The former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office closer to demolition

Reps filed the demolition permits to take down the former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office at 438 E. 14th St. last October...

And now workers are finally erecting the sidewalk bridge and requisite netting on the former PO's East 13th Street side...



As previously noted, an 8-story retail-residential building will eventually rise here. The residential entrance will be on the East 13th Street side.

The 114-unit residential portion will include exercise and rec rooms, a quiet lounge and private dining room.

SLCE Architects are listed as the designer of record. That firm's résumé includes such high-profile projects as 432 Park Ave. (with its $95 million penthouse) and the Blue building on the Lower East Side.

The PO closed in February 2014, though the wounds of waiting for a package that just isn't there remain fresh.

H/T EVG reader dwg!

Previously on EV Grieve:
UPDATED: Did you hear the rumor about the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office branch closing?

Report: Closure of the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office is pretty much a done deal

First sign of more development on East 14th Street?

Asbestos abatement to begin at former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office

Davey drill arrives ahead of rumored development at former East 14th Street post office

Former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office slated to be demolished

The former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office will yield to an 8-story residential building

New residential building at former 14th Street PO will feature a quiet lounge, private dining room

No more Bugs on East 12th Street

Bugs, the 15-seat sushi restaurant on East 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B, has closed.

An EVG reader, who spotted the Bugs sign outside in the trash last night, said the chef-owner, Shoo Boo, is returning to her native Japan.

The restaurant opened three summers ago... and drew praise from The New York Times, who noted:

Ms. Boo decorated the restaurant herself, wrapping twine around the front door handle, pinning ears of dried corn to a wall and filling the counter’s red shadowbox top with mosaics of broken glass. Light bulbs, shrouded in raffia, huddle in rattan boats dangling from the ceiling. The chairs, nine along the counter and six more at tables, could have been plucked from a hair salon.

It is the kind of place you are relieved still exists in the East Village: tiny, a little kooky, with its own weather.

A look at 330 Bowery, now free of its sidewalk bridge

[Last week]

Last week, workers removed the construction wrapping from 330 Bowery (aka 54 Bond St.), the historic circa-1874 building at Bond Street.

On Wednesday, it was time for the sidewalk bridge to go away after a two-and-a-half-year refurbishment...







A John Barrett luxury hair salon is taking over the retail space here at the former Bouwerie Lane Theater.

H/T EVG reader Christina!

Previously on EV Grieve:
330 Bowery wrapped and ready

Life next to 98-100 Avenue A

After our post yesterday about the progress at Ben Shaoul's new building at 98-100 Avenue A, a reader who lives overlooking the site between East Sixth Street and East Seventh Street shared some photos from this angle...



The reader, who often works from home, says that the years-long demolition and subsequent construction "has been hell."

Cracks in my walls, ceiling, etc., and the lovely noise from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Saturday. I only have one window to see out of for the air conditioner as I put 3-inch foam in the others.

Updated 11:42 a.m.

Another neighbor shared another view...

E-Nail has closed on 2nd Avenue

That's it for the 10-year-old salon at 125 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and East Seventh Street.

One of the owners told EVG reader Carol from East Fifth Street that they had "lost a lot of business," though the owner didn't specify if that was the result of the deadly gas explosion on March 26 or the recent citywide crackdown on nail salons.

E-Nail was closed for nearly six weeks following the blast two storefronts away ... reopening on May 3.

A tale of 2 printers

On East Sixth Street above... and East Seventh Street below...



"Broken and very heavy" ... you can almost hear the printer sighing...

Photos today by Derek Berg...

A Joey Ramone-CBGB 40th anniversary mural for the Bowery

A new mural featuring Joey Ramone is going up today on Bleecker at the Bowery... across the way from the former CBGB... EVG reader Lola Sáenz says that the mural is by Solus and John CRASH Matos...

The mural is via The L.I.S.A. Project to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Ramones debuting at CBGB.


[Top photos by Lola Sáenz]

Here was the view around noon...

