☞ REVIVE: Another Astor Row Restoration

There are still a handful of Astor Row townhouses in pretty rough shape but apparently another one of the landmark buildings just east of Lenox Avenue will be restored in the upcoming year. The 9-unit SRO at 52 West 130th has been neglected for a long time and the owner tried to get the abandoned New York City landmark converted into a community center back in 2011 but that proposal was rejected.

Now it appears that a full facade and window restoration has been approved so expect this shell to finally get the attention it has needed for at least the past decade.  Astor Row was named after the Astor family of New York since they founded the landmark block in 19th Century and the late Brooke Astor created a fund to renovate all of the houses on the block in 1990s but several of the owners declined the charitable offer at the time: LINK