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Re: Taqueria
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I had Taqueria the first time the other day. I agree the food is good and authentic tasting. However I wouldn't call it cheap. The prices are small but the portions are too.

I guess it is a good thing because American portions are usually quite large and people eat more than they should. However rice and beans are cheap so they shouldn't be skimping on the sides.

Overall I would go back but I will need to buy a few more items next time.


Posted on: 2005/12/4 18:41
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Re: Taqueria
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You're welcome. We love you guys (couldn't you tell?), and we're very happy that your first month was a success. We hope you the best, and again welcome to the hood!

(hmm...tacos for lunch sounds good right about now ...)

Posted on: 2005/12/4 16:17
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Re: Taqueria
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just like to thank everyone for making our first month in operation such a success. dude, you guys rock.
taqueria

Posted on: 2005/12/4 5:19
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Re: Montgomery Towers Co-op
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Ha!!! The mole on the neck comment was right on - Walter the doorman had a Yugo on his neck.

We rented at Montgomery Towers and lived there for 2 years from 2000-2002. Our landlord was great in that he had the place painted to our liking and put in a lot of new upgrades.

When we finally decided to buy somewhere (we bought on Bright Street) we looked in Montgomery Towers and the DUMP across the street. We were amazed at the condition of the places for sale, plus rumor was that they were bankrupt and couldn't get any funding for renovations.

Just had to put my two cents in about Walter - he was classic!

Posted on: 2005/12/4 0:19
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Re: Montgomery Towers Co-op
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Okay, so $100,000 for the coop-condo difference. How much for the inflated quarter size mole?

But seriously, do people think the value of those apartments will rise because of the two large projects going up on the north side of Newark/Columbus? I have seen apartments in The Gregory (not the current name) and they were very nice, but the place stunk. I imagine Montgomery Tower is similar. Also, I thought another building was going up on the Gregory's grounds where the swimming pool building is - is that still on the books?


Posted on: 2005/12/3 13:07
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Re: Montgomery Towers Co-op
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These places were rentals no more than 3 years ago and they were chitholes, serious chitholes. I have since moved to manhattan before was living in Paulus Hook. I love Paulus hook and have a new construction unit closer to exchange place. I couldnt believe when I saw these were condos now I actually laughed about it. You should have seen the people that use to live in the rentals I dont know if anyone there in the 30 floors even had a full time job and the door man had a mole on his neck that was the size of an inflated quarter.

I honestly cannot believe these are condos. They were basically projects 3 years ago as rentals.

Posted on: 2005/12/3 2:44
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Re: Montgomery Towers Co-op
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go through their financials VERY carefully. Those two coops (montgomery and the one across) had major financial problems to the point where no bank will issue a mortgage. The situation is improving though(i think).

if condo is 400k, coop for 300k is fair. Although it depends a lot on the building and maintainence fee etc. I know a couple coops in forest hills that's much more expensive than the condo next door.

Posted on: 2005/12/3 2:41
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Montgomery Towers Co-op
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http://newjersey.craigslist.org/rfs/113199093.html

What do people think of Montgomery Towers?

There are some co-ops for sale there, and if anyone has an opionion about the place I would love to here it.

Also what do people feel is a good discount for a Co-op vs a condo, ie if a condo costs 400k the same apartment as a co-op should cost what.......

Posted on: 2005/12/2 23:06
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Re: Taqueria
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Is it just me or does this guy seem to be absolutely stupid. How or why would anyone compare anything to that hell hole Taco Bell? Either way, Do yourself a favor & don't even think about going back there. Shit that leaves more for all the rest of us.
By the way, You look very gay in your picture.

Posted on: 2005/12/2 15:09
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Re: towing at shoprite?
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no, they are just doing their job. if they park in front of shoprite and walk all the way across to the mall, they will still get towed. the signs are all over the lot, not just pepboys. As for your advice to just run in and run out of shoprite and then beeline it to the mall, you will still get towed since you are in violation. Why go through all that trouble to save 2 bux? its people who think like that who get towed and i dont feel sorry for them. Its their own arrogance that gets them in the position they find themselves in.

