Sleepy's Will Survive the Onslaught of Soho Love |
| Published: October 10, 2007, 2:19 pm |
| Tags: manhattan greenwich village, manhattan soho, nyc codes regulations, real estate development |
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In answer to last week's CurbedWire report of an assemblage of properties on "the west edge of Soho," the most important thing is that Sleepy's at 176 Sixth Avenue will remain. Preservationists rejoice! That big plastic sign shall be spared! But no such luck for three 19th Century brick walk-ups which lie just to the north of the mattress emporium. There are four lots in question--numbers 180, 182, 184 and 186 Sixth Avenue. All have been bought up by tower-loving developer Gary Barnett under the corporate name of SoHo Love, LLC. So how much love is Gary going to give? The DOB shows an application from architectural firm Cetra / Ruddy, but so far there is little to be learned about what will rise within spitting distance of the pricey and popular Trump condo hotel going up one block to the west. This stretch of Sixth Avenue is zoned residential R7-2, like the other side of Sixth Avenue where 15-story buildings rise up on either side of little Vandam Street. Although it [ Full article ] |
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