Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
A notable milestone on Rivington Street: the construction netting has come down, revealing the full exterior of the new ABC No Rio.
The four-story, roughly 8,800-square-foot building, designed by local architect Paul Castrucci, replaces the former tenement home of the longtime arts and community center.
One distinctive feature is the planting screen and green facade, which will eventually support vegetation. According to ABC No Rio, the design serves as both a sunshade and a nod to the neighborhood's history of community gardens and environmental activism.
The building also meets rigorous Passive House energy-efficiency standards, with high-performance insulation and other features designed to reduce energy use.
In an Instagram post last week, ABC No Rio said it would announce an opening date soon, though the new space isn't expected to open until early 2027.
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6 comments:
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Cool looking building. Nice to see a rooftop green space. Should be mandated for all new buildings. Mind boggling that it took nearly 50 years to come to fruition.
As a rock performance persona I shutter to think we need to make venues more complex aesthetically. I mean the form is pretty straightforward. Know what I mean?
I remember when you literally took your life in your hands getting to this place. The potent amnesia of gentrification...
Some of New York's Best Punk Rock and Avant Garde Jazz was performed at The Old ABC No Rio! I hope the New ABC No Rio can serve as an Incubator for Young Artists and perhaps even Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs!
yes because the building was literally falling apart. it had to be rebuilt.
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