Are you the same scrollhectic from wired New York/ Newark thread?

Whatever happened to that website? Seems to be permanently stuck on maintenance. LOL

Not really. Market st has metal light posts , no pole lines & wires. Same for Raymond Blvd. The main killer is replacing the river bridges. The passaic river bridge is missing the swing span, the Hackensack bridge is completely gone. Just concrete piers.

It makes perfect sense but as I stated above, New Jersey's only interested in transportation serving New York City.

Will never happen. New Jersey is a state that ignores and hates its largest city and insists on worshiping New York and Philadelphia. You can drive the NJ turnpike from Delaware to Exit 14 and you will never see the name Newark on the control cities header sign. But if you drive south on the turnpike you see constantly the names Trenton and Camden even though the turnpike misses these two cities by over 5 miles to the east! New Jersey's only interested in serving New York and Philadelphia. And besides, the article is wrong. Most of the right way is gone in the Ironbound between the old Ballantine Factory on ferry and Jackson Street

This building is more architecturally pleasing than the one on the corner of Central Avenue and Broad Street. Which means it will be approved for demolition.

Some of us will admit the real reason to oppose ARC tower is racism against whites & asians upsetting the ethnic apple cart in James Street Commons area. Its a 45 story complex. Most JSC residents are uppity or "wanna-be uppity " city hall & Newark Schools employees w a elite entitlement complex.

The Ironbound by contrast , is predominantly white ethnic Spanish & Portuguese. Residents adamant in finding excuses to oppose development like "Arc" often don't care what happens east of McCarter or North of Park Avenue.

There is a bigger one just one block away on the corner of Broad Street and Market. The two were too close together and we're pretty much competing with each other. It also had 2 Krousers stores equal distance both north and south of it on Halsey. 1 krauser on Raymond Boulevard and Halsey, the other on Halsey Street teachers Village.

I know it's only 8am Tuesday 11/22 (haha!😂🤣) but did anyone attend the Monday hearing? I wanted to, but my Monday evening got unexpectedly hijacked.

As a witness in the public hearings for Peskins redevelopment YEARS ago. I developed a term called "The Ghetto Lobby" (TGL).

These are SPITEFUL, RESENTFUL, COVETTING, MISERABLE leftist fools who in years past mocked everyone "dumb" enough to build in Newark.

"Who wants to build in this dump? I want to get out of Newark!" Suddenly became "They're chasing us out!!"

Peskins was originally 4 stories, but got downsized to appease the "locals" worried about "more traffic & sidewalk congestion".

They still opposed it. Local residents screaming & shouting over developer lawyers struggling to get their points across. Commie questions like "How does this benefit ME?"

They killed a WaWa for McCarter Hy. A WAWA!! It got moved next to Clara Mass Hospital ....on the BELLEVILLE SIDE of Franklyn Ave!! The Newark Side is Branch Brook Park . Newark gets $0 tax revenue & WILL LIKE IT!!

They got commie & political against Walmart in Springfield Marketplace, delaying that project over 15 years till ShopRite came to the rescue. Walmart got built in Kearny instead, across from I280 & Newark . 90% of its shoppers are Newarkers. Newark gets $0 in tax revenue & will like it!!

Newark recently denied & probably killed a proposal to save the dilapidated Riviera Hotel by converting it to market Apartments.

The city insisted on keeping it a rooming home. When developers stated the project isn't financially viable & wont be able to secure construction loans, the city said "We are not governed by economics alone, PEOPLE NEED TO LIVE THERE!"
Dismiss economic concerns? That's full bore socialism.

This developer is probably DONE with Newark. Developers talk to developers & Newark is a firewall few dare to cross.

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.