The hawk egg watch continues at the Christodora House

[Photo by Francois Portmann]

Here are two of the most recent photos of the eggs belonging to the hawk couple (Christo and Dora for now) of Tompkins Square Park. They're up on the East Ninth Street side of the Christodora House … at Avenue B…


[FP]

These photos are courtesy of photographer Francois Portmann … find more egg photos right here.

And, as always, head over to Goggla's Gog in NYC site for the pair's latest adventures.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Red-tailed hawks nest on the Christodora House

The hawks of Tompkins Square Park have laid an egg at the Christodora House

More eggsciting hawk news from the Christodora House

And then there were 3

[Photo by Francois Portmann]

The hawk couple (Christo and Dora for now) of Tompkins Square Park now have three eggs in the nest on the 7th floor of the Christodora House... Goggla, who has been monitoring the activity here, figures that we could see some baby birds in the first couple of weeks of May.

Find more nest cam shots from Francois right here.

If you are new to this story, then please go visit Gog in NYC ... here … and here … and here for more background.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Red-tailed hawks nest on the Christodora House

The hawks of Tompkins Square Park have laid an egg at the Christodora House

More eggsciting hawk news from the Christodora House

More eggsciting hawk news from the Christodora House

So much coming and going the past few days up at the hawk nest on the 7th floor of the Christodora House on Avenue B and East Ninth Street …





The big news though, via Goggla, is that there are now two eggs in the nest…


[Photo by Francois Portmann]

Check out Goggla's recent posts here … and here … and here for more on this mating/nesting action.

And find more nest cam shots from Francois right here.

Top photos by Bobby Williams

Previously on EV Grieve:
Red-tailed hawks nest on the Christodora House

The hawks of Tompkins Square Park have laid an egg at the Christodora House

P.S.
I'm sorry about that headline.

The hawks of Tompkins Square Park have laid an egg at the Christodora House

As you may know, the resident hawk pair of Tompkins Square Park have built a nest on the East 9th Street side of the Christodora House at Avenue B…







Goggla, who has been documenting the hawks in recent months at Gog in NYC, along with the other hawk watchers, were pretty sure that Dora (a name for now for the female hawk) had laid an egg on a nest on the 7th floor…

Well, she certainly has, as this photo by Francois Portmann at Gog in NYC shows …



Check out Goggla's recent posts here … and here … and here for more on this mating/nesting action.

Top photos by Bobby Williams

Previously on EV Grieve:
Red-tailed hawks nest on the Christodora House

Red-tailed hawks nest on the Christodora House

[Photo yesterday by Bobby Williams]

In the past 10 days or so, two adult red-tailed hawks in Tompkins Square Park have been busy… carrying some sticks and various nesting supplies up to a window on the East Ninth Street side of the Christodora House.

Goggla has followed the action starting on Feb. 15 … she documented more of the action here … and here … there hasn't been much activity … until yesterday. It's the first time that we've seen one of the hawks actually nesting. Or whatever it is that they do in a nest.

No word on the asking rent. But the views are quite nice.

And Goggla has a lot more hawk/nest photos here.

Morning moon

Photo by EVG Moon Correspondent Bobby Williams

This air conditioner fell from the Christodora House today

Dang. EVG regular Jose Garcia was on the scene on East Ninth Street just east of Avenue B around noon. "It came perilously close to hitting a pedestrian. Totally freaked everyone out."

According to Jose, it appears that the AC unit came from near the top of the building — roughly three floors down from the roof.

Previously

The Christodora House receives a Cultural Medallion

There was a ceremony yesterday at the Christodora House on Avenue B at East Ninth Street... where the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center unveiled the latest in its Cultural Medallion program...



...honoring Harry Lloyd Hopkins...



It reads:

Harry Hopkins, one of the most influential non-elected officials in American history, became a Settlement House worker in 1912 at Christodora, where his exposure to the struggles of new immigrants helped shape his thinking about social reform. Christodora, launched in 1897, was then housed in 143/145/147 Avenue B, and to this day continues its mission to help alleviate inequities among the underserved. In 1933, President Roosevelt asked Hopkins to implement the Social Security Act of 1935, and to direct the Works Progress Administration, which hired more than 3 million unemployed to rebuild highways, bridges, public buildings, and parks. During WWII, he was Secretary of Commerce and FDR's personal representative to London and Moscow. In 1945, Hopkins helped arrange the Potsdam Conference for President Truman, who honored him with the Distinguished Service Medal.

Here's a photo of the Christodora from 1929...

[From the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York]

Top three photos by Bobby Williams.

Foggy with a chance of a photo op

This morning via Bobby Williams.

Enjoy these 2 Manhattan views from the Christodora House in 1929

Here is the view to the northwest from the roof of the Christodora House on Avenue B and East Ninth Street circa Feb. 5, 1929. (Click image to enlarge, of course)

[From the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York]

And here's the view to the south toward the Woolworth Building...

[From the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York]

And here is the stately building from the same day...

[From the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York]

The great Samuel H. Gottscho took these photos... and they are via the Museum of the City of New York's website, where you can find many amazing archival photos. Where I'm buying a few things from their archives for holiday gifts.

Updated:

Dave on 7th thinks that the top two photos were taken later than 1929... Perhaps 1931. "That's an almost complete Empire State Building in the middle and it was completed in May of 1931 and the site was excavated in Jan of 1930 (per Wikipedia). So, I think their date is off by two years."

