Construction watch: 536 E. 13th St.

Just a quick check in at 536 E. 13th St. west of Avenue B, where work has passed the 5-floor mark… on the way to 6. Approved plans call for six residential units (presumably condos?).

The rendering looks like …



It hasn't always been easy at the site… development here stalled out in 2009 … DOB records showed that the construction then caused cracks in the foundation at the adjacent building.

A former next-door neighbor shared this with us back in December 2009:

I lived on the second floor of 530 East 13th until last January. Ours was the apartment with the terrace overlooking this "space". There were three huge trees which gave a beautiful dappled effect on a sunny day. Then in August '08 the so-called construction began. I came home from work one day to discover that all three trees had been felled. Work stalled almost immediately, but by then it was too late, and our apartment became infested with rodents almost overnight. I disposed of 11 mice between August and December (and those were just the ones I caught).

Previously on EV Grieve:
Your chance to own a stalled project lot on East 13th Street

A dormant construction site on East 13th Street

[December 2009]

Let's look at 15 new East Village residential buildings

We got a look yesterday at the new residential complex (above, duh) coming to the former Mary Help of Christians lot on Avenue A between East 11th Street and East 12th Street... in the comments, bowboy asked about putting together a post showing renderings of all the new buildings going up now in the neighborhood.

An instant request.

Per bowboy:

Seems like they all look the same — boxy, two-tone red & grey, overlapping setbacks of squares. 50 years from now will the all neighborhood look like this? And will preservationists be screaming to save these tetris models? Did architectural creativity die this decade?

Well, let's take a look... Here are several developments still under construction (or, in the case of Jupiter 21, recently completed). A few things. These are residential only (sorry 51 Astor Place) ... and new buildings (no conversions of former nursing homes like Bloom 62 or rooftop additions like 205 Avenue A). Also, we have yet to see any renderings for 185 Avenue B at East 12th Street.

And here we go...

Jupiter 21 on Second Avenue...



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84 Third Ave.



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The Jefferson, 211 E. 13th St.



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Alphabet Plaza, East Second Street and Avenue D



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98-100 Avenue A (conceptual rendering)



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500 E. 14th St. at Avenue A (conceptual rendering)



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316-318 E. Third St.



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427 E. 12th St.



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227 E. Seventh St.



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331 E. Houston St. at Ridge



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154 Second Ave.

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327 E. Ninth St.

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41 Fourth Ave. at East 10th Street (conceptual rendering)



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277 E. Seventh St. at Avenue D



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Phew. Thoughts? Winners? Losers? Oh. And Happy Halloween.

Long-stalled East 8th Street lot coming back as 9-story residential building — with penthouse

Work has resumed on East Eighth Street at Avenue D... site of a long-stalled parcel. Various plans came and went, and the lot hit the market for $5.2 million in July 2011.



The DOB has partially approved plans for the following: NEW NINE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH PENTHOUSE.



Akeeb Shekoni of Queens-based Akson Architect is listed as the architect... and the building's owners are the vague 399 E8 Development LLC.

Meanwhile, there have been four complaints filed about the site since work began in recent weeks... including calls about a worker not wearing a safety helmet and a pile driver causing a crack in the adjacent building's wall. Inspectors didn't find any violations at the time of inspection.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Meanwhile, before we christen Avenue D the next Greenpoint...

Stalled development site on Eighth Street and Avenue D asking $5.2 million

Why yes — you can rent an apartment on East Fifth Street between A and B for $13,000 a month

The last time that we checked in on 532 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B, the new, eco-friendly building had two-bedroom apartments for upwards of $5,600. We paid a return visit to Streeteasy and found one listing for — $13,000. (And no fee — ha!)

Just a few specifics mentioned at the No Fee Rentals website ... (Three bathrooms ... private balcony... deck) It is available starting today...

The listing for a $13,000-a-month apartment hilariously mentions that "The East Village attracts people not only for its diversity, but for its relatively affordable rents."

Hell, yeah — we're just giving stuff away over here!

