[EVG photo from February 2014]
324 E. Fourth St. between Avenue C and Avenue D has been gutted ahead of a three-level extension.
And now we've seen all sorts of building add-ons around the neighborhood/city… often the extra floors actually blend into the existing building … not here, though …
It looks like someone dropped another 3-level home on top of what is being called
Anyway. According to New York Yimby, who first revealed the building's new look, the 11 residences will "be spread over nearly 9,000 square feet of space ... with a full-floor duplex penthouse on top and two apartments per floor above the ground level."
And here is what Mortar Architecture + Development has to say about it on the firm's website:
A renewal project for a building on East 4th Street in Alphabet City, Aisling House combines the restoration of a 100 year old brick townhouse and a refined three story addition. The eleven unit building is created using led lighting, locally sourced materials including zero voc paints and lighting by Apparatus. The building lobby and each kitchen is finished with reclaimed wood from the original townhouse, walnut cabinetry and Calcutta Gold Marble countertops. The rooftop lounge will include a green roof, and the rooftop terrace is finished with a custom cypress wood trellis.
As for that 100-year-old statement, NY Yimby writes, "Its Greek Revival features mark it as well over 150 years old."
And as previously reported, Hanksy hosted sorta secret art shows here back in December 2013 and January 2014 when the building with the colorful façade was abandoned.
Wonder if Mortar kept any of this locally sourced material for the gut-renovated building…
Previously on EV Grieve:
2 new floors, gut renovation in store for empty tenement that last housed a Hanksy art show
At Hanksy's 'Surplus Candy' art show in an abandoned East Village tenement
Gut renovations underway at 324 E. 4th St., most recently the makeshift gallery for Hanksy and Co.
The unique façade of 324 E. 4th St. is gone
