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when you say "cut down the trees," how many trees are we talking here? 'cause to me, trees make a park.

They are Honey Locust trees planted in 1974 when the current park was constructed. Unfortunately, we were already informed by the city that in their opinion the trees have overgrown the space, and the root systems are in extremely poor condition. They were planning on removing them regardless of any redesign of the park.

If anyone knows me, and the commitment the VNA has to trees, they'd know if it were up to us we would have kept ALL of them. We are hoping for a compromise which would leave one of the existing trees, but the city feels they are too much of a safety concern. Trust me, we're trying. Regardless of the outcome, all of the current design proposals have a generous amount of new trees.

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The First Street Park redevelopment project is expected to be completed by Fall 2011.

TWO YEARS???

No work on the park can happen until the building being renovated to the left of it is completed.

Then why the fuuuuudge were the trees torn down so quickly???

Walk_Idiot_Walk wrote:
Many of us in the neighborhood signed a petition to get Indio's liquor license pulled, to no avail.

Call it ranting, but Indio's is a real blight on this community. I would think part of the planning process would be to remove any blighting influences to a redevelopment project. It's a shame Fulop hasn't done more to address this.

srg1 wrote:
Those trees were too big. Cutting them down has completely opened up the space.

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Walk_Idiot_Walk wrote:
I wish you all luck. But until Indio's Place is closed down that block will still be a mess. A beautiful Park with a bunch of cretins lurking across the street. Ugh.

Agreed. Just the other day, in broad daylight no less, two filthy scumbags were pissing on the side of the building adjacent to the park. No, not the vacant building, the one in which people actually live and make their home. When I called them out on it, he said the bathrooms were locked??

This park is going to look amazing, and add to the value of the neighboorhood..... for about a week or two. Then the savages from Indio's will destroy it. They will use it for their own personal toilet, and probably move their drug deals and prostitute appointments from the cars in front of the bar to the new park.

If this occurs then it is up to the residents who live near the park to help keep a watchful eye and call the police to deter these situations. I realize patrons of Indios are, at times, problems. I live around the corner from the Barge and have seen and heard many bad incidents. The residents have to be vigilant and report any problems, they have to be driven to make the area better and let evryone know that the area is being watched by neighbors who care!

Walk_Idiot_Walk wrote:
I wish you all luck. But until Indio's Place is closed down that block will still be a mess. A beautiful Park with a bunch of cretins lurking across the street. Ugh.

srg1 wrote:
Does anyone know why the police have been at the house all day long? I heard there was an ambulence there a short time ago. Is there something else going on?

srg1 wrote:
I just looked at the Google satellite images. I think the trains come out west of Route 78. Probably just west of the building you are referencing.

srg1 wrote:
You are correct about the freight trains are in the area. Never noticed them before.

Here is some video exiting the tunnel. I have never seen a train. It is difficult to tell exactly where the exit is. I will try to listen more closely.


PATH Train

srg1 wrote:
I have no idea what people are talking about with respect to the trains. The PATH is underground at Crescent Court and I do not know if there are freight trains running nearby. If there are some, I have not seen them in the 3 and 1/2 years I have lived there.

Tino wrote:
I'm looking to move to CC and was wondering if the noise from 78 is bad at night - doesn't seem too bad, but wanted to hear from someone who lives in that area. thanks.

Movin728 wrote:
Has anyone heard of any news (good or bad) about the mechanic at the Getty station on Garfield (Near the Turnpike entrance)? My neighbors like him and I wanted a second opinion before I took my car in...Thanks!
Also, what's the opinion on Pep Boys here? I got ripped off so much in Brooklyn - and was wondering if this one here had the same bad reputation (they wanted to charge me almost $400 for a tune up...hmmmm....) THANKS!

Iwitness wrote:
Also, I give JCList at-large a lot of credit. I would have thought that Jeff would have been tarred and feathered by now. Guess when somebody identifies himself and makes a case for what everybody has kvetched about, all the keyboard tough guys wuss out.

GnomeGeneral wrote:

And for a "dive bar", they charge some pretty LITM-like prices. $8 for a vodka and cranberry? To drink it in a run-down space that smells like a foot locker? Really?

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So, they give me the date and say the officer will be subpoenaed to appear that day. I get a notice in the mail a short time later telling me my date was pushed back a week. So I show up today for trial with all my photos, research, etc. The prosecutor meets with me and offers something like blocking the flow of traffic, 0 point, $70ish fine + $30ish fee so around $100 total. I say no, telling her I'm here for my trial but don't see the officer, so I'm going to ask the judge to excuse the case. She tells me that according to her forms I'm not scheduled today for trial, the cop has not been subpoenaed, and the judge will just schedule another date. She chaulks it up to administrative error and there's nothing I can do about it. Having missed two half days of work for this garbage, I take the plea bargain and it ends up that the fine was closer to $110 and I'm out $139 total.

susiederkins wrote:
Has anyone tried the sushi at ShopRite?

It actually looks decent, but I'm unwilling to try it on a weeknight where a bout of food sickness would prevent me from going to work the next day.

tern wrote:
There is a small dog-run behind BJ's in the extreme South-East corner of the car park, next to the light rail tracks. Second Street and Warren Street, somewhere around there.

Not many people seem to know about it.

Robin.

GrovePath wrote:
This charming daytime domestic story took place in a parking lot outside this guy's workplace -- somewhere on Third Street -- the article says there was video footage from a nearby store camera -- so it likely took place closer to Grove Street ( or more likely back at Jewel Electric shop on Third Street under the Turnpike ) but who really knows -- the point is that this idiot doesn't even live downtown (he lives on Carteret Avenue see map below ) -- the only thing that happened at Brunswick and First Street was that after this gun nuts' girlfriend smashed his Truck's rear window while he was parked in his company's parking lot (somewhere over on Third Street) -- this genius hid his Tec-9 in a shoebox over at 1st and Brunswick.

billc wrote:
Yes, Xerxes the Beacon Shuttle bus is bullet proof. It also has a flame thrower, rocket launchers, and can leave an oil slick behind it, although that is more from a lack of maintennance than a feature.

jennymayla wrote:
may that mongol comment haunt you till the end of your days.

Jangie wrote:
Abbeyskin, here's a hint: If they are doing better than brick and mortar restaurants, they're doing something right.

Signed.