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DrixxYBoat t1_iviwwl7 wrote

Reply to comment by g11235p in Building Paramount is converting final design plan by Kalebxtentacion

More development is ALWAYS good.

Could it be better, yes.

Should it be better, yes.

Is this barebones and honestly not very exciting in the grand scheme of things? Yes.

It's still needed though. Downtown dies when development ceases.

>none of them are paying any taxes

This part bothers me though. Too many developers receive tax abatements.

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DrixxYBoat t1_iviwl9s wrote

Reply to Building Paramount is converting final design plan by Kalebxtentacion

I feel like in a perfect world, a kid as dedicated as you ought to have more of a voice in the city.

Kids in our school system need to be up to date on all the developments happening in the city.

High Schools ought to have developers clubs 🤔

Of course, our schools would have to actually give a fuck first. Can't expect kids to want to stay after school when you can't even provide a decent meal for em.

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Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_ivgro7b wrote

Reply to comment by Kalebxtentacion in Paramount Assets Reveals Restoration Plan for Historic Building in Downtown Newark | Jersey Digs by recnilcram

I agree with 66nexus, it is much more important to have a string of active buildings over just one or two super tall buildings. We should not be putting all of the pent up demand in a few buildings as they just end up becoming islands and not pushing success to other parts of the city.

These projects go a long way to making the downtown area feel more lived in

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Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_ivgrdm6 wrote

Reply to Paramount Assets Reveals Restoration Plan for Historic Building in Downtown Newark | Jersey Digs by recnilcram

Honestly ridiculous that landlords actually spent money to cover up those buildings. Downtown has such a tacky feel because of these coverings as there was never much consistency between the coverings from building to building, and when you consider how not every building did a cover it just looked sooo out of place.

Happy they are embracing the older architecture, should bring back some class to downtown and hopefully change how people view the city as we start to embrace the classic look

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Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_ivgqjud wrote

Reply to comment by expressdefrost in Where are all the office workers? by expressdefrost

I mean yes they are. Manhattan is having the same issues. I go to the Financial District often for work and once in a while go to Midtown... both places are pretty empty compared to what they were back in the pandemic.

Hell, I was just in Midtown for a random social event last month and when I left at 2 in the morning, the streets were extremely empty... this is a part of the region that is and was the most 24 hours area of the city (when I say city here, I include urban Jersey as well).

Newark had a much more active downtown office scene back before the pandemic. You saw them out and about during lunch alot, especially near Halsey. Now the only area of downtown that is pretty much at pre-pandemic foot traffic is the university areas.

Will it come back, maybe... I do not know if companies will go fully remote, but I can see many companies pushing for more in person work as we start to see the pandemic come to an end...maybe not full 5 days a week, but more around 3 to 4 days in the office and one or two days from home.

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