Miracle on St. Mark's! Sidewalk bridge comes down 6-plus years later!

What a scene late yesterday afternoon on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue … where workers quickly removed the 6-plus-year-old sidewalk bridge from the south side of the street.

According to the DOB, the city issued the permit for the sidewalk bridge in February 2008. As far as anyone can recall, no work had ever been done on the buildings at 32 or 34 St. Mark's Place.



Among other things, the removal of the sidewalk bridge gives "The Doorshitter" of St. Mark's Place less cover … if he ever decided to return…

Oh, and THAT'S what the front of 2 Bros. looks like…

Previously on EV Grieve:
St. Mark's sidewalk shed celebrates fourth anniversary

Happy 5th Birthday to the sidewalk shed of St. Mark's Place!

Happy 5th Birthday to the sidewalk shed of St. Mark's Place!

A belated 5th birthday to the sidewalk shed outside 32 St. Mark's Place. And thanks to @Ewingweb for the reminder and photo above... Saturday was the anniversary...

According to the DOB, the city issued the permit for the sidewalk shed in February 2008.

[March 2012 via Bobby Williams]

As far as anyone can recall, no work had ever been done on the buildings at 30 32 or 34 St. Mark's Place.

But the DOB did approve the following work back in October:

PROPOSED ALT 2 FOR RESTORATION OF FACADE EXTERIOR AND MINOR INTERIOR RENOVATION TO SPACKLE & PAINT CORRIDORS, NO CHANGE IN USE OR EGRESS

Still, five years for an abandoned sidewalk bridge is nothing, as a report in the Post noted yesterday. The Milford Plaza Hotel on Eighth Avenue has reportedly had a sidewalk shed dating to 1990.

Per the Post:

The number of the ugly overhead structures has steadily climbed each year since 2009 — to 8,514 last year — as the city’s new rules for façade inspections kicked in.

Under the law, owners of buildings higher than six stories must hire engineers to inspect for cracks, loose bricks and other deficiencies every five years. In 2010, the Buildings Department began staggering inspection deadlines to ensure 12,000 buildings weren’t filing reports all at once and scrambling for contractors the same day.

Previously on EV Grieve:
St. Mark's sidewalk shed celebrates fourth anniversary

St. Mark's sidewalk shed celebrates fourth anniversary

A longtime resident of St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue wonders how much longer this strip of sidewalk shed will remain in place...

[Bobby Williams]

As far as they reader can tell, no work has ever been done on the building that it's sort of attached to — 32 St. Mark's Place. (Or 34 St. Mark's Place.)

According to the DOB, the city issued the permit for the sidewalk shed in February 2008. We couldn't find any permits on file for work on the building's exterior — just a few complaints about cracks in the facade.

In addition, the permits expired for the two sidewalk sheds ...

[BW]

However, as the DOB website shows, the city renewed the sidewalk shed permit for 32 St. Mark's Place on March 23 for one more year. And the new sign arrived late last week.

Remember to buy the sidewalk shed the traditional gift of wood for its 5th anniversary next year.