2 new floors in the works for East Second Street building

In August, we compiled a post with 17 current East Village construction projects. Since then, we've learned about a few that were never on our radar, such as the eight-story building on East 11th Street that will provide affordable housing for formerly homeless and mentally disabled East Villager residents.

And on a smaller scale: We learned about renovations coming to 80 E. Second St. just west of First Avenue the other day via the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation website. (It was in a post-East Village rezoning development sites chart. The PDF is here.)

According to the DOB, the city OK'd work here in July for the following: "To enlarge the existing 4 story to a 6 story, 5 family dwelling."

Dan Damir Sehic of C3D Architects PLLC is the architect.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Here are 17 current East Village construction projects, bringing in 534 new residential units

Quickie 7A renovation progress report

As noted last week, 7A on Seventh Street and Avenue A closed for 10 days or so of renovations... still haven't gotten used to seeing the usual 24/7 spot closed up and dark in the evenings...




The windows are painted over, mostly, so getting shots was a little tricky, unless you're like, say 7-1.




The signs say 7A is back open Friday.... Meanwhile, 7A is the third space in recent weeks to close for extensive renovations.... joining Virage and Westville East...

Seeing more of Seymour (er, Butcher Bay)

The plastic and plywood came down at the former Seymour Burton location -- now called Butcher Bay -- on 511 E. Fifth St. this past week.



Given the size and scope of the project, we thought they were renovating the Sistine Chapel inside or something.

One iconic NYC concert venue that is getting renovated instead of torn down or turned into a condo or...

The Times on the renovation of the Beacon:

It almost became a grocery store in the 1970s. In the 1980s, it was nearly jackhammered into a cavernous disco with a triple-tiered restaurant. Somehow it escaped becoming a multiplex. And through 78 years, the neglect of the Beacon Theater in Manhattan — aside from occasional spasms of partial renovation — has often been profound.

The Beacon, at 2124 Broadway, at West 74th Street, is familiar to generations of New Yorkers living on the West Side who grew up there when it was a movie house, performance space and, in recent decades, what some have called the Carnegie Hall of rock rooms.

The Beacon went dark last month for a six-month, $15-million restoration by Madison Square Garden Entertainment, a division of Cablevision Systems Corporation, which announced in 2006 that it was leasing the theater for 20 years. The interior face-lift is to be completed by Jan. 31, in time for a February opening.