Demolition OK'd for former Nevada Smith's home

It was only a matter of time before someone filed the paperwork for the demolition of 74 Third Ave., the former home of Nevada Smith's. (The soccer/football bar will eventually reopen at 100 Third Ave. For now, Webster Hall is showing the games/matches.)

As of this week, the plans are on file and approved, according to the DOB.

The city had already OK'd the demolition of 76 Third Ave. So the pair of buildings and the temporary parking lot ...

...will make way for something that looks like ...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Those persistent rumors about 74-76 Third Avenue and the future of Nevada Smith's

The East Village will lose a parking lot and gain an apartment building

East Village stories and images from 2011

A sampling from our 3,652 posts from 2012...

January

Fire at the East Village Village Farm

[EV Grieve reader Special Monkey]

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The Great Thunder Blizzard of 2011...

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The Icicle Audi...

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A birthday celebration for Ray ...

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February

The Hells Angels unveil new line of defense for their bench...

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Tompkins Square Park regular Grace Farrell, 35, froze to death while sleeping outside an alcove next to St. Brigid's ...

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Efforts to save historic 35 Cooper Square from demolition...

[Bobby Williams]

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March

A lot of fuss about a sign on Avenue A ...

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Photographic evidence of the elusive Pigeon Lady ...

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April

We started getting that bad feeling...

[Bobby Williams]

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The MTA v. an East Village artist...

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May

The DOH shutters Ray's for too long...

[Dave on 7th]

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We all met the Chillmaster...

[Via Marty After Dark]

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To 186 years of history on Cooper Square ...

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June

Former Burial Society now a hole in the ground on East Fourth Street...

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Howl! came earlier this year...

[Photo by Shawn Chittle]

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July

Introducing the Flaming Cactus of Astor Place...

[Bobby Williams]

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Walk Man quickly came and went...

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The TSP Ratstravaganza...

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Farewell, Mars Bar ...

[Goggla]

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August

The BMW Guggenheim Lab opened, think tanking ensued.

[Photo by Bob Arihood]

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The NYPD went all out to find the people who beat up Gavin DeGraw ...

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Earthquake...

[AC]

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Hurricane Irene wreaks havoc...

[Photo by Shawn Chittle]

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September

After 30 years, Life Cafe closes (for now)...

[Michael Sean Edwards]

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The free Willie Nelson catches fire...

[@joshchambers]

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October

The Mystery Lot faces a condo after life...



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The IHOP opened, and people ate there...

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Joe's Bar on East Sixth Street closed, opened and closed again... and the proprietor, Joe Vajda, died in November... we await the fate of the bar...

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November

We waited for President Obama to drive by on East 12th Street ...

[Photos by Michael Sean Edwards]

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Nevada Smith's closed to relocate, with luxury housing on the way for the corner on Third Avenue and 12th Street...

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One construction positive: The ongoing renovation of St. Brigid's on Avenue B and East Eighth Street ...

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December

The end.

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Well, that's a fucking depressing way to end a year in review ... so to new hopes and beginnings and all that ...

[Bobby Williams]

Housecleaning at the former Yummy House

Over on Third Avenue near 12th Street, workers are on the scene emptying out the former Yummy House space... which, along with the former Nevada Smith's home next door, will be demolished to make way for this.

We saw them toss an fax machine and some security lights and some broccoli with eggplant in garlic sauce.

Anyway, Yummy House is now over on Second Avenue and 11th Street ... and, until Nevada Smith's reopens up the Avenue, they're showing matches at Webster Hall...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Those persistent rumors about 74-76 Third Avenue and the future of Nevada Smith's

The East Village will lose a parking lot and gain an apartment building

Reminders tonight: CB3/SLA committee meeting; plus, several scratches

The CB3/SLA committee meets tonight at 6:30 ... there have been several changes since we looked at the original agenda.

As you can see from the updated docket, there are several scratches, such as Nevada Smith's bid to take over space at 100 Third Ave. and Nublu to return to Avenue C.

Also, we were curious about following item:

Alterations/Upgrades: Death & Co (Little Hands Playcafe Inc), 433 E 6th St (alt/op)

According to CB3 documents (PDF!), D&C is looking to change their hours of operation ... extend the closing time by one hour to 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday; to 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Nevada Smith's at Webster Hall

We've been meaning to note this since we reported that Nevada Smith's closed at 74 Third Ave. on Nov. 27.

So until they move up the street to 100 Third Ave. some day ... Nevada Smith's is has been showing matches at Webster Hall... Thanks to our friend Esquared for the photos...

The schedule is posted on the Nevada Smith's Facebook page.

Week in Grieview

[Gum busting on East 14th Street]

The owner of Joe's Bar dies (Friday)

The President sped drove through the East Village (Wednesday)

Nevada Smith's closed (Monday)

What 74-84 Third Avenue will look like soon (Wednesday)

7-story housing coming to Avenue B (Tuesday)

Backhouses! (Tuesday)

Rent the former CBGB Gallery (Wednesday)

A concert in Tompkins Square Park circa August 1981 (Friday)

Your Japadog progress report (Wednesday)

Why Handsome Dick Manitoba has been polyresinated (Wednesday)

Where's that new ugly hotel on the Bowery? (Thursday)

Why Vazac's was called The Bushwhack (Thursday)

Behold the future of 74-84 Third Ave.

As we first reported, the stretch of 74-84 Third Ave. has been cleared out, with Nevada Smith's moving on after Sunday.

Our sources said that a large apartment building would go on this site. According to Nevada Smith's goodbye-for-now message: "Our old home's almost done now with developers poised to demolish most of the block and replace our place, and yours, with a new luxury apartment block."

We're waiting for renderings of this new monstrosity ... Meanwhile, RFK (via PDF) is peddling the retail space. Here's what we're looking at...

That's likely a generic rendering. (Where's the theater? Unless that will eventually be a goner too.) Regardless, it's a large retail space — more than 13,000 square feet. This space anchors what RKF describes as a 126,000 square-foot building featuring studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom residences.

Hope that the apartments have good soundproofing!

Compare this with how this stretch of Third Avenue looked in the late 1970s at Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Those persistent rumors about 74-76 Third Avenue and the future of Nevada Smith's

The East Village will lose a parking lot and gain an apartment building