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Some residents who live near 133 Third Ave. just north of East 14th Street can't even recall the last that any work has been done on the long-stalled 16-floor residential building adjacent to the NYU dorm...
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The carcass of the development looks the same as it did in our last post on the address in March 2014. Everything is the same, except the work permits and the rendering have disappeared from the plywood...
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[March 2014]
So what happened? In December 2012, a construction mishap "sent wet concrete oozing through a wall and into an NYU dorm next door," DNAinfo reported. The owner of the building that NYU leases the dorm from subsequently sued to halt the project.
According to DOB records, a Partial Stop Work Order exists on the property. (There are also active DOB violations.)
"In the interim, two-thirds of the sidewalk is impassable due to scaffolding," nearby resident Harry Weiner told us. "The remaining third of the sidewalk, directly in front of a bus stop, has broken pavement — which presents a dangerous tripping hazard to pedestrians walking down the street, as buses pull in and out of the bus stop."
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Meanwhile, court records show that litigation continues...
Previously on EV Grieve:
133 Third Ave. lives on with 16 floors of glass and NYU dorm views