Wednesday, June 7, 2023

A new era for pedestrians on the NE corner of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place

Crews working on the 9-floor office building slated for the NE corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place have reconfigured the pedestrian passageway on the north side of the thoroughfare.

Out! The barriers that were easily moved. In! A sidewalk bridge...
Thanks to @unitof for first alerting us to this yesterday...
A few years back, the pedestrian passageway on the north side of St. Mark's Place had been involved in an ongoing game of barrier accordion that saw the corridor shrink-expand anywhere from 18 inches to an inch. (Relive the memories here and here.)

One positive about the new sidewalk bridge — the presence of blogger portals on the plywood... where you can keep track of the progress of 1 St. Mark's Place ... still in the foundation stages...
Meanwhile, four blocks to the south, on the site of the former B-Bar & Grill, the new office building (360 Bowery) is up to the 19th of 21 floors (and they started AFTER 1 St. Mark's Place)...
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4 comments:

  1. noble neolaniJune 7, 2023 at 8:02 AM

    yay just what the east village needed an office building tower for all those important meetings...

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  2. AnonymousJune 7, 2023 at 9:00 AM

    I hate those pedestrian passageways that are built at those Constuction sites as they are often used as toilets by the homeless and drunks. They reek of urine and other bodily wastes that you have to avoid stepping on. I often cross to the other side of the street just to avoid walking through them.

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  3. AnonymousJune 7, 2023 at 1:19 PM

    ...and Wegmans hasn't opened yet.

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  4. AnonymousJune 8, 2023 at 9:17 AM

    RIP bbar

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