Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Despite alleged setbacks from a busted water pipe back in January, luxury living at 108 Ludlow (aka 100 Delancey) is inching ever closer to a reality. Since that time, the “lobby” discarded its well-worn pajamas, as it were, and is almost completely dressed.

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 [...]

Two units in the Blue Condo building at 105 Norfolk Street – 9b and 9c – have reportedly been combined to create a monstrous 2,000 square-foot, six-room condo unit.  Or as Corcoran calls it, a “one of a kind trophy property in NYC’s most vibrant neighborhood.”

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 [...]

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.