Mulberry Street
Emergency Rehab of Burned-out 70 Mulberry Street Resumes
Posted April 1, 2020 at 5:06 am
Chinatown, and the city at large, is increasingly becoming a ghost town, devoid of pedestrians and traffic. Yet, despite the COVID-19 shutdown, work continues at the former PS23, where a devastating five-alarm fire gutted its top floors in January. The project site is apparently considered an emergency, and granted an exception to Governor Cuomo’s executive […]
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Nonprofits Pick up the Pieces After the Devastating Chinatown Fire
Posted March 10, 2020 at 5:07 am
City contractors on Sunday began the task of retrieval at 70 Mulberry Street, where a five-alarm fire decimated the 128-old school building. After weeks of clearing debris and stabilizing weakened floors and ceilings, the site is safe enough to dig for surviving archives from the Museum of Chinese in America, as well as materials salvaged […]
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Chinatown Fire Relief Fundraiser Planned for Displaced Businesses of 70 Mulberry Fire
Posted March 5, 2020 at 5:03 am
The Chinatown community is coming together to raise funds for the organizations displaced by the five-alarm fire at 70 Mulberry Street. The “Chinatown Fire Relief” fundraiser will feature a special performance by Juicy Liu; music by The NY Fox, Hailin Liu, Tin, and Dolltr!ck; and jewelry, paintings, and photography by Asian American artists. Assemblywomen Yuh […]
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City will Demolish, Redevelop Historic Chinatown School Building Ravaged by Fire
Posted March 2, 2020 at 5:06 am
The Chinatown building destroyed by a five-alarm fire in January will be demolished and redeveloped. The historic Public School 23, erected in 1892 and owned by the city, fell victim to the fire on its top three floors. Damage was severe, and it took firefighters more than a day to extinguish the inferno. Nine firefighters […]
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With Mulberry Market Launch, a Supermarket Returns to Little Italy
Posted February 24, 2020 at 5:02 am
Three years and several false starts later, the Mulberry Market is finally ready to serve Little Italy. Better late than never. The neighborhood grocery was supposed to have opened numerous times over the last couple years, but was plagued with delays. In fact, the store signage was bolted to the facade of 251 Mulberry almost […]
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It’s Enough with the Film Crews in Chinatown [OP-ED]
Posted February 18, 2020 at 5:07 am
For Chinatown, it’s a perfect storm. At a time when area businesses are reeling from the “Double-Whammy” of closed streets (due to the fire at 70 Mulberry) and tourists avoiding the area fearing Coronavirus, film productions are also taking away curbside parking. More than four blocks’ worth last Friday. Chinatown stores have long suffered a […]
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Rehab Begins for Fire-Ravaged School Building in Chinatown
Posted February 14, 2020 at 5:07 am
In the wake of the devastating fire at the old Public School 23 building in Chinatown, the cleanup and rehab is full throttle. City contractors starting assembling scaffolding at the scorched 70 Mulberry Street earlier this week. The web of bars is making its way up the whole structure ahead of imminent debris removal. Meanwhile, […]
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Mulberry Street Fire and Coronavirus Hysteria a Double-Whammy for Chinatown
Posted February 7, 2020 at 5:02 am
In the wake of a devastating fire, Chinatown is cleaning up, but nerves over Coronavirus is exacerbating the situation. It has been exactly two weeks since a five-alarm fire gutted the historic PS23 building at 70 Mulberry Street. Several community nonprofits and a senior center were displaced, each forced to find temporary refuge elsewhere in […]
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Hundreds of Chinatown Museum Archive Boxes Recovered from Mulberry Street Fire Site
Posted January 30, 2020 at 5:04 am
Recovery efforts began yesterday for the archives of the Museum of Chinese in America many feared destroyed in the five-alarm fire on Mulberry Street last week. We are told that Department of Citywide Administrative Services contractors rescued approximately one hundred boxes of archival material from 70 Mulberry Street, and that hundreds more remain (in unknown […]
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With its Archives Destroyed by Fire, Chinatown Museum Raises $50K+ in Relief
Posted January 27, 2020 at 5:01 am
On the eve of Lunar New Year, a devastating five-alarm fire tore through an anchor of the Chinatown community. The decimation of 70 Mulberry Street was a major blow to the fabric of the community. The building – erected as Public School 23 in 1892 – has housed numerous cultural and social service organizations since […]
