Week in Grieview

[Photo at St. Mark's and Cooper Square via Derek Berg]

New York Central Art Supply is closing at the end of September (Monday)

After 35 years on East 9th Street, Mascot Studio is leaving the East Village (Wednesday)

The Marshal seizes Lanza's for nonpayment of taxes (Thursday)

St. Mark's Ale House has closed (Monday)


[The Ale House on Wednesday via Steven]

On East 12th Street, "The rats have taken over!" (Tuesday)

Peter Kane looking to bring Out East, a destination restaurant for 6th Street (Monday)

A plaque now marks where Basquiat lived and worked on Great Jones Street (Thursday)

Kati Roll Company still coming to 128 2nd Ave., and the Stage has been gutted (Monday)

CB3 committee votes against height variance for new 14th Street development (Friday)

Out and About with Roosmarijn van Kessel (Wednesday)

Thursday afternoon's thunderstorm (Thursday)

Closures on East 10th Street: Cafe Silan and Spirit and Matter (Monday)

The Bowery Market opens (Thursday)

Raphael Toledano says he is now funding the Creative Little Garden on 6th Street (Thursday)

About the Citi Bike docking station outside the New York City Marble Cemetery (Monday)

An ugly scene at the 6BC Botanical Garden (Wednesday)

Red Koi Organic Sushi Lounge has closed on 1st Avenue (Wednesday) ... and Iron Sushi on 10th Street (Friday)

The 22-floor Bowlmor Lanes-replacing luxury building (Tuesday)

Last Manhattanhenge till 2017! (Tuesday)

Capital One® departs 14th and 3rd (bank branch down!) for new Union Square home (Monday)

"Ghostbusters II" flashback: Revisiting Ray's Occult Books on St. Mark's Place (Friday)

... and a reader shared this photo... bagging a Rattata outside the former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office on 14th Street...

On second thought, a sushi place sounds pretty good!

Alternative headline: The Bowery finally gets the boutique hotel it so sorely needed!



So, yeah, you probably heard this story spanking making the rounds today about 347 Bowery at Third Street ...



According to Lois Weiss at the Post today, France’s Louzon Group has acquired the former Salvation Army building for $7.6 million and plans to turn it into a 65-room boutique hotel with one of their restaurants on the ground floor.

As we — and others! — reported, high-end sushi place Koi wanted to open here back in the summer of 2009 ... CB3 said no ... and we kept waiting to find out what next glamourous thing would take over this former men's shelter, home briefly to convicted killer Jack Abbott... Was just a matter of time. (And money!)

Wonder if the hotel will select a Bowery-sensitive name...? Like, Shattered Dreams ... or, Next Step, Potter's Field ... with a cafe that serves trendy drinks in colostomy bags and artisanal cheeses in faux-dirty socks ...

So, yeah — I'm feeling pretty good about things!

Previously on EV Grieve:

Paint job at 347 Bowery brings an end to random Heath Ledger graffiti

Looking at what may be coming to 347 Bowery

Your invite to meet your new neighbor who wants to turn a men's shelter into a high-end sushi joint

On the Bowery: "What the hell is this?"

Your guide to the doomed corners of the Bowery

CB3/SLA committee highlights for August: mystery applicant for the Odessa Cafe; catering license for 51 Astor Place

[EVG file photo of the former Odessa Cafe from May]

Oh, the CB3/SLA Licensing Committee docket for August is out now.

The meeting is Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the CB3 office, 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

And here are the East Village-related applicants. Find the whole agenda here. We'll have more on some of the applications when more information is available...

Applications within Saturated Areas

• Maiden Lane (Yardbird LLC), 162 Ave B (upgrade to op)

• The Comedians' Club, 120 St Marks Pl (wb)

The new comedy club is angling for the former Addiction Ink storefront at 120 St. Mark's Place. Club owners were previously looking at the former home of Tinto Fino on First Avenue.

• Box Kite Coffee (Tuck Shop Two Corp), 115 St Marks Pl (upgrade to op)

Looks as if the coffee shop, which opened last December, is applying for a full liquor license. Perhaps to pair with the coffee?

Sidewalk Cafe Application

• La Pizza Shop Inc, 110 Ave A

Black Market is applying to add 11 tables (24 total seats) out front.

New Liquor License Applications

• Honshu Ichi (Ichi 88 Inc), 188 1st Ave (op)

This is the Oyama reboot.

• Eurest Dining (Compass Group USA Inc), 51 Astor Pl (op)

Don't get too excited! This is a "catering establishment" liquor license. Compass Group North America is "the leading foodservice management" company based in North Carolina whose clients include IBM. And 51 Astor Place is officially called the IBM Watson building, so...

Items Not Heard at Committee (meaning they aren't up for public discussion)

• Luzzo's (Chito Inc), 211-213 1st Ave (op/corp change)

Paperwork shows that one partner is leaving and one is joining the corporation.

• Odessa Restaurant Inc, 117 Ave A (op/corp change)

No word on who the new applicant is just yet. Since the Odessa Cafe and Bar closed last Aug. 31, at least four different applicants kicked the tires on the space. Asking rent is currently $19,500.

• Milk and Hops (Astoria Cheese Inc), 63 E 9th St (b)

• Red Koi Inc, 57 1st Ave (wb)

• Red and Gold Crab Shack (Red and Gold Boil Inc), 30 St Marks Place (wb)

This is what's taking the former Japadog space.

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b=beer only | wb=wine & beer only | op=liquor, wine, & beer | alt=alterations

Paint job at 347 Bowery brings an end to random Heath Ledger graffiti

Someone recently slapped on a coat of paint over the graffiti at 347 Bowery, the former Salvation Army East Village Residence that was almost turned into a sushi empire....

Before!



Now!





And the paint has covered up the two-year-old graffiti... "Gemma Ward killed Heath." ... not to mention the Circle-A anarchy symbol ...



So, anyway, why the paint job? (Workers are repairing the sidewalks too.) Is it being spruced up to woo another tenant? Koi bailed at the beginning of the year....

Reaching the top at 347 Bowery

Looks as if workers have reached the top at 347 Bowery. (We've been waiting for some kind of ceremonial flag atop the structure at East Third Street.)

By our count, that's 13 floors... (these photos are from Sunday...)





And the recap: Workers demolished the Salvation Army's former East Village Residence that was on this corner … to make way for a 13-story, 30,000 square-foot mixed-use residential development.

Per developer Urban Muse, the project will feature five 3-bedroom homes ranging from 2,100 to 4,000 square feet, two 2,000-square-foot commercial units and one 6,800-square-foot retail unit.

Annabelle Selldorf, who designed the nearby 10 Bond Street, is listed as the architect of record.

And this is the most recent building rendering that we've seen...



And a few years ago...

[EVG file photo]

Do you remember when Koi wanted to turn the space into an upscale sushi restaurant back in 2009?


Previously on EV Grieve:
The Salvation Army's former East Village Residence will be demolished on the Bowery

Looks like 347 Bowery will be home to a 13-floor mixed-use residential development

The future of 347 Bowery (sorta!) revealed

Let's take a look at 347 Bowery, now and in the future