59 Orient Avenue Bites The Dust
When we last checked in with 59 Orient Avenue, the freestanding house (and former squat) had already been hacked half-to-death and was back on the market for $1,389,000. The Williamsburg property ended up selling for $1,090,000 back in July to someone without preservation on his mind. (5,000 square feet of unbuilt FAR has a way…
When we last checked in with 59 Orient Avenue, the freestanding house (and former squat) had already been hacked half-to-death and was back on the market for $1,389,000. The Williamsburg property ended up selling for $1,090,000 back in July to someone without preservation on his mind. (5,000 square feet of unbuilt FAR has a way of doing that to people.) Full demolition began last week and, according to the photo that New York Shitty snapped yesterday, didn’t last long. What a loss.
East Williamsburg Photos Du Jour: Goodbye [NY Shitty]
59 Orient, Half-Butchered, Is Back on the Block [Brownstoner]
Another One Bites the Dust? [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark
House of the Day: Endangered on Orient Avenue [Brownstoner]
More on Orient Avenue and East Williamsburg
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/east.willie/eastwillie.html
Ugh. This is why I want to landmark everything.
The tragic thing was, it wasn’t a slow decline. The owners deliberately abandoned it and opened it to the elements so they could sell it as a development site.
Every time they tear down a mansard roof, a little of our collective soul goes with it.
yeah, i liked this house too. knew it was gonna be torn down, it would have taken at least another 1 million to get the stench of rotten hobo out of this place
My favorite house. Williamsburg, you’re dead to me.
Williamsburg, not Greenpoint