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[EVG file photo from May 2013]
The long-running, open-air shops in NoHo on Broadway near East Fourth Street are no more… EVG Facebook friend Michael Hirsch noted that workers gutted the space on Saturday…
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[Photo by Michael Hirsch]
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[Photo via EVG Facebook friend Melanie Martinez]
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… and a little later …
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This has been in the making now for the past 18 months or so. There are plans on file for a new 12-story building. Here's a look at a rendering…
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The DOB hasn't approved the plans for the new building just yet. The 12-story, 13-unit project (which includes a set-back penthouse) will have 3,970-square-feet of commercial space on the ground floor. Read more about the project at Curbed here.
According to Off the Grid, the space at 688 Broadway has been a parking lot since 1960 when two loft buildings were demolished.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Retail plans revealed for 12-floor condo building replacing open-air market on Broadway