We've noted the renovations going on at 117 Second Ave. at East Seventh Street. (Right
here, if you'd like). But we've never noted the status of the ground-floor tenant, Song 7.2, the Korean joint. (And why did we never mention Song 7.2? Well, in part ... to be honest,
we've never met another living soul who has been inside this place.)
Anyway! As you can see, they closed just after the New Year, with a return date of Jan. 19...
As of yesterday, Song 7.2 was still closed...
...and the interior looked
mostly demolished...
So. No idea when or
if Song 7.2 will return. (The phone number is still temporarily disconnected.) Song 7.2 opened in the spring of 2008,
just five days after the unintentionally hilarious American Grill/Go-Go Curry closed... all in the space
that once housed Kiev.
As for the rest of 117, the address is on next Thursday's CB3 Landmarks Subcommittee. (117 Second Ave. is part of the new East Village/Lower East Side Historic District.) Per that docket:
• Cert of Appropriateness: 117 2nd Ave, new storefront
• Cert of Appropriateness: 117 2nd Ave, 2nd floor façade renovation (Here's
a PDF of all the plans.)
Workers are replacing the floor-to-ceiling aluminum/windows combo so that the second floor looks like the top-two floors...
[
2007, via Curbed]