Posted on: 2005/11/29 16:06
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Re: towing at shoprite?
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ok, heres the deal with towing at metro plaza. (shoprite,bj's,pepboys, bed bath beyond)

There are over 45 signs that clearly state" no mall parking, parking for customers only, all others with be towed at the owners expence".

There are cameras down by the lot that were recommended by the JCPD just for this reason. People are parking in the lot, running to the mall for an hour, 5 minutes or what time amount come back and see there car gone. So the person who just had their car towed runs into pepboys and buys a quick small purchase and then calls the police to report their car has been towed illegally. Besides the reason of proving their case that the car owner or driver did in fact go to the mall, they are filmed to record the time they went to the mall. If you car is towed at 9am and you have a reciept for 12:30pm, you still have to pay. Seeing your car gone, andf then making a quick purchase to try and get one over on the tow company dont work.

Either does going to court. Once in court the tow company brings in the film of the people going to the mall, and then in return they bring up a counter suit for time lost and flase charges braught up against them. No car is towed unless the driver is filmed going to the mall just for this matter. Everything the tow company is totally legal and they are just doing their job. If i see i sign that reads dont park here, if you are going to the mall, or you will get towed, im not going to park there. The people who get towed, are their own worse enemy and if they are stupid enough to do so, they deserve to get towed.

Posted on: 2005/11/29 14:32
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Re: Tax abatements- a Jersey Journal editorial
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Here are a few:

1. Exchange Place Path Station - before 10 Exchange Place
was built there were just two (2) creaky elevators and
stairs from 1905.

2. Grove Street Path Station entrance stairways on the
south of Christopher Colombus Drive next to Pershing
Plaza.

3. The extension of Christopher Columbus Drive around the
northern and western boundaries of Ferris H.S. connect-
ing to the NJTP and Montgomery St. when Dixon was
redeveloped.

4. Washington St. extension from 1st St. where it use to
terminate to 6th St. @ Newport.

5. Greene St. extension from CC Drive to Morgan St.

6. Extensions of Morgan, Bay & Pearl Sts between
Washington & Greene Sts.

7. Improvements to 2nd St. between Washington & Marin

8. Newport Expressway from Jersey Avenue to Newport
was a rr row

9. 18th Street extension between Marin & Jersey formerly
was landlocked rr row

10 18th St. & Jersey Ave intersection west of Jersey Ave

11. Newport electric substation behind Statco previously
downtown was only served by the Morgan and
Washington St. substations. there was not enough
juice downtown.

12. Grand St. substation - needed to keep all of the back
office operations humming so those tenants, such
as Goldman Sach, Merrill Lynch, Lehman, AIG, etc.
could run their operations and sleep at night.

12. completion of the foot of Washington St. and Paulus
Hook park east of Portside.

13. Waterfront walkway

14. Newport Path Station

15. Light Rail System

16. New Jersey City Medical Center @ Grand & Jersey


Posted on: 2005/11/27 21:42
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Re: Tax abatements- a Jersey Journal editorial
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Quote:

AlanSommerman wrote:
Just curious - What infrastructure improvements have been made in downtown that exceed those in other parts of the city? We may have gotten more sewer improvements, but I think that is more likely tied to having serious flooding problems than to gentrification.


A few that come to mind: overhaul of the Grove Street PATH station (Journal Square is a complete mess), increased police presence, repaving of roads, increased size of certain key roads, improvements to parks (some of the parks in the Heights are in shambles), improved entrances to Liberty State Park, better replacement of street lights (the Heights is totally a hodge podge of different types, even on the same block), sidewalk replacements all over Exchange Place.....

One really odd one comes to mind: up in the Heights, people illegally put in "cut aways" to make driveways out of what was once a front yard. The city obviously should fine, but no one has bothered to collect on these violations. Parking is becoming more and more of a problem as a result. The city won't bother to look at it, because we aren't of much interest.

Unfortunately, our sewers are a mess, too (our house stinks sometimes!).

Posted on: 2005/11/23 19:14
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Re: Tax abatements- a Jersey Journal editorial
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Just curious - What infrastructure improvements have been made in downtown that exceed those in other parts of the city? We may have gotten more sewer improvements, but I think that is more likely tied to having serious flooding problems than to gentrification.

