Taking another look at the all-new East 14th Street

On Friday afternoon, we got the first look at what a good chunk of East 14th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B might look like a few years from now ... via this conceptual rendering from an RKF retail listing ...



To date, eight parcels consisting of 222 Avenue A and 504 - 530 E. 14th St. (excluding No. 520) were leased for a 99-year period. Per the retail listing, this will be a seven-story residential and retail development.

The post drew 57 comments... ranging from better than what's there now (several commenters noted the corner space is currently housing a handful of people) ...




... to could have been worse... to ugly, boring, suburban ...

So we're trying to get an idea of how large this "residential and retail development" will be... The red lines (where are the arrows?!) outline the parcels that were sold...




[Click image to enlarge]

And one thing that we didn't mention Friday: The listing says that there will be a "loading dock located on the East 13th Street side of building."




So what will go on East 13th Street to make this loading dock a reality? (And is this quiet stretch of East 13th Street really loading-dock friendly?) Our best guess... whatever this thing is on the block...



And from the air...



And it seems like that fire on Avenue A and East 14th Street was a really long time ago already...

[EV Grieve reader Sergey]

The three-alarm fire wiped out the corner on May 12, 2010... taking with it neighborhood favorites Stuyvesant Grocery and Pete's-a-Pizza.

Previously on EV Grieve:
East 14th Street exodus continues

The disappearing storefronts of East 14th Street

[Updated with correction] 8-lot parcel of East 14th Street primed for new development

East 14th Street corridor now nearly business-free ahead of new development

Here is the future of East 14th Street and Avenue A: 7 stories of residential and retail

Crêpes for First Avenue?

The plywood is down at 135 First Ave. near St. Mark's Place... a tipster says that the space will be a cafe specializing in crêpes (and they look to have a to-go window) ... the address was previously home to Iconic Hand Rolls, which closed in April after 10 months in business.

The Grace Memorial House is nice and clean now on Fourth Avenue

Over at 92-96 Fourth Ave. at East 11th Street, the construction netting is off the historic Grace Memorial House (part of the Grace Memorial Church complex) ... It had been under cover for months receiving some kind of scrub down... As EVG reader Terry Howell noted, "The cleaned building is a lovely warm creamy color. I was so accustomed to the NYC grime gray color."



The James Renwick, Jr.-designed (and landmarked) building dates to 1881...



A little more history about the address via the 1977 NYC Landmark Designation Report:

No. 94-96 Fourth Avenue, Grace Memorial House, once known as the Day Nursery, was reputedly New York's first day care center. Given to Grace Church by the Hon. Levi P. Morton, vice president of the United States under Benjamin Harrison, in memory of his wife, it was designed by James Renwick, Jr., to accord with the architecture of the 1846 rectory on Broadway ... Renwick added a Gothic revival facade and made other alterations to the two earlier Greek Revival houses on the site.

When Grace Memorial House was reopened in 1927 to house low-salaried young women and female students, it was named Huntington House in honor of rector William Reed Huntington. In 1953 it became a rehabilitation center for girls, and in 1957 it was closed.

Something cool on Avenue A

Headline and photo via @fnytv

Can't we just enjoy Halloween first?

At Gem Spa today.

The 'No 7-Eleven' campaign gains first celebrity endorsement

Alan Cumming stopped by today's "No 7-Eleven" rally on Avenue A and East 11th Street.

[Photo via @No7ElevenNYC]

Updated 10-21



Here's a group photo via Grant Shaffer...

Week in Grieview

[On Avenue C via Mark White]

Here is the new residential complex for East 14th Street (Friday, 57 comments)

BBQ and more still in the works for the former Lucky Cheng's space (Monday)

Reader mailbag: Places to eat that have that old East Village vibe (Friday, 38 comments)

Out and About with Seth Tobocman (Wednesday)

The "Mayor of Avenue D" busted for alleged drug operation (Wednesday)

More dessert for the East Village (Thursday)

More tacos for the East Village (Monday)

More Thai food for the East Village (Thursday)

Memories of the former Di Bella Bros. on First Avenue (Tuesday)

East Village resident creates Puppydog Poop Mitts (Wednesday)

So long to Banksy's "Concrete Confessional" on East Seventh Street (Saturday)

Pulino's is closing on the Bowery (Thursday)

Neighbors come together to help restore La Plaza Cultural (Tuesday)

128 Second Ave. was sold (Thursday)

The lone tenant at 338 E. Sixth St. (Tuesday)

A discussion on the new health-insurance exchange (Thursday)

123 E. 10th St. Sarkozy-Olsen "love nest" in contract (Tuesday)

20 years at the Odessa (Friday)

A lighting store for East Seventh Street (Monday)

Bike rack news (Friday)

Now, if you can, go outside. It's nice and bright...

