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
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