Rockefeller Group owns this development site on the south side of the street. They own everything from the white garage on the east end (left of the Manny’s sign) to the two small walk-ups on the west side, which respectively house a Dunkin Donuts and a souvenir shop. Every building owned by RG is empty and ready to come down. I think they’re trying to flip the site.
Here’s a close-up if the two heaps not owned by RG. They concrete structure to the right is a new retail building that SLG is constructing on the corner of Seventh.
This is great news. Hopefully, however, Rockefeller Group will soon demolish its filthy assemblage across the street. As of June 5th, the heinous, vacant assemblage is still standing despite the fact fhat demo permits have been approved. Maybe they’re trying to flip the site.
The author of that article had a very negative tone towards the removal of parking spots in favor of new development. In my opinion, this is one of the most detrimental mind sets when it comes to city planning, dating back to Robert Moses and his hatred of mass transit.
Thanks to Moses our mass transit system lost decades of progress while he lobbied for more and more car use. The country actually has less miles of commuter rail today than it did in the 40’s.
All the while, other countries were investing heavily in their commuter/light rail systems.
Ok sorry for the rant. That author just hit a sore spot for me
Looks like that’s potentially part of another assemblage. On the below map, the same firm owns lots 1, 101, 102, 4 and 59. They’re just missing lot #3 and they’ll have a nice corner site on Seventh Avenue. Lot #3 is currently a strip club, so who knows when that ends and they sellout.