Posted on: 2005/11/23 18:43
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Re: Tax abatements- a Jersey Journal editorial
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Free Press, this is a lot of interesting food for thought. One of my big beefs with Jersey City is that infrastructure improvement is totally tied to gentrification. Neighborhoods like the Heights, Journal Square, etc. get left out of the mix until they become "desireable." Meanwhile, those that are get abatements and improvements (although JC is pretty slow on the draw with some, like roadwork).

In the meantime, there are no tangible benefits of these abatements for average Jersey City residents. That is, unless their plan is to sell out and have the depressing experience of finding something comparable to live in.

I also wonder what these communities are going to be like with the long-time residents moving out and an influx of high-turnover residents, who leave for better jobs and school systems. My block is what it is because there are folks living there for 3 generations.

To Mayor Healy, who lives in my neighborhood: open your eyes!!

Posted on: 2005/11/23 17:12
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Re: Tax abatements? Column by Earl Morgan
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Here's food for thought: 27 percent of all the tax ratable property in Jersey City is abated, according to city records.

But as the stories published yesterday and today in this newspaper point out, the developers who profited from constructing these abated projects have rarely, if ever, lived up to their "good-faith" pledges to provide jobs to Jersey City residents and minorities.

Abatements, which are also termed PILOTs, or payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, are a great deal for developers, and not just because they're paying less than they would if taxed at the normal rate. The real plus is that the company knows how much it will be paying in taxes for the next 20, 30 or, in one case, 40 years.

In return, developers sign pledges that they will make a "good-faith effort" to employ city residents, especially minorities.

But, according to city records, the jobs have not materialized.

In fact, according to Joseph Iwuala, the city's director of economic opportunity, a half-dozen developers can't even be bothered to file the paperwork. That means they're in violation of the abatement, and could be hit with a 3 to 6 percent increase in their payments - but so far, no one has.

In fact, no city official seems to know who, exactly, is responsible for levying such a fine.

According to the state Department of Labor, the latest unemployment rate in Jersey City is 6.1 percent. A healthy chunk of that figure includes African-American and Latinos.

You would think, in a city enjoying a building boom of historic proportions, that it would be impossible to have a 6.1 percent unemployment rate. You would think politicians, watching all the profits being reaped by the developers and property owners, would want to hold them to their promises.

It has to be said that the administration of Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy shoulders its share of blame in failing to hold developers responsible for honoring their pledges, but previous mayors going back 20 years are just as culpable.

The revelations come as no surprise to most community activists.

It's certainly no surprise to Lad Glover, director of the Community Empowerment Organization, who has spent nearly 20 years picketing and agitating for the employment of minority trade workers. Nor to Omar Barbour, director of the Neighborhood Development Corp. that oversees the Martin Luther King Drive Mall Plaza, who has long decried the city's reliance on a phrase as nebulous as "good-faith effort."

By law, the city can't enforce quotas to ensure that minorities and residents are fairly represented. But Healy has it within his power to encourage developers to try a little harder.

"All the mayor has to do," Glover said, "is make sure that developers don't get any inspectors to allow them to continue their projects if they don't live up to the agreements. They'll come around."

Posted on: 2005/11/23 14:58
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Re: Tax abatements- a Jersey Journal editorial
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J ersey City is the new Atlantic City.

No, it is not awash in glamorous casinos and it does not have beaches where summer tourists will frolic and spend their money.

What it has in common with the Shore municipality is that its residents listened to the promises of jobs and benefits if they let rich people develop their shoreline and grab tax breaks. Once the developers received these tax abatements and were given the green light to build their projects, the promises turned empty.

The courts determined that cities cannot mandate minority or residential hiring quotas. Those promised construction jobs never came. The largest building boom in Jersey City's past 50 years produced little or no economic benefit to its longtime minority population. At the city's waterfront construction sites for the past two decades, the accents were Texan, from the South and other parts of the country. Jersey City watched with its face pressed against chain-link fences or wood.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, local and county officials were fond of explaining away the lack of employment for lower and middle income residents by saying that the workforce was not trained for these jobs and the schools and colleges would have to do a better job of training them. A whole generation and two national census counts have gone by and the excuses are the same.

