Notes on a vacant corner store

This building, with the adjacent lot, and the precedent of the Roosevelt, Sub Rosa, Union Market and Metzger nearby, could be one of the most interesting mixed use properties in the City.

That’s a rather dark & moody shot. Maybe it’s haunted…by its past??

Wish they would do something with it already. (And the vacant lot next door!

Wedge corner buildings have always been iconic and memorable properties so hope someone will fix it up! Maybe the vacant lot next door can be purchased for off-street parking for this building?

I’d encourage people interested in this store to contact the Manns. They do not perceive it to be the valuable building or location we all know it could be.

Whoa there on the idea of using the vacant lot for “off street parking”. Don’t need any more of that–at least not here.

All the pedestrian and bike patrons in the area around Sub-Rosa-Union Market-Roosevelt testify to the changing nature of how we rely less on cars to get to the great places in our neighborhood–and around town. For drivers: Jefferson Ave is wide open for on-street parking.

Best case scenario: the whole block (including the vacant lot in the middle and the law offices) all get re-developed in concert with each other and the best interests of the community. Let’s think big, y’all and do this right.

Agree with Elaine totally. This is a great spot for appropriate, high quality and interesting density and more ground floor commercial. The brewery that left for Scotts Addition is a great example of something local that could have stayed if this space was actually available.

Am I the only one who is secretly hoping one of these vacant stores might become a Chinese restaurant?

I’m picking up what Magneto’s putting down. I’d rather fill in an empty lot than replace this nice building, given the choice, but I would love to see more diversity in building heights, styles, etc.

For those interested in questions of parking, this is an Urban Business district. Here’s language from the ordinance (Sec. 114-433.1): “Pursuant to the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of the UB urban business district is to encourage business areas with a densely developed pedestrian-oriented urban shopping character, compatible with adjacent residential neighborhoods, and with minimal disruption from vehicle-oriented land uses and features that would detract from a safe, convenient and economically viable pedestrian environment. The district is intended to promote continuity of storefront character along principal street frontages, with minimum interruption by driveways and vehicle traffic across public sidewalk areas. The regulations within the district are intended to preserve the predominant scale and character of existing urban shopping areas, promote retention of existing structures and encourage that new development be compatible with such existing areas and structures.”

I just walked past the building last night, and there appears to be some pretty significant settling/structural damage going on. The entire sidewalk, running the length of the building on the 24th Street side, has split and heaved in a line parallel to the street.

I miss that corner store and the family that ran it. They were always super friendly and it was a nice having an unpretentious, in and out bodega so close by.