DanL wrote:
...not only has former Councilman Steve Lipski, previous recipient of Mr. Hyman's campaign contribution largess (under various names/entities) been accompanying the applicant at the past two hearings (also the council meeting that approved bonding to acquire the Embankment), he was joined (at the hip) this evening by former city Business Administrator Brian O'Reilly.

jcboyz wrote:
KNOCK IT DOWN AND MAKE IT A STREET LEVEL PARK!!!! NO CONDOS, JUST A PARK!!! ITS NOT THE HIGH LINE, NEVER WILL BE THE HIGH LINE SO STOP COMPARING IT TO THE HIGH LINE. IT SHOULD BE A PARK AT STREET LEVEL SO WE DONT HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE UGLY STONES AND THE RESIDENTS OF DOWNTOWN JERSEY CITY DONT HAVE TO GET MUGGED WHILE USING IT!


Then you wrote:

TEAR IT DOWM ALREADY!!!! I would love to see beautiful high end townhouses contributing tax dollars. They should take one of the blocks and mandate that it be a park but at street level.

The park idea on top of the embankment sucks!

ogden1 wrote:
I hope there is a good turnout. It will be really terrible for the folks on 5th and 6th the have hi rise apts in their back yards. We really must show our supprt tonight and stop this insanity.

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fraulein wrote: Just got an alert email from Embankment Coalition about another meeting tonight at city hall @ 6. Does anyone know the details of this meeting vs. the others? We've gone to every one so far and weren't sure why this one may be more important than the others. Thanks.

Hyman will apply for a "Certificate of Economic Hardship" before the Zoning Board which if granted could give him the right to demolish the Embankment! Please come out ready to speak as now is the time that the city should pursue the right to declare eminent domain. The city council has already approved this and the city has secured $6.8 million in grants for purchase. In such a hearing the city would have to " offer the highest appraisal in any condemnation proceeding", according to the Jersey City Independent article.

fraulein wrote: Just got an alert email from Embankment Coalition about another meeting tonight at city hall @ 6. Does anyone know the details of this meeting vs. the others? We've gone to every one so far and weren't sure why this one may be more important than the others. Thanks.

jcboyz wrote:
TEAR IT DOWM ALREADY!!!! I would love to see beautiful high end townhouses contributing tax dollars. They should take one of the blocks and mandate that it be a park but at street level.

The park idea on top of the embankment sucks!

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bodhipooh wrote:

And that, in a nutshell, is the main problem with the state of our city at this point in time. Crime is obviously a key issue, but the city's current infrastructure is an even more important issue. The administration has allowed (and fostered) the speedy development of the waterfront and other areas of the city, but we are not keeping up with the growth, and the impact can be seen everywhere. Our roads are in very poor condition, the PATH is usually stuffed during the rush hour commuting hours, countless water mains are breaking all over the place, the police force (as a ratio of beat officers to citizens) is getting smaller and smaller... If we continue down this path, the city will collapse under its own weight. And, what a shame... a more balanced approach to growth could, and should, yield better results for everyone. Instead, we are all getting the shaft by the effects of poor planning to maintain and grow the city's infrastructure.

This is exactly it - if you remove a huge watershed like the Embankment and replace with 1500 condo units that are now hooking into the decrepit sewer lines, that water has to go somewhere. And that somewhere is probably resident basements, once again. It's easy to be in favor of this when you don't lives anywhere near an area where the ramifications would be felt.