The reports of a commercial building going up at 261 West 125th Street now appears to be accurate since a wall of permits have recently appeared by the lot next door to the Apollo Theater. This is the new construction that will house Red Lobster as the anchor tenant in the new 2-story construction:
LINK. Activity could now be seen happening on the formerly overgrown site and it appears most of this parcel has been dug up at this point in time. Other permits found on the front gate include the liquor license applied for at the previous CB10 community board meeting:
LINK. Expect this one to go up quickly since the new construction is relatively low and the anchor tenant appears to be moving quickly to get things rolling.
Red Lobster? Seriously? That's so disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI might as well live in the suburbs. The same restaurants, just less crime.
I would love it if somehow Whole Foods ended up here too. Just for the wonderful juxtaposition of red lobster and whole foods in the same building. Please irony gods!!!
ReplyDeleteUm, I can't wait for cheesy bay biscuits uptown. Sure, it's not a yuppie favorite, but don't knock the Red Lobster. Even my paris-trained-professional-chef sister can't resist Red Lobster's buttery goodness.
ReplyDeleteWhat's disappointing about jobs and businesses? it's way better than vacant lots and unemployment.
My thing is always gonna be foot traffic, foot traffic, foot traffic.
ReplyDeleteThe 125th street corridor from FDB to 5th becomes a near ghost town after 7pm. Which makes crime in the area more likely.
Red Lobster and Applebee's provides employment and gives people in the area somewhere to go that they can actually afford. So that is progress right there. Jobs and nighttime foot traffic.
Seriously folks, there is no downside to this.
I agree that Harlem has room and a need for restaurants like Red Lobster and Applebee's. Why should Harlem be different from the rest of America in that respect? 125th St. is not Frederick Douglass and Harlem can accommodate both.
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