Waller Hub lists are trash but I’ll take it.

If it’s 11 stories it will certainly have enough units to trigger the city’s Inclusionary Zoning ordinance. Adding income-restricted units along with market rate is a good thing.

Sad to see a nice building go but we need more housing especially near Penn. If we try to preserve every old building, we won’t be able to accommodate the people who want to move here and rent pressure will continue to get worse and worse. Maybe we should look to preserve some areas of the neighborhood that have special significance or have a density of historic features like Bruen between Green and Elm but we can’t say demolition of every old building is bad.

Because this isn’t SimCity and the owners of this property don’t own the other one.

This isn’t a demo though. The facade would be preserved.

Big Brothers Big Sisters will likely have something.

The city is terrified of implementing real bike and pedestrian infrastructure despite having such a low car ownership rate. It’s infuriating and I don’t even bike.

RIP to the Ironbound QuickChek

They can only mandate in exchange for a historic landmark designation or for tax credits. They don’t have the power to mandate what people do with their unless they’re giving something in exchange.

The Kislak building is historic because it’s old enough but is not in keeping with the time period of the historic district which is why it stands out. It’s ugly as sin.

Go home to my family.

Oh? Did you hear why it looks like only the building on the left is preserved?

I think the tall portion on the left is mostly original judging by the historic pic in that Jersey Digs article. Given that the buildings were converted into one, I would guess most of the rest was pretty beat up and not worth saving. We’ll see at the historic commission.

I’m sure you’ll do a great job stopping criminals. So many gun owners with these fantasies. Ain’t gonna happen. More likely you’ll end up killing someone that doesn’t have to die or some kid will get your get gun.

You make shit like this more likely: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/09/two-michigan-drivers-shoot-and-kill-each-other-after-road-rage-incident

More guns means more death. Simple fact. The majority of guns used in crimes in Nj come from out state. Simple fact. Carrying your gun increases your chance of dying and your chance of killing someone else. Simple fact.

So we can have common sense gun laws and stop the Supreme Court from forcing us all to live in open carry states.

Repeal the 2nd amendment.

Interested in what people here think about how this commission nitpicks every little thing for historic homes. It’s like an HOA from hell.

Oh definitely not. Not with this work from home environment.

The issues tomorrow will be the demolition of the existing buildings and the design of the new ones. If you support this tower and want to speak publicly, it is important to note the existing buildings are not worth saving and the new one complements the other historic buildings in the district and doesn’t detract from them. Similar situation to the newest glass Prudential tower on Broad. Decrepit out of use buildings replaced by a tower that brings life to the neighborhood.

Definitely had an unlicensed Corona there once. In a paper coffee cup.

First tower soon. The other two will take so long we will doubt it will happen but then it will.

The Arc tower meeting was an online community meeting and not the official hearing.

Community boards like this are bad. They serve to prevent development. We already have local elected officials and professional planning boards where the public can speak. Who chooses who sits on a community board? Who gets to represent the community? We have elections to decide that. NYC has these and they’re fucking terrible. At a minimum the extra time and effort to get through ends up raising the cost of a building and requires higher rents to make up for it. Hope it stays dead.

Labor and materials cost roughly the same in Newark as in JC and Manhattan. The biggest difference in cost would be land. Most large towers in Newark need subsidy in order to generate enough revenue to pay off what it costs to build them.