Unable to enforce quotas, Jersey City administrations have asked developers to make a "good faith" effort to hire locals. Yes, the idea of asking someone to promise to do something is somewhat preposterous. Just for saying they would make that effort, and provide reports about who was hired, developers were granted tax abatements.

The Jersey Journal published articles on Wednesday and Thursday detailing how developers who profited from constructing these abated projects have rarely, if ever, lived up to their pledges. City officials pointed out that about a half-dozen developers did not even bother to file the paperwork.

By not reporting their "good faith" effort, they are in violation of the abatement agreement, and should face 3 to 6 percent increases in their payments in lieu of taxes. No one has been penalized. City officials do not even know who levies fines.

There are even some in the city who have the gall to say the Journal's articles are much ado about nothing. These individuals are symptomatic of the problems in this city - a callous shortsightedness or inability to understand what is right.

Despite the "Gold Coast" boom, Jersey City's older inland neighborhoods have not benefited. It is safe to say that over these past two decades, the city's government failed its people.

Posted on: 2005/11/23 14:57
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Re: Preservation Alert - Powerhouse Arts District Endangered
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Here's the story in today's Jersey Journal:

"111 First Owner Is A Step Closer To Demolition; Historic Status KO'd"

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

By BONNIE FRIEDMAN for THE JERSEY JOURNAL

A New York City developer who has been fighting for more than a year to demolish a former industrial building in Downtown Jersey City won a major victory last week when Superior Court Judge Maurice Gallipoli vacated a city ordinance granting historic status to 16 buildings in the Warehouse District.

Gallipoli's ruling leaves in doubt the fate of 111 First St. - a onetime artist enclave that had served as the centerpiece of the Powerhouse Arts District - unless the city files an appeal.

The historic preservation ordinance, adopted by the City Council last year, stated buildings in the district would be protected "from demolition or alteration without review by the Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission and the city's historic preservation specialist."

In July, five commissioners rejected an application from building owner Lloyd Goldman of New Gold Equities to demolish 111 First St. The commission didn't agree with Goldman's claim that the 130-year-old brick building is in imminent danger of collapse and would be too costly to repair.

Gallipoli vacated the city ordinance, saying several of the commissioners were serving expired terms and thus were not legal members of the board, said Victor Herlinsky, an attorney for the city.

However, according to city records, the nine members and two alternates on the historic preservation commission are all within their current terms.

Mayor Jerramiah Healy said through his spokeswoman that he is consulting with the legal department before deciding whether to appeal Gallipoli's ruling.

But many of the building's former tenants - who have continued to stay involved with the building since moving out in March - think it's the beginning of the end for the former P. Lorillard Tobacco Co. warehouse.

"It's such a shame to see it go," said Paul Sullivan, a sculptor and former tenant. "But it's more of a loss for the city. The artists will figure out other places to work."

Several other lawsuits have yet to be heard by the courts. The parties will meet in federal court Monday to hear Goldman's claim that the city is in violation of his constitutional rights.

? 2005 The Jersey Journal

Posted on: 2005/11/23 10:54
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Re: Preservation Alert - Powerhouse Arts District Endangered
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I am curious as to the identity of the "Professional Activists" that medfever refers to. I can say with respect to the Conservancy, our board has always been completely volunteer, and everyone has jobs (although we have had and do have one or two retirees on the board at any one time). Unlike Lloyd Goldman's advocates, we aren't getting paid large sums of money, or any sums of money for that matter, to advocate our position.

As to the historic significance of the warehouse district. Medfever is entitled to state his opinion. I prefer to rely on the research and nomination prepared by Richard James, which provides the historic significance in detaill

http://www.jerseycityhistory.net/warehousenomination.html

One thing which can't go unaddressed is the claim regarding 111 First Street. 111 is, in fact, one of four "pivotal" buildings in the district as per the district's nomination (the other's being the Powerhouse, the A&P building, and the Butler Brothers Warehouse). The owner's own historic preservation consultant had to concede the historic significance of 111 First St. The only argument that he offered up was that because the building had deteriorated, it's ability to evoke the past was "impaired."

