Nabe News: May 11
Henry Street wrecking ball, Whitehouse threatened, and Avalon price gouging, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
Two of the city’s oldest structures – 22 and 24 Henry Street – were recently demolished. Both were on the National Register of Historic Places, which does not protect from demolition [Save the Lower East Side]
The Whitehouse Hotel on the Bowery is hanging on by a thread. Not only is Sam Chang eying the flophouse, but housing court hearings are a regular occurrence for the remaining residents [Curbed]
Grieve’s got the goods on last night’s NYU Expansion Plan meeting with Community Board 3. And the school even admitted to over-saturation! [EV Grieve]
La Esquina is in all sorts of shit right now. The subterranean eatery was shuttered yesterday by the DOB for not passing code. Apparently, the kitchen exhaust was directly venting into a neighbors apartment [Eater]
Elevators are bad for office productivity. Out of sixteen cities studied, New York wins for most time wasted in elevators. According to the data, New Yorker office workers spend about 5.9 years stuck in an elevator [Gothamist]
Wolfgang Puck is slated to be the voice of Chef Smurf in the new live-action Smurfs movie [Hollywood Insider via Grub St]
Avalon Bowery shows off its ability to price gouge – $3,500 for 1BR; $7,495 for 2BR [NYC the Blog]
Diesel gets more stupid by the day with its “Be Stupid” campaign [Vanishing NY; Previously]
Recent Stories
New Year, Wrong Stamp for USPS Commemorative Postage [OP-ED]
With the Lunar New Year fast approaching, the U.S. Postal Service released its annual commemorative stamp to honor the holiday. Yet, the new postage seriously misses the mark, is wrong on many levels. The Lunar New Year – observed this year on February 12 – is celebrated by several Asian cultures, but it’s difficult to […]
Covid Killed ‘Wall of Sound’ Producer Phil Spector; Revisiting The Ronettes Outside Parisi Bakery
Phil Spector, the legendary “Wall of Sound” producer, music impresario, and convicted murderer, died on Saturday of purported complications from Covid-19 at the Health Care Facility in Stockton (California), after being transferred from prison. He was 81. Incarcerated for murdering Lana Clarkson in 2003, Spector would spend his final years behind bars. Which makes paying […]
Appellate Court to Hear Community Lawsuit that Halted Development of Two Bridges Towers
Down on the Two Bridges waterfront, the future of three super-tall residential projects will soon be decided. Indeed, it took a year, but a community-led lawsuit is now on appeal, with a court date set for next week. You’ll recall that a consortium of community groups under the banner of Lower East Side Organized Neighbors […]
East Broadway Subway Station Turns 85
The East Broadway subway station wasn’t always a shady dungeon attracting crime. Once upon a time, the transit stop inspired celebrations across the Lower East Side. It was exactly eighty-five years ago – January 1, 1936 – that the East Broadway subway station debuted to the public. The feat of subterranean engineering, then known as […]
Looking at the New Ludlow House Annex Atop Demolished Libation Site
Well, that was quick. With Libation excised from the Lower East Side, the hole is now filled. Taken over by Ludlow House. The building at 137 Ludlow Street was demolished last year, and replaced in a matter of months. In fact, it’s already operational. The architecture of this one-story newcomer mirrors design elements of its […]
