328 Grand: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Above: Wednesday, 5 p.m.; below: Thursday, 7:30 a.m. So much for this being a safe desk job! On our way home yesterday, we walked passed 328 Grand Avenue, the two-story warehouse whose demise we have been lamenting, and took a few photos of the progress; then we crossed the street to take a couple of…
Above: Wednesday, 5 p.m.; below: Thursday, 7:30 a.m.
So much for this being a safe desk job! On our way home yesterday, we walked passed 328 Grand Avenue, the two-story warehouse whose demise we have been lamenting, and took a few photos of the progress; then we crossed the street to take a couple of photos of the interior (staying on the sidewalk but standing underneath the shed). About half an hour later we were sitting on our stoop with the kids when we heard three or four fire trucks converging in the general vicinity of 328. Turns out part of the building had collapsed — right over where we’d been standing. Time to invest in a hard hat.
Razing 328 Grand: What a Waste [Brownstoner] GMAP
I’ve lived in this neighborhood for over thirty years now and remember like yesterday the fire that scorched 328 Grand.Instead of razing the building and starting from new, they decided just to ‘fix it up’. I remember when the neighbors found out about this, we were all raged, how unsafe, what a hazard. Funny how what was screamed ‘against’ then, is now considered a ‘landmark’. It’s a miracle the building lasted this long.
I’ve lived in this neighborhood for over thirty years now and remember like yesterday the fire that scorched 328 Grand.Instead of razing the building and starting from new, they decided just to ‘fix it up’. I remember when the neighbors found out about this, we were all raged, how unsafe, what a hazard. Funny how what was screamed ‘against’ then, is now considered a ‘landmark’. It’s a miracle the building lasted this long.
Where’d that Mentch bitch go?
the building was a piece of c**p. Anything, including a HOLE in the ground would be better.
Above poster is correct. The building was not safe. Go look at the building dept records. 328 grand had a fire sometime in the 80’s and I’ve seen those beams being taken out of the building. They are charred and burned and I have no idea how that building stood on those beams for so long. Just looking at those you can tell right away that this building needed to go. It was not cost effective or safe to redo this buidling
Hey, take it from a kid who spent every day off from school in 328 grand ave.
if you’d ever been inside of it, you’d know the building was a piece of c**p. It was a mess and unsafe and hardly the “quality” you are making it out to be.
It needed to be thrown down a long time ago.There was no sense in trying to fix it up, it needed to go down and be redone from scratch.
Yes, its sad when an old fixture in the neighborhood goes down, but dont post things you dont know about buidings you’ve never seen or been in or even noticed until it was posted on this site.
Mentsch-
I’m Jewish. Your comment was inappropriate. Can we get back to Real Estate please.
mentch – i think you’re barking up the wrong tree entirely.
Not sure about why the double post – I apoligize for that. I just cut and pasted it – it is all caps on the DOB site – call them if you have an issue. A lot has been written about EXACTLY what is happening over at 1 Hanson – no need to call about that one jerky. Don’t get your panties in a wad……