Progress?

by sam on 03/17/2005

I live in the Union Square/Flatiron neighborhood, and was always fascinated by the building that houses (housed?) the Odd-Job (particularly after it was featured in a photo exhibit at the Urban League put together a few years back by my parent’s friends), and I had absolutely no idea that it was going to be torn down. I always thought it was a bit of a shame that it housed a discount store, but it was a pretty prominent example of mid-century modern architecture, and with better neighbors (rather than the low-rent canal street wannabe that is 14th street between University and 5th), it could even have been a neighborhood gem. Well, no more. They’ll probably replace it with yet another boxy NYU dorm.

It’s times like this that the thought of my possible moving to the Upper West Side gets just a little bit more promising.

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