Are we getting a boutique wine shop on 28th & 10th?
Sign spotted on the Death Ave window.
Based solely on this fancy sign posted on the Death Ave window, we may be getting a “boutique wine shop” on the corner of 28th & 10th. Let me know if anyone has information on this that we can share with the block.
Hudson Loud opens on 28th & 10th.
Weed shop opens on our block.
A smoke shop called “Hudson Loud” opened a little while ago on the corner of 28th & 10th, right next to Death Ave (where Luke’s Lobster used to be). By smoke shop I mean that it sells marijuana and CBD things like bongs, pipes, gummies, etc. The first legal marijuana dispensary opened in NYC in December 2022, and so I believe that this is one of the many less-than-sanctioned shops that popped up around the city since the state legalized marijuana in March 2021.
New staircase to the High Line under construction.
Did we need a new staircase?
We are getting a new staircase up to the High Line on the southwest corner of 28th & 10th, right where Il Piccolo’s heated patio used to be.
I suppose the problem with living on a block for too long is that you start becoming resistant to change, so my feeling on the new staircase must be evidence that I’ve been here for too long. Sure our existing staircase to the High Line (top right) looks a little like the entrance to a dungeon, but that’s our entrance to a dungeon!
The signs posted outside say that construction is anticipated to be complete by this Spring, but that strikes me as extremely ambitious. It’s also not clear to me what is going behind the brick wall in the rendering, but I will update here to the extent I find out more.