Plans Finalized, Approved for 79 7th Avenue
We’d been wondering how the plans for 79 7th Avenue–the rundown, one-story strip of stores between Berkeley and Union—so we were pleased to receive an update from one a reader with an update. It turns out that after the developer abandoned plans for an extra-tall second-story in late 2008, he submitted plans to the Landmarks…
We’d been wondering how the plans for 79 7th Avenue–the rundown, one-story strip of stores between Berkeley and Union—so we were pleased to receive an update from one a reader with an update. It turns out that after the developer abandoned plans for an extra-tall second-story in late 2008, he submitted plans to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a simple one-story redo. As this agenda shows, the plans were approved back in November. Off to the races!
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Megan, I have come to the conclusion that pet stores are either money laundering fronts or – since your dog can’t complain if his food tastes funky – kind of like a bookstore. The merchandise really doesn’t rot so you can let something hang around on the shelves forever.
That said, I found rat bites on Purina at the bodega the other day. Yech.
Are pet supply stores easy money or something? I know that PetCo is a huge chain, but there are almost as many pet supply stores in Park Slope as there are nail salons.
I have wondered why it took so long to fix up these spaces after the fire. (Zuzu’s Petals used to be in one of the storefronts, and a convenient produce store in another.) Sorry to hear about Ace–haven’t been in there in some months, but we kid that the place is bigger on the inside than the outside: It always seemed to carry the most obscure grocery (canned raspberries? almond paste? etc.) despite its small, cramped aisles.
i think it still needs a rainbow.
“”one story buildings like that are PERFECT for dropping water bombs on people walking by”
Seriously, rob, how old are you? 13?”
If he had a sense of fairness he wouldn’t drop balloons from less than five stories up. That requires timing and skill. And the pain is no different, terminal velocity comes pretty quick in a water balloon.
The post doesn’t say that the earlier proposal would be extra-tall, only that the second story would be extra-tall; sort-of a 16 foot ceiling loft-like space. Speaking as an ardent preservationist, I had no objection to the earlier proposal and thought it enhanced that block. Since the original Victorian-era structure on the lot was only one story, they may be trying to rebuild a one-story building to avoid objections, hearings and delays, and get it back to earning some income. If I were the owner I would wait for a stronger market and better financing to do anything bigger.
LOL, funny comments. We, I don’t buy on Saturday; and the Food Coop threw me out for my I MISS WATERBOARDING t-shirt (Actually,it was merely my I “HEART CO2” sweatshirt…), so it’s a long haul to decent produce.
11217: There used to be an old-school butcher shop across the street, replaced about 10 years ago by that diner (Park Cafe?). Alas, the neighborhood probably can’t support it.
Agreed that it would be great to have a nice green grocer to replace the old Korean place, which I still miss. I’m probably going to get hammered as lazy, but I’ve lived right near here for 17+ years and it is still a surprising pain to walk 6 blocks to the Q stop for a decent selection at sub-Union Market prices. (The small deli that opened across the street a couple years ago is pretty meager on the fresh produce.)
I worry about Ace. Such nice people but their shelves seemed so bare for the past year that it’s hard to keep shopping there…
Oh, what that block needs is a real estate office.