16 Handles turns up the volume on its Fillmore East roots

Photo by Steven 

Well, we weren't expecting this particular nod to the building's rock-and-roll past. 

Signage went up yesterday for the new 16 Handles at 105 Second Ave. at Sixth Street — and the frozen-yogurt shop is apparently embracing its new address's history with "16 Handles at the Fillmore East." 

As previously reported, 16 Handles CEO Neil Hershman bought the four-story building for $4.5 million earlier this year. 

Renovations started this month to reopen the East Village shop, whose original location at 153 Second Ave. closed in January after nearly 18 years. 

And yes, the building does have a claim to the Fillmore name: It housed part of the legendary Fillmore East, which operated here from 1968 to 1971. The space later became part of The Saint before a succession of banks moved in. 

Now, apparently, it's the Fillmore East's froyo era.