14th St. in 1939, Part III

The Union Square Partnership Annual Report is full of fascinating statistics. Check it out.

After more than 15 years, the very first location of Crunch Fitness is closing on March 16. All members will be directed either to the new and much larger branch at 4th Ave. and 12th St. or the Lafayette St. branch.

A private middle school partially funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has released renderings of its planned interior — which is slated to open near Union Square this fall.

AltSchool, a private school that uses a technology-driven approach to design individualized lesson plans for students, has started building out its new school at 90 Fifth Ave. on the corner of 14th Street.

The school, which charges about $30,000 tuition per year, revolves around a Montessori-like curriculum and bills itself as a hybrid tech company and education startup. It’s the brainchild of a team of Silicon Valley types with a long history in companies like Google, where AltSchool CEO Max Ventilla worked for more than a decade.

The new space takes up an office-building floor previously occupied by The New School. It will be divided into two main areas — each of which have a classroom and group area space, as well as a larger communal area with a small kitchenette, a lunch area, and amphitheater-style seating.

The former Manhattan Kids’ Club on East 13th St. on our block is being renovated and will become a branch of Utrecht Art Supplies, perfect for all those New School students who study art in that same building.

Reminder that annual shareholders’ meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 10, at 7PM.

Location: International Seafarers’s House: 123 East 15th St., 2nd floor.

There will be a co-op meeting on June 7 at 7pm at the Seafarer’s and International House, located at 123 East 15th St.