As we reported in the last several days, demolition is scheduled to begin this week on the vacant building on the south side of Delancey Street that once housed a portion of the Essex Street Market. The 1940 structure will be replaced by a 24-story residential and commercial tower as part of the big Essex Crossing project. We stopped by to snap some fresh images of the building, a part of Lower East Side history. Seventy-five years ago, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia built the market to get the neighborhood’s pushcarts off the street. In 1995, the Essex Street Market was consolidated into a single building on the northeast corner of Essex and Delancey streets. That facility will remain open until the new building – including a gleaming new market space – is ready for occupancy in the year 2018. Jade Fountain Liquors and Olympic Diner were forced to close due to the looming development.