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86'ing of Chumley's: Progress Remains Completely Stalled

Chumley's, 12/26/07.

Chumley's has been completely closed for the better part of a year, following a chimney collapse at the venue in early April. 8 months later, yesterday, Eater stopped by 86 Bedford Street to check in on the former speakeasy, one of the West Village's oldest and most prized possessions. It's a downright ugly scene at present. But first, let's review the Year 2007 in Chumley's news:

1/17/07: 82-86 Bedford, which houses Chumley's, is put on the market. Chumley's owners have a 99 year lease on the space, which has the bar looking reasonable safe through the sale.

4/5/07: A chimney separates from an interior wall in the bar area of Chumley's, rendering 86 Bedford Street highly unstable—and, to be sure, Chumley's closed for business.

4/6/07: Chumley's is closed indefinitely, while plans to stabilize the building are drawn up.

4/25/07: A 'months-long' process to dismantle the unstable chimney at Chumley's begins; workers determine the building is no longer in danger of a total collapse.

7/6/07: Chumley's owner Steve Slopak says Chumley's will reopen by October: "We thought the repairs were going to take two months, but it looks like they are going to take six..."

10/16/07: The reopening date for Chumley's gets pushed back to Thanksgiving, at best.

11/28/07: Ressurection date pushed back again, with a best case scenario getting the place open by March 1, 2008. “There are only two walls that are still up,” [Chumley's owner, Steve] Shlopak said. “The rest of the building is held up with construction scaffolding. There is no ceiling and there is no floor; it’s just a dirt hole..."

The first interior photograph of Chumley's since April, up next. >>

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