City Approves Permits for Whole Foods to Restore Coignet Building
It looks like the crumbling but landmarked Coignet building may finally be getting some love. In December, the city approved new permits for Whole Foods to restore the building at 360 3rd Avenue. The permit, filed on October 11 and approved on December 3, outlines plans to “renovate building facade, repair, replacement and repointing cast…
It looks like the crumbling but landmarked Coignet building may finally be getting some love.
In December, the city approved new permits for Whole Foods to restore the building at 360 3rd Avenue. The permit, filed on October 11 and approved on December 3, outlines plans to “renovate building facade, repair, replacement and repointing cast stones wall, reconstruct stairs, install new windows and doors as shown on drawings.”
In early December, neighborhood residents complained to the city that construction of the new grocery store had damaged the landmark. On December 20, the Landmarks Preservation Commission fined Whole Foods $3,000 for failure to maintain the property, The Brooklyn Paper reported at the time. Although Whole Foods does not own the building, it promised to restore and stabilize the exterior in exchange for being able to build its store on the landmark property.
A year earlier, Whole Foods had said it planned to finish the building restoration before it opened its new store.
Coignet Building in Bad Shape [Brownstoner]
aside note.
I haven’t been to WF, and may never go, but I’ve driven by it often. Why did they put garages/driveways on third avenue? Why didn’t they put a better storefront with an entrance on third and more of a sidewalk. Would of been more accessible for people walking from park slope. No?
My thought is that it perhaps keep traffic calmer on the more traveled 3rd ave, by having people/cars funneled in and out via 3rd Street.
WF does an amazing job and is a great neighbor. Besides all the green stuff (wind power, solar power, reclaimed everything, in-store greenhouse), they also have full-time parking lot guys managing the flow of cars. And for a market, they must have the friendliest people in all NYC.
about time this is getting fixed up.
Since when does Whole Foods have a social responsibility mission? Co-CEO John Mackey is a “free market libertarian” who is an anti-union, anti-healthcare reform, and a climate change denier.
I don’t know, it just annoys me for some reason, I really don’t know.
After all these years of rot and decay, it just baffels me that people complain that it got damaged during the whole foods building. Seriously, at this point in time, does it really matter. If the people were so concerned about it, why wasn’t it restored to its full glory years ago.
you are thinking of Adrastus
2 different names one is “tos” and the other, in which you are referring to is “tus”.
2 different names, 2 different meanings.
that was everyones Greek lesson for the day.
It is my real name, and its Greek meaning is “he who cannot flee”, or “the inescapeaple one”.
It doesnt mean uncooperative.
yes, didn’t you know, everyone else does.
LOl
thank you.