Your chance to live in the former chapel at the Christodora House

Here's the new listing for #5A at the Christodora House over on Avenue B:

First time available, ever! The original chapel space of the historical Christodora House Condominium. This luxurious, newly gut renovated loft-like one bedroom offers incredible midtown skyline views from it's exclusive terrace of almost 800 square feet in size. Details include wide plank flooring, woodburning fireplace, built-in high end and prewired sound/media system ... All this has turned this incredible space into a one of a kind property. The sense of space is it broadened with its 10'+ ceiling height, equal height french doors and oversized windows.

And the asking price is $1.795 million. Sadly, no photos of the unit. Consolation prize: Floor plan!

Don't recall ever seeing archival photos of the chapel. We've seen these interior photos of the Christodora from 1929. Like the "music auditorium" ...



... the "Christadora medical clinic"



... "fireplace in lounge"



... "Miss Kupkey's bedroom, D-4"



... a "general view of the dining room"



... and the fabled Christodora House pool!


But no chapel.

Per Streeteasy, there was a transaction on this unit back in January for $700,000... we didn't dig through the paperwork.. Maybe later.

So those new gut renovations added $1 million to the unit? (The DOB permits for the space estimate the cost of work at $65,000.) Anyway, there's probably a "going to the chapel" joke here somewhere.

[Photos by Samuel H. Gottscho All photos from the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York.]

Fireworks atop Christodora House last night prompt questions about gunshots

Last night around 11:45, there was some talk on Twitter for a moment about what sounded like gunshots... before people realized the noise was probably made by fireworks...

Indeed, a reader happened to catch a brief fireworks display at 11:45 coming from the roof of the Christodora House on Avenue B...

3 views of Tompkins Square Park from a $5,900 apartment in the Christodora

A two-bedroom apartment in the Christodora House hit the market yesterday — $5,900. (Hurry, won't last!)

You can read about the apartment here. I just like the photos of the fall views of the Park/city that accompany the listing...

Rent for one year in this apartment is $70,800. As you may recall, the city sold the entire (bombed-out) building to a developer during a public auction in 1975 for $62,500.

Bonus look: Rooftop addition at 315 E. 10th St.!

Sunset trail

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Westway to the world

Sunset.

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Storm in the summertime

Photo late this afternoon by Bobby Williams.

'Public Assembly' for the former P.S. 64 on Friday

Oh boy it has been a long time since we've discussed the old P.S. 64/CHARAS/El Bohio community center behind the Christodora House.

First, though. We spotted these flyers on Avenues A, B and C in the past few days...

As you can see, it's advertising a meeting Friday night from 6-9 at Theatre 80 on St. Mark's Place... dubbed as a "public assembly" to discuss the long-dormant space. However, there isn't any contact information or sponsor listed.

So we reached out to Kurt Cavanaugh at the East Village Community Coalition, a group that led the effort to successfully landmark the building. However, Cavanaugh told us that his group had nothing to do with the meeting. (We're waiting to hear back from Lorcan Otway at Theatre 80 to see if he can tell us who is behind the meeting.)



Anyway, there's a long, complicated history here. Briefly. Gregg Singer bought the formerly city-owned building in 1998 for $3.15 million. His plan: a 23-story megadorm. But, in the face of strong community opposition, he was never able to get those plans off the ground, and the building sits rotting (with help from the owner). The Villager has extensively covered this story through the years. Check out their archives here.

In August 2009, there was a rebranding campaign for the space...



According to marketing materials (PDF) that (the now defunct) HelmsleySpear circulated, the landmarked space at 350 East 10th Street (and an aside, the rebranding was not using the 605 E. Ninth St. address) was now known as University House at Tompkins Square Park.

A quick vision of Hell...



We go back to May 2010 for the last news on the space. The Villager reported that a man named Kim Barton wanted to transform the space into the Tower School, a 600-student, nonprofit, independent school.

There are still three active permits here. One for installing a fence ... one for installing a sidewalk shed ... and one for removing some plumbing fixtures.

So here we are. Anyone have any updates? Tips? Gossip? Please send them our way via the EV Grieve email

Previously on EV Grieve:
Will old PS 64 get a theater for nonprofit groups?

Rebranded P.S. 64 up for grabs: Please welcome University House at Tompkins Square Park to the neighborhood

[EVG Flashback] When the Christodora House became a Greek house

Originally posted on Sept. 9, 2008...

[Photos by Charlie Kerman]

In 1983, when the Christodora House on Avenue B was still abandoned, members of the Tau Delta Phi, Delta Eta Chapter at Cooper Union, placed their Greek letters on the west side atop the 17-floor building. Don't have a lot of details, such as how long the letters remained there. Long enough for a photo opp, of course. Photos of the letters crew are below. (Note the condition of the Christodora...)

Christodora apartment on market for first time in 17 years

Well, here's a one-bedroom home in the Christodora House on Avenue B that's new to the market. It's starting price: $1,150,000.

Here's the description at Halstead:

Own one of the most unique units at The Christodora House. This One Bed One Bath Loft-Style Space has been off the market for 17 Years! Enter and enjoy the High ceiling and the Private Terrace of 165 Sqft, French doors lead into the Bedroom with a wall of closets, to the left step down into the Sunken Living room which leads to the Separate Kitchen, full Bathroom and above then over 100 Sqft of storage space. Hard Wood Floors grace the Serene Space, enjoy coffee or catch some rays on the re-appointed Terrace.

Uh-huh. And photos...

There's an open house Sunday at noon and Monday at 5 p.m. And we really don't have anything else to say about this.