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You won't be able to count on the crosswalks here around Cooper Square... since they've been covered in some sort of art project or prank...

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Parked this evening in front of the Cooper Square Hotel.

An intersection that hasn't really remained nearly the same

Well, this one isn't exactly the perfect now and then... close enough... First, the south end of Cooper Square looking south on Bowery from 1900....



... and a shot from this past spring...



I recognize a few things, I think... You?

1900 photo by Robert L. Bracklow
From the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York

Cooper 35 Asian Pub putting up a fight before being torn down

As I first reported two weeks ago, the building that houses the Cooper 35 Asian Pub is part of the recently signed development deal at Sixth Street and Cooper Square.

An employee at Cooper 35 confirms to Washington Square News that the bar will closed and be torn down in the coming months. The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors and Asian Pub are circulating petitions to landmark the building.

Jeremiah has a comprehensive history of 35 Cooper Square here.

(WSN link via BoweryBoogie)

Cooper 35 Asian Pub part of development deal on Cooper Square

After seeing yesterday's news on the sale of the empty lot on Cooper Square at Sixth Street for $8.5 million ... I wondered if this meant the end of 35 Cooper Square too — currently the home of Cooper 35 Asian Pub. (Read the history of 35 Cooper here.) The parcel of land in question is 35-39 Cooper Square. I asked Massey Knakal if the sale included the space that houses the bar, which is adjacent to the Cooper Square Hotel. A Massey Knakal spokesperson confirmed that it does.

Here are a few details from the news release on the sale (PDF):

“We generated over 30 offers in under 45 days,” said First Vice President of Sales, Joe Sitt who exclusively handled this transaction with the assistance of Massey Knakal’s Special Asset Strategy Group. “The buyer is a known and respected developer who performed as expected on a two week T.O.E. close. It just goes to show there is always strong demand when locations are prime,” added Sitt.

[Photo via Massey Knakal]

More on 35 Cooper Square

Just a quick follow-up on our post yesterday about the sale of 35-39 Cooper Square...

First, Goggla passed along this photo from 1909 of Copper Square between Seventh Street and Sixth Street from the New York Public Library database .... on the right, you can make out just a little bit of the building that was on the now-vacant corner...



Also, in July 2008, Jeremiah presented a thorough history of 35 Cooper Square... Here's just a portion of the building's history:

"In the 20th century, it became a home for artists. Painter and photographer J. Forrest Vey lived there after WWII. He rented the upstairs dormer rooms for $5 apiece to people like Joel Grey, star of Cabaret, and Claude Brown, author of Manchild in the Promised Land.

Mr. Vey once broke into the attic, which had been sealed ever since a man hanged himself there. He found Civil War newspapers, a stove-pipe hat, a sign that said '5-cent Hot Whiskey,' and a noose."

Appreciate 35 Cooper Square while you can... soon, it will be swallowed up by more glass and steel.

Something 28,998 square feet or so coming to Cooper Square (and goodbye Cooper 35 Asian Pub?)

Well, the lot that we've been keeping an eye on at Sixth Street and Cooper Square...



...has been sold. Curbed has the details about the all-cash deal for $8.5 million. "What's to come? We don't know! But here's a hint: 'The combined lot size is approximately 4,833 square feet, in a C6-1 zone, with a total buildable of approximately 28,998 square feet.'"

Anyway, all the best to the new owners. As Chris Flash pointed out in the comments: "That corner lot is a sink hole. The building standing there had to be taken down before it collapsed and every time they pave this lot with new cement, it sinks further. Go take a look -- it's very strange...."

The lot's address is 35-39 Cooper Square. ... The address for the Cooper 35 Asian Pub is, uh, 35 Cooper Square... hard to imagine this parcel staying put between the Cooper Square Hotel and the new development...


[Photo via Yelp]

Cooper Square, 9:41 a.m., Oct. 30

No sign of development sign on empty Cooper Square lot

Back in August, the development sign went up on the empty lot at Sixth Street and Cooper Square.... Never did see a listing for it at the Massey Knakal site.



Anyway, as of this week, the sign is gone...



Perhaps the lot has already been sold (doubtful) ... or maybe a new, bigger sign is going up? Regardless, we're curious about this sign development....

