Historic Rio Grande Building Moves to New Home on Park Avenue

On Sunday, May 4th, the historic and highly recognized Rio Grande building was moved to its new, temporary location a few blocks down Park Avenue. The historic building is part of the upcoming 820 Park Avenue real estate development that will consist of 10 luxury residences and 4 commercial spaces.

The building was lifted, and secured to a large flat bed prior to Sunday's move. The building was then pulled down Park Avenue to its temporary location, a vacant lot at the 14th block on Park Avenue. Sunday was chosen because of the ability to easily close down the street for the move, which only took about a half hour. With the building now off-site, the developers will be able to begin excavation and removing soil to start the process of building the underground parking and the foundation for the new building.

The Rio Grande building has been on the corner of 8th and Park Avenue for over a century. In the past it has serviced many functions, including a depot bulding for the old railways, a luggage storage building, a restaurant, and most recently was a bank.

The new and temporary home for the Rio Grande building.

The empty lot where the building had been for around a century. Soon the building will be placed back on the lot, and updated as a commercial property.