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Photo courtesy of Ron SaltarrelliIf you are suspicious about the statement that development of 187 7th Avenue (between 1st and 2nd Streets) will be moving significantly forward in 2016, we wouldn’t blame you. The neighborhood has been wondering about the future of this dilapidated structure in the heart of
187 7th Avenue
Rendering by New Amsterdam Design Associates, via Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/3386600]While much of the commercial landscape of 7th Avenue will be changing over the next year, possibly none moreso than the stretch between 1st and 2nd Streets — and one new opening will be a
187 7th Avenue
The building at 187 7th Avenue, on the corner of 2nd Street, has long been a vacant, graffiti-covered mess. Rumors began in 2013 [/blog/neighbors/blighted-7th-avenue-building-might-have-a-new-owner] that it finally sold, and this past summer, news came out that a developer would turn the five-story building into luxury condos [http://www.