You can blame Rutgers & NJIT for that. They leveled hundreds of townhomes, brownstones, replaced the Newark institution Muellers flowers & garden center with a private "park". Another "temporary" use. As I said previously, as a lifelong Newarker, "Temporary" in Newark means 20 years at least.

The preservation committee isn't the final say. They oppose EVERYTHING proposed in the James street section of Newark. They opposed the demolition of Warren Street School. (So did I) NJIT skipped the opportunity to build a 20 story building around the old castle-like school & incorporate it. Instead,NJIT continued with its decades old tradition of bland 5-8 story wide squared "building blocks" .

Btw...Does anyone else think NJIT campus architecture is bland depressing &dystopian? Just look at the "Greek village". What a joke.

But I digress. Newark approved the development anyway despite preservation objections. Hopefully Newark planning board offers carrot stick suggestions to the developers ,incorporate the facade of the old building, or hopefully the approve it anyway. The developers did EVERYTHING right. Arc follows all Newark zoning regs. (THEYRE ASKING FOR ZERO VARIANCES)

Goetsman (EDISON PARKFAST) owns all vacant property in Downtown. Even if the parking lots don't say "EDISON".....EDISON OWNS THEM thru other "owners"...actually part of EDISON PROPERTIES LLC or whatever holding company.

He charges robbery prices to sell his land, developers won't deal with EDISON.

Apparently they are GOOD DONORS TO EVERYONE IN CITY HALL.

City hall won't punish them on their defiant demolitions or do anything to compell EDISON to develop their properties.

Nope. Developers DON'T NEED NEWARK. NEWARK NEEDS DEVELOPMENT.

Unless a compromise is found and the facade or part of is incorporated in the Arc, don't be surprised it it winds up in Journal Square, JC. Or worse, along JC west side on Newark bay redevelopment on rt440. A symbolic middle finger 45 stories tall towards Newark.

Newark has lots of history. Seth Boyden invented patent leather there. Celluloid film was invented in Newark making movies possible. Branch Brook Park was the 1st County park in the US. Its annual Cherry Blossom festival, bigger than DC's draws crowds from around the world. Forest Hill features historic mansions & the Ballantine Gates. Fairmount & Mt Pleasant cemeteries feature beautiful monuments & architecture. There's the Newark Museum of Art & the historic Italian renaissance style Newark Library. There's Weequahic park with its beautiful lake & architectural gems in gazebos & rain shelters. We have Rutgers, NJIT, Essex County College, Berkely & Seton Hall University. We have The Prudential Center(Newark Arena) & NJPAC (NewJersey Perorming Arts Center) Theres restaurants all over the city, but the greatest concentration is in Downneck-Ironbound with its heavy Portuguese,Brazilian & Spanish influence. If you love trains, you'll love Newark. One of the largest east coast rail yards is in the Oak Island section of Newark btw the Ironbound & Newark Liberty (EWR) International airport.

We have the second largest ocean port in the US. Port Newark-Elizabeth. Go see the ships full of containers unload & placed onto railroad cars. Newark also has art galleries , Farmers market & many community events.

I heard Burlington was supposed to come to Newark between the Newark Board of Ed and Prudential Building.