Demolition
The Iconic Sunshine Cinema Building is No More
Posted July 10, 2019 at 5:04 am
The sun finally set on the Sunshine. Next up, boutique office space to further dull any edge still in the neighborhood. The iconic Lower East Side theater at 141 East Houston is now pulverized, having spent the better part of the last few months under drills. Daylight is now visible where the decorative marquee previously […]
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With Libation Shuttered, Soho House’s ‘Ludlow Garden’ Plan Quietly Proceeds
Posted June 17, 2019 at 5:00 am
One year after word first broke, the demolition of Libation is nigh. The controversial Hell Square nightclub officially closed its doors last month after nearly two decades irking serving. Its clearance will ultimately yield a “garden annex” for the Ludlow House next door. Last spring, we reported that Soho House corporate planned to construct the […]
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Demolition Nigh Ahead of 10-Story Office Building at 171 Bowery
Posted June 7, 2019 at 5:02 am
Time has come for more destruction and development on the Bowery. Next up is 171 Bowery. Demolition permits were filed with the Department of Buildings last week. The first step in a new, gilded future for this property. You’ll recall that the four-floor tenement walkup hit the market for $12.5 million three years ago, yet […]
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Long-Fallow Grand Street Development Reaches 3-Story Height
Posted May 21, 2019 at 5:00 am
You probably forgot about 355 Grand Street. And with good reason. This onetime pit had been vacant for over two years already, ever since the historic 200-year-old Federal-style row house was demolished. The luxury payload is now well underway. Finally, there is actual visible progress toward what will soon become a six-story mixed-use development. Work on the […]
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‘Sunshine Cinema’ Gets its Demolition Death Shroud
Posted May 20, 2019 at 5:02 am
Hope you got your final photos for posterity, as the facade of the Sunshine Cinema is forever lost. Demolition death shroud – consisting of scaffolding and netting – is now firmly in place, effectively obstructing progress of the takedown within. Owner-developers East End Capital and K Property Group, who together purchased the Lower East Side […]
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Demolition of Sunshine Cinema is Underway
Posted April 22, 2019 at 5:00 am
We were warned this would happen. A year ago, in fact. In that time, vomit-inducing renderings teased the future of the once-beloved Sunshine Cinema. That of a commercial tower. And now the inevitable is upon us. Scaffolding was erected in front of the movie house last week, signaling the beginning of demolition activity. Permits to […]
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The Rusty Shed at Pier 42 is Now Gone
Posted October 4, 2018 at 5:01 am
After nearly a year of demolition activity, the rusty, derelict shed at Pier 42 is gone. Erased from the coastal skyline. As previously reported, the park concept has been on the boards for over six years with little to show for it but “interim programming” during warmer months. Revival of the capital works project is […]
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Emergency Demolition for Former New Beer Distributors on Chrystie Street
Posted May 23, 2018 at 5:08 am
Construction of luxury condos on Chrystie Street destabilized a neighboring building, and the developer has scrambled to file emergency demolition permits. Nexus Development – the firm behind a 10-story tower at 173 Chrystie Street – filed the permits after a purported “concrete blowout” at the project site a couple weeks ago. The incident damaged 171 […]
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Saying Goodbye to the Sunshine Cinema Before its Imminent Demolition
Posted January 23, 2018 at 5:02 am
Ain’t no sunshine when it’s gone. Nor light from that fabulous marquee. Landmark Theaters’ Sunshine Cinema ended its Lower East Side tenure Sunday night after nearly two decades on East Houston Street. We paid a visit on the penultimate night, and it was mobbed with moviegoers getting their last licks before another neighborhood favorite meets the wrecking […]
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This 77-year-old Essex Market Building is Now a Pile of Rubble [PHOTOS]
Last modified January 17, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Another Essex Street Market facility – first constructed in 1940 – is getting pulverized as we speak. For the last month and change, a demolition crew has been active in dismantling the half-block-long warehouse building at 140 Essex Street (aka Site 8). Staring beyond the black death shroud, it’s clear that most of the structure […]