Of course, this is largely because the owner has neglected the building for several years and refused to perform basic maintenance. The argument is essentially that if you neglect a historic building long enough, you can then turn around and say it has no historic significance because it has been neglected. That is akin to murdering your parents and then throwing yourself on the mercy of the court because you are an orphan.

Other "dumps" have been rehabilitated and are being developed in accordance with the redevelopment plan. 140 and 150 bay street come to mind.

In any event, the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, Pro-Arts, and several other groups have been working to protect and promote the district for several years. So this is hardly a case of taking an opportunity to fight "last year's battle." The battle to save 111 and the other buildings is a battle that was fought this year, last year, the year before that, and the year before that. And you can be assured that the battle will be fought next year, the year after that, and the year after that.

Joshua Parkhurst
President
Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy

Posted on: 2005/11/22 20:44
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Tax abatements?
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First of a two-part series.
FINE LOOT NOT COLLECTED
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
By JARRETT RENSHAW
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Hundreds of thousands of dollars that could be in Jersey City's coffers - ideally easing the tax burden on local homeowners - are going unclaimed.

Instead, the money is staying in the pockets of developers and property owners because the city has failed to fine them for not living up to the terms of their tax abatement agreements.

Internal city audits and violation notices examined by The Jersey Journal show a number of tax-abated projects failed to file employment reports - required under the abatement agreements - during the past two years, including six that are still in violation.

The abatement agreements mandate that an owner who fails to comply with these rules faces a 3 to 6 percent increase in their hefty payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, or PILOTs, they annually make to the city.

However, while the city has repeatedly sent out violation notices, no attempt has ever been made to collect the fines - leaving potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table.

No city official could provide a reason as to why the money is going uncollected. Indeed, no one even seems to know which city agency is responsible for enforcing the tax abatement agreements.

Joe Iwuala, director of the city's Division of Economic Opportunity, says he keeps track of the violations and passes his findings up to the business administrator's office and law division, which he claims are responsible for enforcement.

But officials in those departments say it is also Iwuala's responsibility to issue the fines - a claim Iwuala disputes.

"They are trying to pass the buck," Iwuala said. "They have known these developers are in violation since I gave them the information, and they have yet to fine them a single cent."

The city requires developers and commercial tenants of tax-abated properties to submit monthly and semi-annual project employment reports, which break down how many of the construction and permanent jobs are going to Jersey City residents and minorities, as well as what companies are getting contracts for such things as furniture supplies and concrete work.

Since the courts ruled that the city cannot have a quota system, the reports represent a developer's "good faith effort" at attaining the goal of 51 percent minority workers and Jersey City residents.

Once the city issues a violation notice and demands the paperwork, as records show has been done numerous times, it can raise the projects annual payment - some are in the millions of dollars - by a certain percentage spelled out in the agreement until the employment records are filed. According to a September internal city audit, 10 percent of the city's tax abated projects have repeatedly failed to report contractually required employment and manning reports.

"They signed the agreements, and we have lived up to our side, while they have not lived up to theirs," City Councilwoman Viola Richardson said. "So you have to ask yourself, what's really going on?"

Following the Journal's prodding, Jersey City business administrator Brian O'Reilly said letters went out to the project managers of these sites this week, advising them that if the city does not receive the employment reports shortly, fines will be issued.

"We will take the final step, if we have to," promised O'Reilly.

Assemblyman Louis Manzo of Jersey City, often a critic of the city's administration of tax abatements, is currently sponsoring state legislation that would require greater city oversight of these properties.

"There has to be a better oversight process in place," Manzo said. "The City Council has the responsibility to hold these developers to the fire, and it hasn't for the 20 years that they have been handing them out."

JARRETT RENSHAW can be reached at jrenshaw@jjournal.com




By JARRETT RENSHAW, JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

JOB PROMISES

ARE GOING UNFULFILLED

minority

hiring low

Second of a two-part series.

Proponents of tax abatements say they bring good jobs to the city - construction work while the projects are being built, and permanent positions once they're finished - for local residents and minorities.

But as the Gold Coast continues to boom, the promise of jobs for city and minority residents isn't materializing, according to a review of city records by The Jersey Journal.

