I believe the building at the southeast corner of 125th st and St. Nicholas Ave where a few stores vacated recently (including GameStop) is going to be demolished. I heard a CVS will take the ground floor and Fridays will take the second floor.
CVS is an interesting anchor tenant for a new building on 125th Street since there is already one just a couple of blocks over on Lenox. As far as TGI Friday's goes, it appears that only major chains can now afford to be at one of the newer buildings. More in our past post: LINK
That building use house medical offices, because many of the Doctors from Sydenham Hospital had practices there.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't they gut it out and modernize the building? What the heck is CB10 doing to approve this?
ReplyDelete125th Street seems to be just rolling over and letting corporate America bulldoze it into oblivion. Not a single new building of any architectural consequence has risen on the corridor in a generation; it's just glass box after glass box. A grand old building like this should be protected if Harlem hopes to retain any of its history, heritage, or charm. This depresses me.
ReplyDeleteTo gut and rehab a pre war building could cost s much as a new one and with the strict building codes NYC has it does not pay to rehab. Erecting a new bldg is cheaper than rehabbing a old one.
ReplyDeleteOld buildings big and small are rehabbed all the time so it is really a choice with the developer.
ReplyDeleteiam all for modern but buildings like that in all NYC shouldnt be replaced they should b resored n modernised
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful building and somebody with a good eye could convert this to some gorgeous residential lofts and nice retail below. 125th street, like most major streets in NY, is going to be chain dominated. What I would love to see here is a Barnes and Noble. It is a long shot because bookstores are closing not opening today generally, but I think location wise being near both City College and Columbia as well as at the border of Central Harlem, West Harlem, and Morningside Heights it could do well.
ReplyDeleteThat sucks. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteHarlem or NYC does not need a crappy TGIF. Who eats there anyway, besides middle America.
ReplyDeleteNooooo. Enough already with tacky fast-food chains in Harlem. We already have Red Lobster and Applebees for those who enjoy bad food. Why would anyone need more of the same crap? And of course, so sad to tear down that beautiful building, but money talks. It's NYC after all.
ReplyDeleteIs this a done deal?
ReplyDeletegoodbye Harlem
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