Reaching the summit at 21 E. First St.

Workers have reached a ceremonial milestone in the construction of the 12-floor building along the former 9-17 Second Ave. ... officially known as 21 E. First St. now.

They're up to 12 floors. And on Saturday, workers planted the flag atop the building...

A few more views... (the handy arrow points to the 12th floor on the East First Street side ...)

A view from East Houston...

...and on the ground floor, on the plywood, keeping the memory of the Mars Bar alive...

Previously.

Giant grasshopper spotted on East First Street

Not to alarm you ... spotted outside 21 E. First St. today by Bobby Williams...

Likely one of the giant grasshoppers accidentally created at the NYU experimental farm. Or else it's a piece of construction equipment.

Watch 21 E. First St. grow before your eyes

The 12-story residential building under construction on Second Avenue at East First Street — officially 21 E. First St. — seems to be quickly progressing...

How it looked in the summer of 2011...

[Google]

And we stopped by every week (or every other week in some cases) to monitor the progress....

June 2

June 9

June 23

June 30

July 14

July 22

Aug. 4

Aug. 11

Aug. 25

Sept. 1

Sept. 8

We're gonna need a bigger camera. Well at least a different vantage point.

Here's the Mother of all bendy things

We've seen the concrete pumps bendy things here at 21 E. First St. in the past... but not like this one that Goggla spotted yesterday...

21 E. First St. now tall enough for floor numbers

Continuing to note the progress at 21 E. First St. at Second Avenue... this is from the East First Street side...

Numbers go to 8 ... and it looks as if the crew is starting on the 10th floor... on the the way to 12...

East Village gallows

At 21 E. First St. at Second Avenue. Photo and headline by EVG regular jdx.

Breaking the East Houston plain

Just noting that the incoming 12-story residence at 21 E. 1st St. is now visible (pretty much!) from East Houston...

... growing next door to 7 Second Ave., the lone survivor of the Second Avenue Slaughter...

...and a little less subtle when you round the corner... this thing really seems to be going up in a hurry now...

[Yesterday... by Bobby Williams]

Mars Bar underpass now with security cameras

A few weeks back, we noted the rather desolate walkway set up to navigate the construction site on the southwest corner of East First Street and Second Avenue... where the 12-story apartment building is (quickly) rising ...

EVG reader AC walked through the other day... and noted that someone has now mounted several security cameras throughout the walkway...

So far, the cameras haven't deterred anyone from adding some writing on the walls...

Navigating the Mars Bar underpass at 21 E. First St.

[Photo of 21 E. First St. from last Friday by Bobby Williams]

We continue to watch the 12-story apartment building (quickly) rising on Second Avenue at East First Street, the former site of the Mars Bar, among other things...

However, we usually take it all in from afar... so we didn't notice the walkway set up to navigate the construction site on the southwest corner... we enter on the East First Street side...

Oops. A little turned around now...

... finally. Daylight and Second Avenue!

...and along the Second Avenue side...

Fun! Can't wait to walk through it late at night!

Oh, and what's left of the Hank Penza sidewalk art...

As seen last July ...

[Photo by Goggla]

21 E. First St. rises

Every so often we'll check in on the progress at 21 E. First St. at Second Avenue...

Jan. 7.

June 23.





Coming soon. A 12-story apartment building. Previously.

21 E. First St. has its first floor! (Sort of...)

Let's take a look at Second Avenue and East First Street. It has a skyline now.

One floor down, 11 more to go before a bland-looking apartment building is in place...

Also, we'll start referring to it by its official project name... which is, I think, 21 East First Street...