Nabe News: January 6
Rubber Stamps, private high schools, and Tiger Woods at the W, all in today’s neighborhood news!
The old Loew’s Canal Theater near the corner of Ludlow might have another life as a performance arts space. The non-profit CREATE is currently in talks with the owner of the 83-year-old building, and both are committed to rebuilding the theater. The catch is there might be 12 or 13 stories of condos up top! [Downtown Express]
A new private high school is in the works for 38-50 Cooper Square, currently leased by NYU for classroom space. The new $25 million Grace Church School will open in September 2010 [Cityroom]
Just a slim $17,000 per month buys you the glass box which sits atop 19 St. Mark’s Place, once a German musical club. It’s a deal, considering the 2008 asking price was $25,000. Any takers? [EV Grieve]
Xunta, the fifteen-year East Village tapas veteran which shuttered last year, is reopening on Grand Street in Williamsburg [Eater]
Inside Casey’s Rubber Stamps on Eleventh Street between First and Second Avenues. The store offers a wide range of stamps, and will even customize [Greenwich Village Daily Photo]
Should old storefronts be preserved when the former business is long gone (e.g. Varvatos & CBGB, Birdbath & Vesuvio)? Perhaps the city is swiftly becoming a museum unto itself. Or, as Jeremiah posits, “New York is becoming its own, self-referential museum, a simulacrum complete with wall text to explain where we are–what was here, what remains, what’s been altered and revised. We recognize it, while at the same time, it is unfamiliar.” [Vanishing NY]
A then/now analysis of Norfolk Street, looking north from Delancey [Dino’s NYC via Blah Blog Blah]
Tiger Woods at the W in Union Square? [Daily Intel]
The new High Line, as seen in black and white [Neither More Nor Less]
BNE = Big Nut Eater? The backlash against the sticker vandal seems to be growing [NYC the Blog; Previously]
Recent Stories
Displaced Chinatown Business Returns Months After Devastating Fire
Four months after a deadly fire knocked out 78 Mulberry Street, one of its businesses returned to the scene. Ewa Trading Company reopened in its former Chinatown home earlier this week. The store had spent some of the interim displacement period selling from a shuttered Vietnamese restaurant a few paces north. The two-alarm fire broke […]
EDC Sues Essex Restaurant for Back Rent over Former Essex Market Lease
Three years removed from its relocation across Rivington Street, the city filed suit against the Essex restaurant for alleged unpaid rent. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) sued Essex for nearly $60,000 in unpaid back rent on the former Essex Market building it previously occupied, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. The city entity claims that […]
Exile on Orchard Street: Tenement Museum Recreates Exhibits During Renovations
The Tenement Museum is amidst a preservation project at 97 Orchard Street, but will continue its programming with replicas not too far away. The 1863-era tenement this past Sunday embarked on “vital” restoration work to preserve its walls, floors, roof, as well as the installation of a new HVAC system that will provide improved climate […]
Former Home of Stanton Social on the LES Hits Market for $5.9M
Stanton Social has been in the grave for nearly four years. Now, its former home is back on the market. The two-story building – located at 99 Stanton Street in Hell Square – carries an asking price of $5.9 million. B6 Real Estate Advisors is listed as the exclusive brokerage for the property, which has […]
DOT to Pave Pock-Marked Pell Street; Sheds Removed
Pell Street is finally on deck for a resurfacing, forcing numerous Chinatown businesses to dismantle their street shed annexes. Those who operate outdoor dining sheds along Pell Street received notice this week from the Department of Transportation to dismantle structure ahead of scheduled street repaving. This small neighborhood street – which once terminated at Division – […]
