337 Lafayette Street
KITH Launches its 3-Story Emporium on Lafayette Street Tomorrow
Posted October 5, 2017 at 9:31 am
The three-story KITH emporium debuts at 337 Lafayette Street tomorrow. Contractors and employees alike were hustling yesterday to put the finishing touches on the new location. Both the Bleecker Street boutique and the Nike collaboration catty-corner on Broadway shuttered this week ahead of the new location. Tomorrow’s launch will likely be the place to be seen, […]
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KITH Bleecker Store Closes Ahead of Flagship Debut on Lafayette Street
Posted October 3, 2017 at 5:08 am
For cool kid sneaker brand, KITH, the pieces are moving into place. Debut of its flagship retail location is expected any day now. The opening was apparently delayed from the “end of September” forecast previously relayed to us. As reported, KITH will occupy all three levels of the recently rehabilitated building. Meanwhile, the small store […]
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Behold, the Peace Pentagon’s Transformation for Rumored Nike-KITH Sneaker Emporium
Posted May 10, 2017 at 5:02 am
The so-called Peace Pentagon, no longer a bastion of activist enterprise, was spared the wrecking ball and reborn as a capitalist endeavor. Gone is the four-story plywood encasement that protected the structure since July of last year. Workers peeled away the hulking appendage earlier this week to reveal what’s been going on here during the […]
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Nike-KITH Sneaker Emporium Rumored for Rehabbed Peace Pentagon on Lafayette Street
Last modified April 25, 2017 at 8:32 am
Contrary to rumors that circulated the neighborhood last year, the former Peace Pentagon will not become luxury living. Nor will you recognize it once that five-story box is removed. The narrative here is a pivot from activism to consumerism. Specifically, sneakers. Permits issued by the Department of Buildings in late-December indicate that 337-339 Lafayette is […]
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‘Peace Pentagon’ Stores on Lafayette Street Vacated Ahead of Demolition and Redevelopment
Posted February 11, 2016 at 5:12 am
Earlier this month, the historic Peace Pentagon on Lafayette Street was given its final marching orders. Namely, that all ground-level stores must vacate by the end of the month. Just like that, a handful of small businesses are forced out. Blame multi-millionaire real estate baron Aby Rosen (aka RFR Realty), who purchased the long-troubled property […]
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Aby Rosen Snags the Historic Peace Pentagon on Lafayette Street for $20.75M
Posted October 23, 2015 at 5:00 am
Real estate magnate Aby Rosen continues his buying spree downtown, scooping up an historic corner of Noho real estate. Say goodbye to a decades-old symbol of radical activism in the area. Employing the corporate shell of “337 Lafayette LP,” Rosen’s RFR Realty company purchased the Peace Pentagon earlier this month for $20.75 million. The property – owned […]
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Peace Pentagon at 339 Lafayette for Sale
Last modified June 27, 2012 at 1:27 am
339 Lafayette, located at the northeast corner of Bleecker Street, just hit the open market courtesy of Massey Knakal. Aptly nicknamed the Peace Pentagon, the three-story Muste Building is currently home to Socialist Party USA (SPUSA), War Resisters League, and Paper Tiger Television, among others. The building itself is owned by the A.J. Muste Institute, […]
