I ride my bike sometimes... on the sidewalk. I'm not getting killed in one of those bike lanes.

The one on University is my favorite. The speed bump doesn't extend into it, which I guess makes sense, so cars swerve into it to avoid the speed bump.

Yes and no. Many of the streetcar lines entered the subway at various points so they missed the downtown traffic.

What's your point, though?

Any day of the week at night you can see people doing 50-ish down Broad Street. No effort to change it at all. Hell, there are people who fly down Commerce Court.

The only building on that block of broad street I'd remotely care about would be the one on the north end, which I think won't be demolished. The other one on street view that's kinda nice has the big bite on the ground floor. I'm sure the block looks shitty on street view because theyve stopped maintenance ahead of demolition, but I just don't think any are nice enough to block hundreds of homes over

Seems to me like there are enough giant parking lots in this city to avoid tearing down historic buildings to put things up.

Thank you for using the word "beta" in that fashion so we know not to take you seriously.

There's an 1899 townhouse that would have to be demolished. I'm not totally clear where it can be in that group -- I assume on Broad Street.

I must be looking at the wrong building? It looks like they're tearing down a two story shop with ugly stucco walls. The only thing architecturally interesting about it is the little battlements, but even they're not that good. Not every building should stand forever.

They should put it on one of the lots near Penn Station...

Probably ex-Newarkers jealous of the cities comeback...

Am I looking at the wrong site? The building at the north corner of broad and central looks generic and ugly.

Edit: it seems like the building they want to preserve is the first of these three townhouses. The one in the middle is cute but it's the plain-but-not-ugly one getting the axe.

Frustrating as hell

They are mostly from Newark and they are established philanthropists who have likely been giving back longer than you've been alive. I know Del Tufo has spent decades trying to save historic buildings.

As for this particular situation? I have no idea.

>In my own endeavors, I'm close with several of the city council members, so I'm wondering if I might need to intervene so that the next development doesn't get shot down.

Maybe you could ask them why they need government cars?

Maybe you could ask them why they continue to grant affordable housing waivers for new construction?

Maybe you could ask them why they keep giving multi decade tax abatements to out of state developers?

Unsolicited advice: If you're allowing an inanimate object that at-best would be 4 years from completion to upset you, consider your reasons for that.

Letting this group control what gets built in this city is a beta move. Disgraceful. There's too many "historic" buildings downtown that needed to be demolished years ago.

But isn't there a parking lot this can be built on?

A building that isn't even structurally sound, what a joke

Someone didn’t grease the proper hands

Agree. This building can be built anywhere. The building being contemplated for demolition is truly architecturally beautiful, and should be preserved and repurposed. That would be much more impressive than continuing to destroy anything historic.

Landmark commission think they are doing us a favor keeping Newark in the 1800’s while everybody else is moving forward and growing! Protecting no money generating places that nobody even use anymore!

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They have torn down so many historical buildings over the years and put up these ugly cookie cutters glass and steel buildings. So you lost one believe me this city has allowed more than it denied

I really don’t know what’s happening, it got denied demolition but is up for the planning board on Monday so Ig we should just attend the meeting and see what’s going on. Hopefully it comes true and if it doesn’t atleast we still got halo towers

If demand is here, it will get built. If they have to redeisgn the building, they’ll do it. So im really not concerned.

Do the landmark people even live in Newark?