Long-vacant 71 4th Ave. razed to make way for 10-story building

A demo crew made quick work of 71 Fourth Ave., the single-level structure at the southeast corner of 10th Street... as you can see from the handy Blogger Portals...







Workers will next turn their demolition attention to the neighboring townhouse at 82 E. 10th St.

All this is to make way for a 10-story retail-residential building. The approved permit shows retail on the ground floor and 12 dwelling units above. The residential portion encompasses more than 24,000 square feet, so those units will presumably be the crucially needed high-end condos. Floors 2-5 will each have two units while 6-8 will each have one unit while a two-level duplex to top things off.

As previously reported, development has been stalled here for years. The previous tenants, including the Green East deli and St. Marx Music (and previously the Atlas Barber School), were cleared out in early 2007. There were once plans to build a 13-story hotel, though the city surprisingly never OK'd that proposal.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Report: Demo permits filed to raze southeast corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street

The 'tremendous retail potential' of East 10th Street and 4th Avenue

10 stories of condos in the works for the long-vacant corner of 4th Avenue and East 10th Street

With new building OK'd, corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street finally ready for razing

[Updated] Demo work starts on the southeast corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street

[EVG file photo]

As noted a few weeks back (first by DNAinfo), demolition permits are now on file to take down the long-empty, single-level building at 71 Fourth Ave. and the four-story, turn-of-the-century townhouse next door at 82 E. 10th St.

On Wednesday, an EVG reader said that workers cleared away the makeshift shelter where several people had been living. (It was unclear if anyone had been sleeping here of late.)

Yesterday, another reader reported that a dumpster arrived on East 10th Street as workers began clearing out the Fourth Avenue structure, which once housed the Green East deli and St. Marx Music…





There are plans waiting the city's approval for a 10-story, eight-unit building on the site with ground-floor retail. The DOB disapproved the first round of plans in September.

Expect to see a sidewalk bridge and plywood along here soon.

Updated 1:56 p.m.

EVG reader Jon Kestenbaum shared this photo of the No. 71's interior…



Previously on EV Grieve:
The 'tremendous retail potential' of East 10th Street and 4th Avenue

10 stories of condos in the works for the long-vacant corner of 4th Avenue and East 10th Street

Report: Demo permits filed to raze southeast corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street

[EVG file photo]

Demolition permits are now on file to take down the long-empty, single-level building at 71 Fourth Ave. and the four-story, turn-of-the-century townhouse next door at 82 E. 10th St., DNAinfo reports.


[82 E. 10th St. via Google]

Stewart Osborne, a partner in the LLC that bought the properties for development, told DNAinfo's Lisha Arino that they are still in the "planning process," and haven't decided on what to build here.

As New York Yimby first reported back in July, the owners filed plans for a 10-story, eight-unit building on the site with ground-floor retail. The DOB disapproved the first round of plans in September.

And, as previously noted, this is one of the renderings that has been attached to the corner…



The lot hit the market in June 2013 for $24 million.

The previous tenants of No. 71, including the Green East deli and St. Marx Music (and previously the Atlas Barber School), were cleared out in early 2007.

Previously on EV Grieve:
The 'tremendous retail potential' of East 10th Street and 4th Avenue

10 stories of condos in the works for the long-vacant corner of 4th Avenue and East 10th Street