East 8th St. apartment, now with red suspension bridge, back on the market

[EVG file photo]

When we last checked in on 337B E. Eighth St., the Sandy-ravaged apartment near Avenue C was getting a post-superstorm gut renovation...

[November 2012]

As Curbed noted this week, there's a new listing for the 2,300-square-foot residence. Here's a look at the description:

Architectural Masterpiece 2BR 1.5 BATH LOFT in East Village!!!
You really need to see this to understand it.

ALL NEW RENOVATIONS

Private entrance. Entire floor of a building.

Live Work permitted. Suspension bridge, W/D, DW, radiant floors, stainless steel, heated solarium space, sky lights, home office.

Many of the light fixtures in pics are going to be changed. Owner is installing a granite and stainless steel island in the kitchen area

The price per month: $7,999.



Here's when the suspension bridge was white... back in March 2012 when the rent was only $6,950.

And as noted here several times previously, this was the site of 8BC, the performance space/club/gallery that saw the likes of They Might Be Giants, Karen Finley and Steve Buscemi take the stage during its run from 1983-85...

[Via Ephemeral New York]

Previously on EV Grieve:
Gutting an apartment at 337 E. 8th St., former home of 8BC

Gutting an apartment at 337 E. 8th St., former home of 8BC

EVG regular AC pointed this out to us... one of the many apartments damaged by Sandy's floodwaters ... over on East Eighth Street near Avenue C, workers spent Saturday gutting this really nice ground-floor apartment...

We recall seeing the listing for this space before... a 2,500-square-foot home with two bedrooms... going for $6,950 a month, per Streeteasy. Some pre-Sandy shots...

According to the listing: Built in 2003 with a contemporary facade of brick and Bisazza glass tile on the site of the celebrated "8BC Club." The dramatic interiors are bright and expansive and boast designer details and fixtures.

8BC was the performance space/club/gallery that saw the likes of They Might Be Giants, Karen Finley and Steve Buscemi take the stage during its run from 1983-85...

[Via Ephemeral New York]

John Linnell of They Might Be Giants talked to us about 8BC during a phone interview that we published in April 2011:

8BC was like "The Little Rascals." They had this whole thing when they put on a show, the curtain was made out of like stiched-together blankets. Everything seemed really homemade. That's how 8BC felt. There was a big curtain they raised just before the band came on. The audience was in this pit that someone had dug out for the crowd. The stage was at street level and the crowd was down below. It was like a big, silly variety show. [8BC] did not appear to be taking itself seriously. But there was this enormous range of strange and interesting acts. We met so many people, some of whom are still dear friends.