Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

At roughly 9:15 pm on May 14, 2009, a fire sparked to life inside the Hong Kong Supermarket at 109 East Broadway.  Hours later, the beloved neighborhood marketplace and two tenement buildings – 107 and 109 – were consumed by the flames.  In those ensuing weeks, the blaze site was quickly cleared away, and has [...]

Early yesterday morning, the mother of all cranes showed up to the fire scene  outside of 283-285 Grand Street.  By nightfall, the crowd control barriers were repositioned along the perimeter to allow for limited sidewalk access from Eldridge.  As of today, scaffolding is in place and Grand Street proper, between Allen and Forsyth, remains sealed [...]

Other than the vacate order pasted to the doors of 105 East Broadway, and the chain link fence around its perimeter, ground zero of the Hong Kong Supermarket fire has been relatively quiet for weeks.  Not anymore; this past weekend the site became active once again. We strolled by and noticed a demolition crew [...]

In the two weeks since our last fire scene update, cleanup of the collapsed 107 East Broadway is nearly complete. The lion’s share of the mangled metal and crumbled brickwork has been carted away. All that remains is an empty lot and an unobstructed view of the Manhattan Bridge. The good news, [...]

Against the backdrop of freshly-demolished 107 East Broadway, one lane of southbound traffic on Pike Street is now open.
FULL FIRE COVERAGE HERE

Exactly one week after the Hong Kong Supermarket fire, the dismantling of 107 East Broadway has officially begun. This block will never be the same.

UPDATE: 105, 103 and 99 East Broadway will be assessed for demolition next [Save the Lower East Side]
FULL FIRE COVERAGE HERE