Just 16 percent of permanent employees at tax-abated properties actually live in Jersey City, according to the report. And, according to city records, an even lower percentage of construction workers are residents.

In the construction of tax-abated projects, not a single developer has met the city-established "good faith" goal of employing 51 percent minorities and city residents in a given month, according to Joe Iwuala, director of the city's Division of Economic Opportunity.

Iwuala estimated only about 15 percent of workers on construction sites are Jersey City residents or minorities.

A February 2004 employment report in connection with construction of the Goldman Sachs building, for example, showed that 18.5 percent of the construction jobs were going to city residents, and 14.4 percent to the city's minorities.

Meanwhile, a report compiled by the city earlier this year shows that minority workers comprise 12 percent, or 828 of 6,539, of the permanent workforce at tax-abated properties.

"A city of this size, with all the work being created, to only have a 12 percent minority workforce, is absurd," City Councilwoman Viola Richardson said. "It's a poor representation of the city's efforts to monitor and ensure that the city's residents and minorities are getting jobs."

According to the 2000 Census, nearly two-thirds of the city's residents are minorities.

The numbers are not a complete picture of the permanent employment situation, since a number of projects have failed to report to the city. In addition, some of the jobs reflect only recent hires.

And a closer look at many of these jobs reveals many are low-paying positions. According to the report, Goldman Sachs employs 121 city residents - but that includes 33 janitors and 46 security guards.

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy has refused to respond to this issue, referring questions to the city's Office of Employment and Training.

City and labor officials cite a number of reasons for the lack of employment for minority and city residents, such as unions pulling labor from South Jersey, and the fact that the city cannot require companies to adhere to a quota system.

In addition, officials argue that many of the permanent jobs on the Gold Coast require specialized skills and are filled by college grads recruited from across the country.

The city has made some efforts to promote local hiring, Iwuala said. Iwuala sends a stack of resumes each Friday to developers and commercial tenants, and also posts job listings on a Web site - though they can only be accessed on city computers.

Meanwhile, the city was forced to scrap an apprentice program aimed at training residents for construction jobs after a state grant ran out this year.

Posted on: 2005/11/22 20:40
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Re: Preservation Alert - Powerhouse Arts District Endangered
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This isn't about "saving 111 for artists"--read Hurst and HistoryRules posts more carefully.

Non descript warehouses. Well, the developers at 150 seem to be having a good time marketing the originality of the place. Like Sugar House.

I don't think everyone prefers the tape-and-glue Avalon Cove models.

Posted on: 2005/11/22 20:25
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Re: Preservation Alert - Powerhouse Arts District Endangered
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oh boy, all the downtown professional activists got an early christmas present. how they can work themselves up into a froth with their "sign the petion chants" and poster designs. if you want to have any crediblity at all fight to protect the one of tow stuctures in that area that have any merit, e.g., the powerhouse itself and the fortress like warehouse structure.

fighting to save 111 is complete bull at this point. the artists are gone...that's what happens they reclaim a place, it becomes popular and they move on...that's what always happened. the building is a dump. you guys are just fighting last years battle. is was complete bull to designate waldo a historic district. there are probably 20-25 buildings max in the whole are and most are just non-descript warehouse of no architecutal merit.

Posted on: 2005/11/22 20:12
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Re: Preservation Alert - Powerhouse Arts District Endangered
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A lot of people care about PAD/WALDO, even if you don't, especially those of us who have been here for a long time.

New York's #1 industry is entertainment. Economies in this area are hugely pumped by the arts.

What's the gripe with 8 units for artists? There are plenty of luxury spaces for the buying, no housing shortage I'm aware of.



Posted on: 2005/11/22 19:26
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Re: Preservation Alert - Powerhouse Arts District Endangered
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Who really cares about the PAD /WALDO thing anymore?? 111 is gone and its going to become condos - All the new buildings in the area are forced to provide the first units to so-called "artists" - Guess what - They cant get rid of them - 150 Bay extended the offer three times because not enough "qualified" artists signed up for the units. Stop wasting peoples time who want to move in the area and make it better - Everyone wants a whole foods etc and this is one of the only places left where something could go -

Posted on: 2005/11/22 19:16
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Re: Preservation Alert - Powerhouse Arts District Endangered
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Is there any more information on the second reason?