Noted

Spotted along Second Avenue...

Today on A and East 11th Street

Via the EVG inbox...



More info here.

One Fall day

Photo on East Ninth Street and Avenue B via Bobby Williams

From last night's Knuckle-Walking Pub Crawl

@evgrieve Did you lose a gorilla hand near the dollar slice on 2nd street? pic.twitter.com/i9YZcxN1Qp

— Ryan Avenue A (@RyanAvenueA) October 19, 2013

Report: Roseland Ballroom will close in April

The Roseland Ballroom on East West 52nd Street is closing in April 2014, according to a report at Billboard.com.

The venerable venue, owned by developer Larry Ginsberg and booked by Live Nation, opened at its 52nd street location, a converted skating rink, in 1958 and is a sentimental favorite for many bands. The history of the venue in New York dates back to 1919, when it was located at 51st and Broadway, and prior to that in Philadelphia.

Roger Friedman got confirmation of the closing at ShowBiz 411.

“The owner is developing the property,” a source who’s on the inside told me. ... Ironically, across the street last year there was a threat of Gallagher’s Steak House shutting down. It was saved at the last minute. New York’s rare and storied history is disappearing quickly.

The room holds about 3,500... and I've always liked the space for a concert...




Here's a post from 2008 with more history of the space and some archival photos.

5 a.m., Second Avenue, Oct. 19

And how was your Friday night?

Photo by ‏@robbyohara

Banksy's 'Concrete Confessional' has been removed from E. 7th St.

[Photos by peter radley]

Banksy's "Concrete Confessional" was discovered/unveiled last Saturday... it was naturally quickly defaced/augmented, etc. ...

On Wednesday, construction workers apparently attempted to prevent future vandalism/augmentation by putting plexiglass over the art...

And now, sometime yesterday, someone removed the entire hunk of concrete (intended for use in the Cooper Square-Astor Place revamp), as these photos by EVG reader Robert Miner show...





Perhaps the Confessional was carted away to an unspecified gallery like that car on Ludlow Street was...

Meanwhile, how are you feeling about the Banksy hype these days?

Things that you can do today on East 12th Street

Well, there are plenty of things to do today around the neighborhood... including, from the EVG inbox...

A Harvest Festival at The Children”s Workshop School on East 12th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...



...and a rummage sale at the El Sol Brilliante Jr Community Garden between Avenue A and Avenue B...

Today in photos of people wearing live snakes around their neck on Avenue A

Why not. At East Sixth Street via Bobby Williams.

This One is for you

Hüsker Dü with "Could You Be the One?" from 1987.

Here is the future of East 14th Street and Avenue A: 7 stories of residential and retail

Wow. Here we go.

As we first reported last December, eight parcels consisting of 222 Avenue A and 504 - 530 E. 14th St. (excluding No. 520) were leased for a 99-year period by the respective owner of East Village 14 LLC. City property records showed that Gary Barnett of Extell Development signed a 99-year lease worth $35.14 million to rent eight Sol Goldman-owned properties.

And the businesses have disappeared, including The Blarney Cove and Bargain Express.

What's next?

Here's a look at a conceptual rendering from an RKF retail listing with more details for the all-new 500 E. 14th St. ...

SPACE
Ground Floor* 24,710 SF
Lower Level* 14,600 SF
Total 39,310 SF
*divisible

POSSESSION
First Quarter 2016

TERM
Long term

FRONTAGE
52 feet on Avenue A
257 feet on East 14th Street

NEIGHBORS
Associated Supermarket, CVS/pharmacy, Duane Reade, Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s, Starbucks, The Vitamin Shoppe, United States Post Office

COMMENTS
• Located at the base of a brand new seven-story residential and retail development
• Rarely available large block of retail space in a prime East Village location
• Directly across from Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
• Logical divisions considered
• Space can be vented for cooking
• Loading dock located on the East 13th Street side of building

More more more... later later later.

