As previously reported here, the proposal called for converting the existing structure into a mixed-use building with eight residential units (presumably condos), along with a two-story vertical enlargement above the current roofline and nearly 2,400 square feet of community facility space.
According to New York YIMBY, who first reported on the LPC decision, the redesign includes modifications to the entrance and windows, stepped gables along the roofline, and restoration work on the masonry façade, including the bell tower.
The property is within the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District and requires LPC approval.
The building has a long history, per Daytonian in Manhattan. No. 121 began as a house in 1843. In 1902, the Hungarian Reformed Church purchased the property and hired architect Frederick Ebeling to convert it into a church, adding a central bell tower characteristic of a Hungarian country church. The building was consecrated in 1903.
In 1961, when St. Mary's American Orthodox Greek Catholic Church purchased the property, the congregation modernized the structure by encasing the original stone façade in "Naturestone," an artificial material — a change that preservationists have long lamented.
Here's what it looked like in 1910, nine years after people first declared the neighborhood "dead."
The church was most recently used by CityLight Church.
The Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese sold the building for $2.8 million last June to an LLC, per city records.
11 comments:
Nice! Looks like a great upgrade and converts into housing!
I got to see it inside, as an "interested buyer." It is, quite sadly, beyond repair. But SUPER cool! So many architectural details, including a bathroom with amazing lavender sink, toilet and bathtub! Someone needs to rescue all the stuff inside before the renovations begin!
Enough with the housing. We have too much housing. The island is full. People need to expand out and live elsewhere. Not everyone gets to live where they wanna live, especially for the rent they’re willing to pay.
'Here's what it looked like in 1910, nine years after people first declared the neighborhood "dead."' Does anyone have references or sources on this? I am super curious about this history.
The island was full before any of the nepo babies moved here.
You can tell even from the outside, looks rough. I'm usually renovate>replace but this seems forced. The design proposal keeping the very top of the church too is super odd, I wouldnt think it'd hold up with the old roof torn out.
Never housing for working people will be for uber rich
EV is making humor of the idea that the East Village is declared “dead” about every ten years. In 1910 the neighborhood was known as “Kleiner Deutschland”. That would soon be a dead term.
Thanks... I was making a joke — bit of a random throwaway here... was thinking about that phrase again after seeing someone scrawled into the sidewalk outside the former Gem Spa a few weeks back
I did the same once when the Amityville Horror went up for sale. Got the grand tour. Was never gonna buy that demon-infested hellhole. But I will say, it was mighty pretty! Lol
Unfortunately true; I was poriced out of this neighborhood years ago.
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