What would you do?

Just noting the addition on the development sign here on Cooper Square... Another well-placed "You Would."



And no info yet on pricing, etc., on the Massey Knakal site.

Doom and doomer: More of Cooper Square primed for development

As you can see, a brand-new "For Sale" sign has been hoisted up on the empty lot at Sixth Street and Cooper Square.... the sign just went up, and there's no listing for it just yet at the Massey Knakal site. Add this to the "doomed corners" list.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Your guide to the doomed corners of the Bowery

Stupid limo sighting of the day (so far!)

On Cooper Square. The baby was moving too.

Cooper Square, 5:13 p.m., June 22

Cooper Square Hotel finishes building fence that looks just as out of place as the hotel

As I noted yesterday, workers were fencing in the garden spot along East Fifth Street outside the Cooper Square Hotel... How many Popsicle sticks were used to make this?




However, as you can see, the Coopsters left a slot in the Popsicle sticks for any fancy car parties they may have this summer...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Residents discuss the problems created by the Cooper Square Hotel: Meanwhile, across the street, a party for a sports car

A little bit of country on East Fifth Street

Man, I can almost hear the rooster crow reading the newish listing for this one bedroom home on East Fifth Street just east of Cooper Square. As the listing says:

Nestled in the heart of the East Village is your own private oasis. Relax and enjoy a 680sf South facing private garden with shade provide by a beautiful Norway Maple tree and framed by gorgeous plantings. The indoor oasis is just as special creating a wonderful country in the city feel where you can relax, entertain and work. With North / South exposures and the birds chirping on the tree lined block it's easy to forget where you are. The country kitchen provides top of the line appliances and plenty of space to use them. Hardwood floors, HVAC and tons of storage including private basement storage room complete this fabulous home. The small scale condominium is conveniently located near all of the shops, restaurants, buses and trains that make life in the East Village so much fun to live in.

And then you hear a party coming from the Cooper Square Hotel!

Anyway! Here's what it looks like.

2 Cooper is ready to rent to you, or not

Over on Cooper Square and Fourth Street, the new banner on the east side of 2 Cooper Square says that Spring Rentals are here! (A different sign went up on the south side in early April.) And there's a Web site!



But! When you get to the site... you actually learn that it's summer rentals...



...and you can register to receive information...

Cooper Union picture perfect to help sell 18 wheelers

On Sunday morning, we came across this tractor-trailer rig-a-ma-jig parked in the middle of Cooper Square at Seventh Street. A police car sat behind it. We were thinking it was some kind of bust. (Though if this was the case, there would have been about 500 police cars, helicopters...)



Then we spotted three-four men with cameras up on the west side of Cooper Square... A police office was standing with them as the group took photos of the parked truck....The newish Cooper Square was serving as a backdrop for the truck....




We asked the officer on duty if this was a photo shoot for a truck ad. He said something rather sarcastic like "yeah, how did you ever guess?"

After more photos (trucks are so hard to work with! The demands!) The truck and the police car moved on...



First a Cadillac TV spot and now an 18-wheeler print ad ... And who says the Coop isn't a model building?

Previously on EV Grieve:
The Coop and the Caddy

Street fair!

On Cooper Square today... oh, how I missed the naked mannequins and charbroiled sizzlin' chicken...






And Cooper Square Hotel guests get this street fair as an added bonus for staying here this weekend...



If you're away, then don't fret... the same vendors will be here 458 more times by summer's end...

2 Cooper Square looking for some "masculine, attractive, intelligent" Clive Owens types with kids — but, lordy, not kids who actually live with them!

Well, if you've been following along, then you seen our little 2 Cooper Square grow up right before eyes on Cooper Square at Fourth Street.... The 15-story rental-retail combo is coming along nicely....



Now! The difficult part. Getting people to move in. So we'd better get some sexy dude types to make us swoon... The casting call has gone out for the "2 Cooper Building Brochure and Web footage" project. An EV Grieve Reader and actor sent along the notice....



And the lead: Male / 40 to 50 / Caucasian

"Masculine, attractive, intelligent, a Javier Bardem or Clive Owen type occupation is not easily guessed, possibly has teenage kids who don't live with them"

They're also requesting submissions for extras from "New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico."