Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Asbestos abatement ahead of demolition at the NW corner of 1st Avenue and 2nd Street

Photos by Stacie Joy 

As we previously reported, demolition permits are on file for the three-building parcel of 33-37 First Ave. at Second Street. 

Last week, asbestos abatement notices went up at 33 First Ave., the building on the corner that previously housed the First Avenue Laundry Center (and the spa upstairs) ...
Asbestos abatement notices also just arrived at No. 37,where New Double Dragon was the longtime tenant... the quick-serve restaurant closed earlier this month with hopes of relocating someday. The middle space, No. 35, has been vacant since Stars shuttered in 2015. The storefront had been home to a string of concepts, including Empire Pizza II, IL Gusto Italiano and Farid's Middle Eastern Grill Food & Pizza, among others. 

Public records list R.M.H. Estates as the landlord of all three properties dating to 1984. There are no permits on file for a new building on this corner as of now.

In other news, there's a new mural on the wall along Second Street (where KRS-One was) ... a statement piece from Adrian Wilson (@Plannedalism) incorporating the immigrants crossing sign that the California Department of Transportation started using in 1990...
We've also spotted workers prepping the south-facing wall at atop No. 37 for a new ad.

Previously on EV Grieve:


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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 7:06 AM

    Sad that that beautiful KRS One piece was already covered

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  2. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 8:30 AM

    It was due for a new piece but had already started to be vandalized because the artist has been rightly vilified for creating a pro-Putin mural with a stolen photo, pretending an Australian girl is Ukrainian and reacting with disrespect to her mother. KRS was informed about what the artist did and agreed that it should be painted over. Nice painting but done by a nasty human.
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/19/photographer-criticises-use-of-image-in-italian-artists-pro-russia-mural
    New mural is pro-immigrant, not pro Russia.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 9:17 AM

    @8:30 - thank you for the explanation. That is really disappointing.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 9:19 AM

    Good riddance to the Jorit scarification abomination. Cover the rest of them!

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  5. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 9:39 AM

    @8:30: Thank you for that poignant comment and the link. Kudos to the vandals, who did the right thing.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 10:11 AM

    Interesting. Had no idea about that context. Too bad because they are nice pieces they painted in a few spots! Thanks @8:30

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  7. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 12:29 PM

    Thank you Anon @8:30am.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 25, 2023 at 7:18 PM

    Someone needs to cover his work on 3&B--it should have been a crime to cover the "bad pussies" mural

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