Tumor time for the Provident Loan Society Building on East Houston?

On Nov. 17, CB3's monthly Landmark's Committee meeting will include a hearing on the proposal to landmark the circa-1912 Provident Loan Society Building, 223-225 E. Houston St., at Essex.

BoweryBoogie has had the scoop on the situation here. Back in January, BB heard about plans to demolish the building for a new residential complex.

Well, rest assured, it no longer appears that the owners plan to take down the building.

No, as BoweryBoogie uncovered back on Friday, they want to simply drop a 12-story extension on top of the existing building… which would look like…


[Image from Bluarch Architecture via BB]

Head over to BoweryBoogie for more details.

The Landmarks Committee meets on Nov. 17 at 6:30, JASA/Green Residence, 200 E. Fifth St. at Cooper Square.

After a string of random clubs and concepts through the past 20 years, the Provident Loan Society Building is currently unoccupied. (The space served as a studio for Jasper Johns in the 1970s.)

And now, a flashback to an EVG post from November 2010…

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The classic revival brick building has retained its look through the years... Here are some photos from the NYPL Digital Gallery..... the first photo isn't dated...


from 1936…


from 1935...


and today [November 2010] ...

Something new to obsess about on Seventh Street!

As you may know, we spent an inordinate amount of some time discussing the Seventh Street Tumor©. Then, Jeremiah Moss got the international exclusive: Tokio 7 was moving in.

So now what can we do to help pass the time?

A-ha! Yesterday, a construction crew was inside the former Tokio 7 space up the street...pretty much gutting the space...



What will go in here now? To be continued...

The long history of the Seventh Street tumor gets longer

Quickly to the recap at 83 Seventh Street near First Avenue, where we've been watching this tumor grow since May 2008....



April 2009!



May 2009!



August 2009 -- with a "for lease sign"!



October 2009 -- no more "for lease" signs!



And now, dear reader, a homemade for rent sign!



The listing at Besen Retail has been removed. It HAD said ... 2,000 square feet, plus another 1,000 square feet in the basement. And: "Many busy cafes in the vicinity."

Your move, tumor.

Updated:
Jeremiah gets a shot of the huge interior....

Previously.

Worldwide exclusive: "For lease" signs have been removed from the Seventh Street tumor!

Aug. 19!



Now!



Good lord, what will it be? -- What will it be!

Previously. What we know. Per a construction worker -- some kind of bar/restaurant. From the listing -- 2,000 square feet (plus a basement and outdoor space).

Seventh Street tumor watch: Now for lease!

We've been waiting, waiting and waiting (since May 2008!) to see what will appear at the former tumor at Seventh Street just west of First Avenue...



...a construction worker at the scene in the spring said it will be "a restaurant or another bar." Hmmm.

Well, maybe some day. It appears that all that work gone into carving out the space and creating the tumor was just to prep it for lease.



According to the listing, the joint has 2,000 square feet, plus another 1,000 square feet in the basement. And: "Many busy cafes in the vicinity."

Feel free to leave your guess in the comments...smart money would have to be on some sort of ramen/noodle/yogurt place. (Or, if BaHa can do it, FroRam!)

For further reading:
7th Street Tumor (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
*Everyday Chatter (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

Seventh Street tumor watch: We have doors and windows

Or maybe two doors?



Anyway, the work continues on Seventh Street near First Avenue... on what a construction worker at the scene says is "a restaurant or another bar."

Previously on EV Grieve:
Tumor exposed on Seventh Street

Tumor exposed on Seventh Street

Last spring, we started watching the tumor grow from the front of 83 Seventh Street near First Avenue.



Now, after nearly a year, the plywood is down... and...



So what's going in here? According to a construction worker at the scene: "It's either gonna be a restaurant or another bar."

Hmmmm... Things may just get a lot more noisy and annoying on this stretch of Seventh Street.... Across the street, Jeremiah reported that the former Addukkan space is getting prepped: "The windows are papered, and the permit says a kitchen is coming. Also, um, it's in the name of the same architects who designed Jamba Juice."

For further reading:
7th Street Tumor (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)