Salvation Army Has Officially Moved In To Former Cotillion Terrace Building On 18th Avenue
The Salvation Army officially opened the doors of its senior center at
7309-7321 18th Avenue this week, following the charity’s $12.75 million purchase of theproperty in March 2013.
The location is the former home of the 39,000-square-foot Cotillion Terrace catering hall, which closed up sometime in the last decade or so. Originally, the owners hoped to demolish the hall and develop condos. Those plans fell through, and the building has sat empty for several years, a haven for graffiti artists hitting up its boarded up doors.
As you can see in the photo above, which was taken Tuesday, Salvation Army still has some cleaning up to do. But from this write-up in the New York Times last week, it sounds like the senior center had to make a hasty retreat from its longtime home in Manhattan’s Bowery and relocated here.
When news first broke that the Salvation Army had purchased the property, it was reported at the time that it would become a large retail location. We hope to still see that come through, but that doesn’t yet appear to be the case.