The market price has been set on this block. Your move, Ben.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Beaming up on Fifth Street

Demolition on East Fifth Street

On the way: A five-story apartment building for Fifth Street

[Updated] Big Reveal Week continues: Here's 100 Third Ave.

Earlier this week, we saw the new building at the long-dormant 219 First Ave. ... Yesterday, workers removed the netting/scaffolding here at 100 Third Ave., which had been in various stages of arrested development through the years...

Eventually (probably), the ground-floor level will be the new home of Nevada Smith's, which is moving up the Avenue...

Updated 10:06 a.m.

Here's Curbed's take on the new building: "a sleek, dare we say featureless, facade with all the clean-scrubbed character of a 19-year-old fresh off the bus and ready to make it big in New York."

And here's how the building looked in November 2009...


There's a lot of history at 100 Third Ave., which we'll discuss later.

Meanwhile, down the Avenue, the cycle of building life continues... as prep work for the demolition of 74-76 Third Ave., the former home to Nevada Smith's, winds down...

Previously on EV Grieve:
100 Third Ave. looks to be Nevada Smith's new home

Those persistent rumors about 74-76 Third Avenue and the future of Nevada Smith's

The East Village will lose a parking lot and gain an apartment building

100 Third Avenue's lonely add-on

Workers spotted at previously dormant 100 Third Ave.

An update on the Greenpointing of the East Village

It has been four months since we last looked in on the new apartment complex rising on East 5th Street between Avenues A and B. When we last looked at the rendering, a Curbed tipster noted that it was reminiscent of the “condos going up in Greenpoint.”

Which brings us to today, where we now have a better idea of what 532 E. Fifth St. will look like. (Uh, the photo on the left.)

Well, we don’t know about Greenpoint, but the building is green, right down to the promised rooftop gardens.

And! A view of the back of the building...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Beaming up on Fifth Street

Demolition on East Fifth Street

On the way: A five-story apartment building for Fifth Street

The invasion of the building snatchers

During this past year, I started taking photos of the old and new buildings brushing up against one another around here ... The new buildings seem like intruders — lurking, menacing in the background ... Like those unwanted interlopers who find your bar or move in upstairs with desires to take over ...

Here are a few of the shots... It's a work in progress... (a progress in work?)











For more along these lines, read Jeremiah's post from a few weeks ago titled "Schizo New York," in which he writes ... "There is a split in the city ... It's often expressed architecturally —the war between old and new, the radical shift, the loss of bricks to glass and sheen."

"Come see what's new on Avenue C"

After seemingly eons, a lot of the plywood has been removed by workers in front of 189 Avenue C near 12th Street, home to the cleverly named 189 C...a new rental complex whose slogan is "Come see what's new on Avenue C."





...there will also be a 12th Street entrance, just next door to the Social Security Administration Building....



Michael Muroff Architects did the blueprints and what not. Accorcing to the MMA site:

This is a unique ‘L’ shaped low-rise multiple dwelling tower that has retail space on the ground level. The building wraps behind a corner building to face two streets in Manhattan’s East Village. The facade is mainly comprised of large windows, brick, and cast stone accents. The building was seamlessly constructed using two structural systems; steel structural framing on the wider and cantilevered portions while the narrow portion, which faces East 12th Street was built using a concrete column and two way structural slab system.

No prices for these units just yet, but you can see the floorplans on the 189 site. Regardless of the prices, this will be a challenging sell. As a StreetEasy commenter said, "Building looks great, classic brick with large windows, but location will be tough: Mitchell-Lama high rises across the street to the east and Campos Houses to the north."

When you go to the 189 site and look at the area map and those big patches of NYU violet, you'll know who these places are intended for...

229 E. Second St. sprouts a roof deck

Here's what 229 Second St. between Avenue B and Avenue C looked like two years ago...



And, slowly, a six-floor apartment building has grown in this spot. According to the DOB, the ground floor will be used for a community facility.

Wonder if the folks at the unnamed community facility will have access to the new roof deck that recently made an appearance...




And the view from Houston...




None of the apartments have shown up in any listings, as far as I'm aware.