A photo posted by Solus (@solusstreetart) on Sep 3, 2015 at 9:37am PDT

EV Grieve Etc.: Concerns about landmarks law; taste test at Harry & Ida's

[Cat day afternoon on East 10th Street via Grant Shaffer]

In the early 1970s, photographer Hans Haacke attempted to track the holdings of an East Village/LES landlord, and a writer traces Haacke's path today with interesting results (Curbed)

Preservationists fight bill setting time limit on landmarks decisions in NYC (The New York Times ... Gotham Gazette)

At the rally against NYU Tuesday in Washington Square Park (BuzzFeed ... the Observer)

Cooper Union enters agreement to end lawsuit over tuition (DNAinfo)

Ranking the sandwiches at Harry & Ida's on Avenue A (Eater)

Missing the hawks (Gog in NYC)

About those dead mutant rats strung up along the FDR (BoweryBoogie)

A few things to do in September (The Lo-Down)

Flagship Barnes & Noble bookstore on Fifth Avenue and 18th Street transformed into a Banana Republic (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Screening tonight: "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (starring Michael Landon) and "The Honeymoon Killers" (Anthology Film Archives)

Speaking of The Honeymoon Killers ... here's the band that took their name from the film live at CBGB in 1986 (YouTube)

... and if your workplace, school, church, etc., are making plans...

Looking for a practical way to help New Yorkers in need? Consider hosting a food or clothing drive! Learn more: http://t.co/dDtwDioZIS

— The Bowery Mission (@BoweryMission) September 2, 2015

Ben Shaoul's 98-100 Avenue A emerging from the dewatering hole

By late afternoon yesterday, Ben Shaoul's incoming retail-residential building between East Seventh Street and East Sixth Street made its first appearance above the plywood, as these photos by EVG contributor Steven show…





Last time we checked in on the address here on Avenue A, a report of smoke from the construction pit prompted a visit by the FDNY. Earlier in the summer a sign appeared on the plywood noting that — "We are currently performing dewatering on this construction site. This is condensation (water vapor) coming up through the pipes."

Not sure where workers are with the dewatering. We didn't notice any smoke water vapor when we walked by yesterday.

Anyway, you know the rest… the building will one day look something like this…



Previously on EV Grieve:
A little bit of Hollywood on Avenue A

Inside the abandoned theater at East Village Farms on Avenue A

Workers back demolishing what's left of 98-100 Avenue A

Rest assured, there isn't a fire in the hole at 98-100 Avenue A

Reader mailbag: Can my landlord legally convert a 1-bedroom apartment into a 3-bedroom unit?

An EVG reader asked the following …

The landlord of my small, rent-stabilized building just converted a one bedroom into a three bedroom/two bath unit and put it on the market for $5,900 a month — probably from less than $1,000 a month.

Is this huge jump legal?

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We often get reader queries ... asking for help with, say, donating clothes or books ... or finding an East Village-based caterer... If you have a question for the masses, then try the EV Grieve email...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Reader mailbag: Places to eat that have that old East Village vibe (45 comments)

Reader mailbag: What do I do about my new neighbors who smoke pot all the time? (52 comments)

Reader mailbag: Where is a good place to get a cup of coffee in the East Village before 6 a.m.? (25 comments)

Reader mailbag: What has happened to the Cooper Station Post Office? (41 comments)

Reader mailbag: Can the landlord 'drill' the lock to gain access to my apartment for simple repairs? (15 comments)

Reader mailbag: Should we receive a rent abatement for having sporadic heat and hot water?

Reader mailbag: How often does your mail get delivered?

Reader mailbag: Where can I get my Mac fixed now?

Random photo found on the Internet

RUMORS: These 2 buildings on 2nd Avenue at East 12th Street are for sale

A credible tipster shared a rumor with us… that 192 Second Ave. at East 12th Street … and the building directly behind it at 303 E. 12th St. are on the shopping block…



The buildings are connected by a courtyard… word from the rumor mill is that the ground-floor space at 303 — currently a residence — is being pitched as a possible home to a cafe-restaurant.

Despite the reliability of the tipster, we haven't spotted any listings for the buildings… and there isn't any evidence that they are for sale…

Tonight

Tribute in Light test run.

Thanks to Alex Ward for the photo…