3rd Ave Landmark Still Crumbling
[nggallery id=”40624″ template=galleryview] Just as nothing has been doing at the Whole Foods site on 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street, nothing has been done to stop the landmark building on the edge of the grocer’s land from falling into even deeper ruin. As shown in the photo gallery, the property is literally falling apart and…
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Just as nothing has been doing at the Whole Foods site on 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street, nothing has been done to stop the landmark building on the edge of the grocer’s land from falling into even deeper ruin. As shown in the photo gallery, the property is literally falling apart and it’s also a dumping ground for all sorts of trash. On a positive note, if there’s one to be found here, at least the unintentionally (?) ironic banner that’s sometimes hoisted to the side of the building advertising demolition has been taken down for the time being. The building is not owned by Whole Foods, but the retailer entered into an agreement with its owner back in ’05 to repair the structure. The building is known as the Coignet Stone Company building and was landmarked in 2006 as a “pioneering example of concrete construction in the United States.”
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This is such a (potentially) charming bldg! It’s a pity that it is drowning in a sea of urban blight/decay.
Whole Foods will get around to doing the needed preservation. It may feel like the project is taking forever; but what’s a few more years? At least there is a white knight on the horizon heading in this direction…
Shamefully good example of ‘demolition by neglect’. Preservation-wise, that is (I believe) a legally enforceable violation.
It’s absolutely not ugly. No, it did not house the pumping station, which is north on Butler.
Get Cocorean to sell it! I can just imagine the For Sale Sign “Luxuaty Two Floor Venetian Style Villa with seaview and the possibility to dig out a wine cantine below. Adjustable windows a must see!” All for a modest asking price of 10 million dollars
I read somewhere that this structure housed the pumping station for the Gowanus canal.
I say knock it down, It is beyond repair. It
has been ssitting dormant for light years.
It is just ugly.
Brenda is correct about Edwin Litchfield.
Uninterrupted pasture, heehee.
Get a sense of humor, pigeon.