A Harlem Bespoke reader sent in the top photo of 1900 Park Avenue and had been wondering what was going on with the lot at 129th Street. This is a pretty substantial corner parcel that is the bookend of a residential block but faces the elevated train tracks. So what is actually going on with this East Harlem lot? Dob paperwork that go as far back as 2007 indicated a one-story commercial building set in place and we are assuming it will just be similar to the one up the block (lower photo). The owner is apparently in the roofing business locally and is probably expanding operations to this block.
From what I've been told over the years, it's going to be an underground parking garage. All I know is that they've been jackhammering the schist every weekday for YEARS. I can't imagine how The Children's Storefront deals with it. Megan
ReplyDeletePass it every day on MNR. Any progress has been at such a glacial pace, that it has often been difficult to tell if any work at all has been happening at the site.
ReplyDeleteJust an fyi, the 1 story building right beside the lot--130th Street--is a very good car repair shop. Steady parade of high end foreign cars stream in and out. They've worked on our Mini Cooper and are much cheaper than the dealer.
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