Showing posts with label 141 E. Houston Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 141 E. Houston Street. Show all posts

Monday, October 7, 2024

The members-only Flyfish Club debuts at the former site of the Sunshine Cinema

The Flyfish Club, a "curated members club offering elevated dining and social experiences," debuted at 141 E. Houston St. between Eldridge and Forsyth on Sept. 17.
The club anchors the newish 9-story office building. 

When first announced in November 2022, the Flyfish Club was to be the city's first NFT restaurant. However, ownership (including Resy co-founder Gary Vaynerchuk) pivoted to a more traditional membership model. 

The pricing follows: a standard individual membership costs $3,500 annually (with a $1,500 initiation fee). 
And here's what you get
Nestled in the bustling heart of Manhattan's Lower East Side, Flyfish Club extends over three expansive levels, covering more than 11,000 square feet of meticulously designed space. Members enjoy private access to a variety of curated areas, rooted in elevated dining and social experiences. 

The club boasts a restaurant, a lounge, a private dining room, and for select members, an exclusive omakase counter. 

The club's interiors are the creation of Garrett Singer Design, a distinguished leader in the design industry. 
Eater has more on the place here

Previously at this address: The five-screen Sunshine Cinema closed in January 2018 after 17 years in service. Landmark reportedly had the opportunity to buy the property but decided against it after CB3 voted down a proposal for a full liquor license for a cafe in the theater in 2012 for pre- and post-movie drinks and dinner. 

As The Lo-Down reported then, "residents in attendance ... expressed serious concerns about the application in an area already teeming with nightlife activity." Moviegoers out to see the latest from, say, Jim Jarmusch are well-known to get cranked on the craft beer.

Today, alcohol sales at multiplexes are as common as soda and popcorn, including at the AMC Village 7, Village East by Angelika, Regal Union Square, and Regal Essex Crossing. 

Built in 1898, the Sunshine Cinema building was formerly the Houston Hippodrome motion picture theatre and a Yiddish vaudeville house. After sitting abandoned for many years, it was renovated, and the Sunshine opened on Dec. 21, 2001.

Monday, January 22, 2018

The 9-story boutique office building coming to the former Sunshine Cinema space



As you likely know, the Sunshine Cinema shut down last night ... after the 10:15 screening of "Darkest Hour."

Per previous reports, the new owners — East End Capital and K Property Group — of the building here on East Houston between Eldridge and Forsyth are planning to re-develop the property into a mixed-use retail and office project.

And in a piece on the theater's closing, the Times got the scoop on that new development...


[Via The New York Times]

Per the Times:

The Sunshine will be demolished and turned into a nine-story “boutique” office building for small to midsize companies, said Jonathon Yormak, the founder and managing principal of East End Capital.

“We’re big fans of the Lower East Side,” Mr. Yormak said. “It really needs more 9-to-5 activity and it tends to be very active, obviously, on a night life basis. We believe there is a real demand for office space and for people to work there during the day.”

The new 65,000-square-foot building will be designed by Roger Ferris and feature retail space on the ground floor. Demolition will begin by March and the new building, which is being branded as 141 E. Houston Street, will be completed in late 2019, Mr. Yormak said.

The new building permits haven't been posted just yet at the DOB.

The Sunshine Cinema opened in December 2001.

Built in 1898, the Sunshine Cinema building was formerly the Houston Hippodrome motion picture theatre and a Yiddish vaudeville house.