Mulberry Street
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 […]
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Ten Injured, Including Firefighters, in Massive Mulberry Street Blaze Last Night [Updated]
Last modified January 24, 2020 at 12:15 pm
The three-alarm blaze that engulfed 70 Mulberry Street last night spread quickly, destroying the upper levels of the historic Public School 23. The fire started shortly after 8:45pm on the fourth floor. Firefighters from Ladder 20 and police from the 5th Precinct were the first responders. More than two hundred fire personnel ultimately arrived to […]
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3-Alarm Fire Engulfs PS 23 Building on Mulberry Street
Last modified January 24, 2020 at 12:30 am
Shortly before 9pm this evening, a three-alarm fire was sparked at 70 Mulberry Street (at Bayard). Within minutes, the historic building – erected in the nineteen century as Public School 23 – was in flames. More than one hundred firefighters were called to the scene to battle the blaze which is apparently confined to the […]
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The City’s First ‘Nut-Based Milk Bar’ Opening on Mulberry Street
Posted September 27, 2019 at 5:08 am
To show you how far gentrification has come, Mulberry Street will see the arrival of a plant-based milk bar. The newcomer, Tulo House, set up shop where The Tea Shoppe previously held court for the last decade, between Spring and Prince Streets. Tulo House is high on itself for allegedly being the first nut-based milk […]
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Little Italy Church Rectory to Become 7-Story Mixed-Use Development
Posted June 20, 2019 at 5:00 am
The Most Precious Blood Church rectory in Little Italy will return as a new luxury development. The listing for 109 Mulberry Street – the church is located on Baxter Street – first hit the market in February 2018 as a “development site” for $14 million. It took seven months to sell, but finally changed hands last […]
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Mulberry Market Signage Goes up in Little Italy
Posted May 23, 2019 at 5:00 am
Months delayed, the forthcoming Mulberry Market finally has something to show for itself. Store signage was installed yesterday above the entrance to the highly-anticipated supermarket (stylized as MulberryMARKET). The new marketplace is apparently a “family business” that is years in the making. It replaces the decades-old MET Food, which was unable to negotiate favorable lease […]
