeletehow does this micro mini black rock add in anyway to the aesthetic betterment of the area oh wait it doesn't how the heck are developers allowed to take these giant poops on our landscape it costs just as much to build ugly as it does beautiful shame
Imagine it took over four years to complete this project. Now just imagine how long it will take to complete the east river park development?
ReplyDeleteIt is so hideous I want to cry. It is the dagger through the heart for the Lower East Side. Such a shame that Yonah Schimmel has to stand next to this awful glass POS. Maybe if they put an interesting retail outlet in the first level, it could find some rectification. I just want to cry at how ugly and out of place this building is.
ReplyDeleteMost scaffolding is left up far too long in this neighborhood, and really hurts small businesses.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, too: we don't need more glass-and-steel skyscrapers! #TakeThemAllDown