Previously on EV Grieve:
East 14th Street exodus continues

The disappearing storefronts of East 14th Street

[Updated with correction] 8-lot parcel of East 14th Street primed for new development

Bargain Express has closed on East 14th Street

East 14th Street corridor now nearly business-free ahead of new development

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

[Too early this morning on 7th Street and 2nd Avenue]

Selling the air rights to landmarked buildings (Curbed)

Looking at the planetarium at the new Lower Eastside Girls Club (NY1)

Will the SLA yank the liquor license from EMM Group’s Bowery complex? (BoweryBoogie)

Honk NYC in video on Avenue C (Slum Goddess)

A Horn & Hardart automat and Julian’s pool hall once shared an address on East 14th (Ephemeral New York)

“Our Lower East Side” group show opens tonight (The Lo-Down)

Remembering Billy's Topless (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Fire escape life (Gog in NYC)

An overview of the NYC Independent Film Festival (DNAinfo)

Chain stores push out this grocery store in Williamsburg (Runnin' Scared)

Zombies wait for cab on Houston and B (GammaBlog)

Fred Armisen (as Ian Rubbish) interviews Mick Jones and Paul Simonon (Dangerous Minds)

... and tonight, The Shala Yoga studio is hosting a fundraiser to help support the Bent on Learning Yoga program at The Children's Workshop School on East 12th Street...

Today in bike rack news that we pretty much should have covered 2 weeks ago

Where were we? Oh! Bike racks, an immensely popular topic here. EVG regular Terry Howell notes the recent arrival of bike racks on Second Avenue at East Ninth Street ... and East Ninth Street at Second Avenue (pay attention!)...



How's it going so far? Per Terry:

"The one on 2nd Ave. is used primarily for the corner deli delivery crew. This rack also has the marvelous effect of forcing delivery trucks to doublepark IN 2nd Ave. most mornings with the usual horn-honking results."

Still, the more bike racks the better, right?

Reader mailbag: Places to eat that have that old East Village vibe

EVG reader Exyallie left this comment yesterday on the post about the sale of 128 Second Ave. ... which also houses the Stage.

Lemme ask a question... I moved to the EV in 1972 (!) and have just returned after an absence of some years and, of course, am in total shock/disbelief.

So I am teaching in one of the local high schools, and I am committed to ONLY eating at places that retain some of the spirit of the nabe when I was there — I usually end up at the B&H across the street from this place... Any other ideas?

And this is NOT to hijack the thread or anything I promise... just wearing out too much shoe leather trying to find places, most of which are long, long gone!!!

Well, there are a handful of such places. Anyone want to offer some ideas?

East Yoga finds new home on Avenue B

Fire caused extensive damage to the East Yoga space last November on East 13th Street and Avenue B... since then, East Yoga has offered an abbreviated schedule of classes in a temporary location at ABC Sanctuary on East Sixth Street and free classes in Tompkins Square Park ...

Now they've found a new home upstairs at 96 Avenue B next to Sunny & Annie's.


[Via Facebook]

They opened the space this past Sunday... and they're offering "a yogi-style" reopening party on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The Hare Krishnas were the previous tenant in the two-floor building before moving out in July 2011. The ground floor remains on the market.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Fire at East Yoga on East 13th Street and Avenue B

To 20 years at the Odessa

Dennis Vassilatos just celebrated his 20th year as night-shift manager at the Odessa on Avenue A. To 20 more years of the Odessa...

[Thanks to Shawn Chittle for the photo and info.]

7 Spices has been on vacation for awhile on Second Avenue

Reyna Exotic Turkish Cuisine quietly opened and closed during the summer of 2012 at 82 Second Ave. ... the same owner reopened the space in January as 7 Spices here between East Fifth Street and East Fourth Street...

Now a reader notes the following: They've had a sign in the window indicating that they're on vacation and will be back next week for the past three to four weeks.



Aside from serving Turkish and Mediterranean fare, 7 Spices arguably has/had the largest delivery zone around...



Per their website (which doesn't mention any temporary vacation or closure):

7 Spices delivers delicious Turkish food to the East Village, ABC City, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, ChinaTown, Bowery, Lower East Side, Stuyvesant, Gramercy Park, Midtown South, Greenwich Village.

A look inside a gutted Death & Co.

Saw the above sign the other day outside Death & Co. on East Sixth Street ... pointing out that the speakeasy is putting in a new bar...


[Not the new bar, prolly]

The folks from the Wineshop happened by and shared these photos...







Death & Co. is scheduled to reopen next Friday.

Business opportunity available

Wonder when they're gonna start scalping CitiBike parking spaces in the East Village. Just spent 5 minutes circling around in the rain.

— ryan sutton (@qualityrye) October 18, 2013

Previously on EV Grieve:
Docking blues: Doing the 'checking-all-of-the-Citi Bike-stations dance' (43 comments)

Today in Tompkins Square Park photo opps

No idea what this is for (maybe you do?) ... but everyone looks happy.

Photo by Bobby Williams.