The block is now building-free, except for 48 Third Ave., on the northwest corner of 10th Street, which has Healthy Greens Gourmet in the retail space.
No. 48, which features an outline of its former neighbor, is the jumping-off point for a post this past week at the always-interesting Ephemeral New York.
The post chronicles the 1937 photo "Pawn Shop, 48 Third Avenue" by Berenice Abbott.
At the time, the businesses — including the Stuyvesant Curiosity Shop and, next door, Sigmund Klein’s Fat Men’s Shop — faced the Third Avenue El. Check it out here.
As for what's next, a mixed-used residential building is planned for the lot. The site allows for 160,000 square feet of new construction.
5 comments:
There used to be a pawn shop on the corner of 11th Street and Third. Bought a guitar there once, a real beast. Seriously loud pickups. Still have it.
So glad they're putting residential in!
This just breaks my heart and then steps on it repeatedly until each fragment is forgotten in the unintentional abyss known as my life.
That block was not pretty
midtown crepe-ing in
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