Photos by Steven
Someone has boarded up the entrance to the Little Man Parking garage (also known as LaSalle Parking) on Ninth Street, located between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
This is obviously fresh plywood; otherwise, it would be filled with graffiti [😍] and wheat-paste ads for, say, Body by Victoria and Blueland detergent pods.
The garage has been closed since late April 2023 after the Department of Buildings issued a vacate order on the property following the deadly collapse on April 18 at the Little Man garage on Ann Street in the Financial District.
The address was offered as a "redevelopment project" last August, though that listing is no longer active.
However, nothing (yet) about a sale is in public records, and no recent work permits are on file with the DOB, suggesting a renovation or (more likely) a demolition.
So, it will remain empty and inactive for now.
Budget Car Rental and Tori-Bien, a restaurant that specialized in Japanese fried chicken, were also forced to leave their retail spaces at this address due to the vacate order...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Oh I miss tori bien. They’re lunch bentos. And especially their rice balls, a heathy favorite for us.
ReplyDeleteBudget was my local car rental place before we purchased a used vehicle over covid (We have a big dog so having a car sometimes is necessary). But the service was usually rude and it was never a pleasant experience renting from this location (Is renting a car ever a pleasant experience though?).
ReplyDeleteYou know Tori Bien moved to
ReplyDelete1467 Amsterdam Ave, NYC 10027
phone (917) 639-3342
Note how this closure of this parking garage with hundreds of parking spaces didn't have any effect on local traffic circulation. Amen for more garages closures
ReplyDeleteThe plywood knotting is quite sublime.
ReplyDeleteThis was my go-to for renting a car and it was always a pleasant experience. This woman named Maria worked the desk and she was always very nice.
ReplyDeleteNever understood why residents don't have street parking permits and let the out-of-the-area drivers use the garages. I guess congestion pricing will have something of the same effect.
ReplyDelete@March 7 1:22pm: You realize your comment makes no sense, right? Because if the closure of this garage "didn't have any effect", then why would you want MORE "didn't have any effect"?
ReplyDeleteThe entry was turning into a homeless encampment / place to do drugs / place to defecate / etc. Someone cut the lock and gained access to the building. The last thing we need is an empty, multi-story parking garage being turned into a squatters heaven.
ReplyDelete@3:34 I was thinking the same thing. Probably an AI comment! ;)
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