Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Last month, we received a scare after seeing crews unloading debris into a dumpster outside 87 Rivington Street.  At the time, it seemed that all signs pointed to demolition – the yellow box with RO drawn on shuttered gates, boarded windows, and constant site activity.  However, freshly renewed DOB permits issued a few weeks ago [...]

Back in 2007, the low-rise hardware store at 98 East Broadway was razed to make room for a gigantic out-of-context commercial building.  And since its completion last year, the new development has sat vacant, its glass facade studded with bilingual “for rent” signs. The search for tenants is on.

A new listing surfaced over the weekend for a two-bedroom condo inside the slender tumor building that is 195 Bowery. Marketed as a SoHo loft in NoLita’s “tallest loft condo,” the brokers seem confused as to where this is located.  It’s at the eastern corner of Bowery and Spring Street. Definitely NOT SoHo, and barely [...]

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 [...]

Merely days after new sidewalk work began outside 38 Delancey, there is now a huge sign officially announcing the luxury development. And a new website (different url) to boot! This latest news coming almost a year after its scheduled opening date.

Full frontal views of the new glass box condo at 30 Orchard Street are now available.  The scaffolding is weeks gone, leaving a clear path to the nearly-completed entrance.  Up above, trendy-looking balconies are in place, complete with glass partitions and wooden door-frames.