Not only could this logic potential invalidate every historic designation by the city, but many if not most city resolutions and ordinances. Council members typically speak out in support of issues. It would seem that this logic could invalidate this redevelopment plan and others.

Of course, the failure of the city to do this correctly is inexcusable (or is it intentional). Where was the Law Department and why did they not ensure that there were no procedural flaws and that these ordinances could stand a court test (especially since a court battle was anticipated).

Quote:

JPhurst wrote:
...

Although Judge Gallipoli did not issue a written opinion, we have been informed that he ruled that the landmarking was invalid for two reasons. First, the former Historic Preservation Commission was not properly constituted, as a majority of its members' terms had already lapsed. Second, Steven Gucciardo, the chair of the commission, and former councilman Junior Maldonado, were "biased" because they had previously spoken out in favor of the district.

The second rationale is particularly troubling. It essentially says that neither a historic preservation commissioner or city councilman can participate in decision making if they have a history as a citizen advocate. ....

Posted on: 2005/11/22 17:39
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Re: Golden Cicada Help from ACLU
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It is true that money talks wherever you go. The highest bidder wins. I am sure if St Peter's bid is the highest, they will get the property.

I felt that what St. Peter's was offering the Golden Cicada was very low. Look at how much an one bedroom condo in the area cost today. Tan probably couldn't even buy an one bedroom condo in Liberty North with that offer.

Rumor has it on Jclist that Captain Al?s Harbor Casino in Paulus Hook got two condos for him and his mother from K. Hovnanian when they bought him out.

Posted on: 2005/11/22 17:19
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Re: Golden Cicada Help from ACLU
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Neither form is acceptable, that being said the end result of this greed will fall squarely on the homeowners who have settled in this area to build a life and not turn a profit.

Posted on: 2005/11/22 17:10
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Re: Golden Cicada Help from ACLU
Quite a regular
Quite a regular


Quote:

JCNY wrote:
This isn't about The Golden Cicada winning, is about the developers who want the land winning, and in Jersey City the developers always win. In all my years in Jersey City (since 1987) I can count on one hand the amount of times I've seen that restaurant open until recently, which just happens to coincide with the land issue. So this is not a win for the ?little man? against the machine, this is about the machine pulling a fast one on us all.
Enjoy the tax-abated luxury skyrise across the grammar school, I?m sure the children won?t mind the jackhammers pounding everyday for the next two years.


That's disappointing. I didn't know until now that this was basically just a developer issue. But, how could I have been so naive. Why would the GC owner refuse a buy out just to keep that little dive open?

However, St. Peters really does have egg on its face. They had a lot of nerve trying to use ED in the first place. A lot of nerve. In this world, I still prefer the corporate corruption to the religious. At least they don't pretend to be working for the "common good".

Posted on: 2005/11/22 16:55
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Re: Golden Cicada Help from ACLU
Not too shy to talk
Not too shy to talk


This isn't about The Golden Cicada winning, is about the developers who want the land winning, and in Jersey City the developers always win. In all my years in Jersey City (since 1987) I can count on one hand the amount of times I've seen that restaurant open until recently, which just happens to coincide with the land issue. So this is not a win for the ?little man? against the machine, this is about the machine pulling a fast one on us all.
Enjoy the tax-abated luxury skyrise across the grammar school, I?m sure the children won?t mind the jackhammers pounding everyday for the next two years.

Posted on: 2005/11/22 16:07
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Re: Golden Cicada Help from ACLU
Home away from home
Home away from home


The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency will pull out of the eminent domain case. The JCRA has also agreed to pay Tan a sum for legal expenses.

I hope it is not my tax money.

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Vote goes tavern's way

JCRA quits bid to take it for Prep

Tuesday, November 22, 2005
By BONNIE FRIEDMAN
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency voted yesterday to support Mayor Jerramiah Healy's decision to pull out of the eminent domain case that would have transferred a Downtown tavern to a private Catholic high school for boys.

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index ... 32654345319780.xml&coll=3

Posted on: 2005/11/22 15:32
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