In the News: Fire at site of Google’s upcoming offices

FAHRENHEIT 550
A fire at 550 Washington Street, which Google recently purchased for its new offices, injured six firefighters. The incident occurred, according to Patch, at around 6 p.m. yesterday. None of the injuries were major, and the cause is still under investigation. The building is expected to be completed in 2022.

185 BROADWAY COMING ALONG
NY Yimby went to check on the construction progress at 185 Broadway, a new 31-story residential tower in the Financial District designed by FXCollaborative and developed by SL Green. The 260,000-square-foot mixed-use tower is located at the southwestern corner of Dey Street and Broadway, directly next to one of the entrances to the Fulton Street subway station. Pilings and excavation are currently happening.

MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS HALT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
After a worker died in April at the construction site of 570 Broome in Hudson Square due to a crane accident, and then another crane collapsed — but did not injure anyone — just a couple of weeks ago, the city has halted all work operations for United Crane and Rigging. The company has been slapped with penalties, and must replace its supervisors who were working during the latest accident, says the Daily News.

ICONIC STOREFRONT — NOW SHUTTERED
The Birdbath Green Bakery–best known for its iconic storefront and original name, Vesuvio– closed on Friday, Gothamist reports, after 10 years at 160 Prince. Owner Maury Rubin, who had kept the original front intact during his tenure as owner, made a heartfelt Instagram post to mark its passing. The bakery was part of City Bakery.

FIDI HITS OFFICE LEASING RECORD
The Post reports that Fidi has leased 3.8 million square feet of office space this year, making it the best midyear mark in almost two decades. The jump in leases has been caused, in part, by businesses moving from uptown, where rent is more expensive.

 

6 Comments

  1. It bears noting that the original Vesuvio opened in 1920. That part of SoHo up to about Bleeker Street was primarily occupied by Northern Italians, many from Genoa including the Balducci family or the eponymous grocery store.

  2. Tax photo c. 1940 here.

  3. More on Original Vesuvio here from the Downtown Express and here from The New York Times.

    • this bakery had the best pepper biscuits. i have purchased these since the 1980’s. they are/were the real Italian kind.
      where am i now to get my pepper biscuits? so sad!

  4. Vesuvio/Birdbath is at 160 Prince St not Mulberry & Spring. So sad regardless!

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