Seen & Heard: Slow Going at the Greenwich Street Hotel

••• Good work, 181 Hudson! You rarely see a residential building pretty up a sidewalk shed.

••• More of the main east facade of 91 Leonard has been revealed, along with some of the north side.

••• Is much of anything happening at the 456 Greenwich hotel project? They don’t seem to be making significant progress. (Back in October, with help from a friend, I deduced that the operator is Groupe Lucien Barrière and the property will be called Le Fouquet’s New York.) UPDATE: “456 Greenwich St was stopped due to damaging their neighbor at 458 back in July,” commented James. “Stop work order just rescinded by DoB after remedial measures were decided upon.”

••• Arita Porcelain Lab has opened on Crosby Street, in the old Spin Ceramics space.

••• Perhaps the city could insist that newsstands don’t do this kind of thing.

 

3 Comments

  1. You are turning into that old neighbor that wouldn’t let anyone the kids play near your lawn…calm down dude

  2. 456 Greenwich St was stopped due to damaging their neighbor at 458 back in July. Stop work order just rescinded by DoB after remedial measures were decided upon.

    NYC Department of Buildings
    Overview for Complaint #:1485295 = RESOLVED
    Complaint at: 456 GREENWICH STREET BIN: 1002927 Borough: MANHATTAN ZIP: 10013
    Re: TRACKING COMPLAINT

    Category Code: 4C EXCAVATION TRACKING COMPLAINT

    Special District: TMU – TRIBECA MIXED USE

    Assigned To: EXCAVATION UNIT Priority: D
    Received: 07/27/2018 Block: 224 Lot: 32 Community Board: 101
    Owner: 445 WASHINGTON LLC

    Last Inspection: 12/17/2018 – – BY BADGE # 2799
    Disposition: 12/17/2018 – L3 – STOP WORK ORDER PARTIALLY RESCINDED
    ECB Violation #: 35332545Z
    Comments: PARTIAL RESCIND GIVEN TO INSTALL PILES FOR EMERGENCY BRACING AT LINE-B
    Complaint Disposition History

    […]

    2 07/30/2018 L1 PARTIAL STOP WORK ORDER 2646 07/30/2018
    PARTIAL SWO NO WORK WITHIN 25′ OF ADJACENT PROPERTY , OK TO INSTALL TEMP BRACING AS PER EOR SKETCH ONLY

    1 07/27/2018 L1 PARTIAL STOP WORK ORDER 2646 07/27/2018
    PARTIAL SWO NO WORK WITHIN 25′ OF ADJACENT PROPERTY 458 GREENWICH, NO EQUIPMENT OR WORKERS WITHIN 25′ OF BUILDING

  3. Re: the new newsstands. Mainly they seem to sell candy and magazines. Actual newspapers? Occasionally the Post. I’ve never seen one with the Times.

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