Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Bowery Interiors/Lite Elite is closing, adding to the proverbial lights out for the lighting district [Shakeup in the Bowery Lighting District]
Even the paint on 290 Mulberry won’t stick around [290 Mulberry is Peeling]
Next time you see him, say hello to Nathan,the mayor of upper Orchard Street [The Mayor of Upper Orchard Street]
Pizza Post #1: Pizza [...]

With foreclosure looming high above its eight-plus stories, the vacant 290 Mulberry – designed and built by SHoP Architects – is deteriorating before our very eyes. A section of the gray siding is bubbling and peeling.

290 Mulberry Street might be in a state of financial flux (the project lender is attempting to foreclose and sell), but that’s not stopping the light show from returning to the vacant development. Late last week, after an extended period of darkness, the lights began flashing anew. This time, however, only the third and fourth [...]

Based on the prevalence of stalled construction sites and empty lots, the hurry-up-and-wait mentality that characterized the boom years still haunts the neighborhood.  That much is obvious.  We almost expect to see urban tumbleweeds blowing through the streets.  So what better time than now to revisit 49 East Houston, which, after its demolition in 2008, [...]

Last night, after four consecutive weeks entertaining the neighborhood, the colorful nighttime light show at 290 Mulberry went dark. Kaput. Oh well, it was a novel idea while it lasted.

Four days after our subway connection progress report, the subterranean construction work at the northeast corner of Lafayette Street and Houston is now capped with cement.  All hail the return of the sidewalk!