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 [...]

Yesterday morning, a large section of netting was removed from the future Sperone Westwater Gallery at 257 Bowery, revealing a hulking concrete skeleton.  The upward structural push continues unabated, but should be capped pretty soon.  Keep an eye out for that all-telling American flag.

Walking south down the Bowery these days, you may notice a not-so-subtle change in the skyline.  Indeed, at the corner of Hester Street, the Wyndham Garden Hotel is slowly rearing its concrete head above the low-rise surroundings.  Out of character. Out of context. Out of control.

Not much has transpired inside the ground level retail space of 158 Wooster Street (aka 37 West Houston) since the Brazilian boutique BR Concept vacated nearly a year and a half ago.  In recent weeks, however, a team of contractors began revamping the interior of the corner property.  DOB permits filed show that new plumbing, [...]

The new NYU facility planned for the Provincetown Playhouse footprint is progressing rather briskly.  Indeed, since our last progress report back in November, four additional levels have been built. At this pace, the legal research center, which will reportedly top out at six stories, should be completed by the summer 2010 projected date.  Whether or not [...]

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.