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Trader Joe’s at Essex Crossing to Close Next Week for ‘Cleaning Day’
Posted April 15, 2020 at 5:03 am
The Trader Joe’s basement outpost at Essex Crossing will temporarily close next week as part of an overall cleaning effort by corporate. The closure on April 24 is reportedly an “additional precautionary cleaning and sanitization” measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The grocery chain announced the cleaning schedule on Monday. It’s one of a […]
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Street Art Duo ASVP Completes 8-Story Mural at Essex Crossing
Posted April 8, 2020 at 5:09 am
ASVP just put the final touches on arguably its most ambitious mural. The eight-story treatment on the backside of 145 Clinton Street. The duo spent nearly six months painting the expansive artwork, which is dubbed “Figure No. 6.” This past Sunday saw some of the final brush strokes, so to speak. Despite the COVID-19 quarantine. […]
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Spectrum Debuts New Essex Crossing Store on Grand Street
Posted February 25, 2020 at 5:06 am
Essex Crossing wouldn’t be complete without yet another big-box retailer, living up to the shopping mall persona many in the neighborhood always anticipated. The latest to plant a flag is Spectrum, which is sandwiched between Target and Trader Joe’s at The Rollins mixed-use development. Carrying the address of 396 Grand Street, this is the ninth overall […]
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At 79 Feet High, ASVP Goes Big at Essex Crossing Rental Building
Last modified January 3, 2020 at 11:55 am
Today, we take another gander at the massive eight-story mural commissioned by Essex Crossing. Street art duo ASVP has been painting the facade of luxury residence (which also counts 50% affordable units), The Rollins, since late-October. Progress appears steady, albeit slow. As previously reported, the piece daubs the western exposure of the building, and measures […]
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Street Art Duo ASVP Just Began Painting 8-Story Mural at Essex Crossing
Posted November 8, 2019 at 5:00 am
Tapped two months ago by Essex Crossing, street art duo ASVP is already headlong into its massive mural near Grand and Suffolk Streets. As previously reported, the piece daubs the western exposure of The Rollins (aka Site 5), and measures 10,600 square-feet — 220 feet long and as high as 79 feet tall. When complete, […]
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Two Years Later, Essex Crossing Taps ‘ASVP’ Duo for 220-Foot Mural
Posted September 30, 2019 at 5:09 am
It only took two years, but Essex Crossing finally found an artist for its planned 220-foot mural. One of the largest in downtown Manhattan. Way back in September 2017, the developer consortium behind the mega-project, Delancey Street Associates, put out a public call for muralists to decorate what is now known as The Rollins (aka […]
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Broome Street at Essex Crossing is a Mess, but at Least There’s a New Public Park
Last modified July 2, 2019 at 10:03 pm
The three short blocks of Broome Street between Norfolk and Clinton are a total mess. A living, breathing construction zone that will eat you alive if not careful. The two active Essex Crossing developments are rising side-by-side. Site 3, slated to top out at 15 stories, now boasts a sky-scraping tower crane to do just […]
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This Guy was the First Customer at Trader Joe’s on the Lower East Side
Posted October 22, 2018 at 5:09 am
People queue for anything. Here on the Lower East Side, it was for the Friday morning debut of Trader Joe’s on Grand Street. After years of hype, anticipation, and plenty of delays, the specialty grocer is finally a reality. It occupies 30,000 square-feet in the basement of The Rollins building at Essex Crossing (aka Site […]
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Trader Joe’s Debuts on the Lower East Side Tomorrow Morning
Posted October 18, 2018 at 5:02 am
Get ready to queue, Lower East Side. Trader Joe’s is coming. The newest grocery location opens tomorrow morning after two years in the making. The new Essex Crossing outpost – situated in the basement of 400 Grand Street – is lucky number seven for the ubiquitous grocery store in Manhattan. It’s being lauded as the […]
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Here’s the Current Progress at Essex Crossing’s First Park
Posted September 28, 2018 at 5:04 am
With Site 5 of Essex Crossing almost fully operational – residents now live at The Rollins and Target is open for business – the park at its backside is finally coming into view. Progress here has been a slog for the last year (our last follow-up) but it’s starting to look legit. Behind the chain-link […]