MDM wrote:
Maybe Stop N Shop will buy the A&P and convert it into a super Stop N Shop... since their planned store in the Heights got nixed years back.

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What happened to businesses taking out a loan?

Work smarter, not harder. Why take out a loan if you don't have to? Just because it's the traditional way? I give them credit for being creative.

Yvonne wrote:
I have been saying this for a long time - we don't need these autonomous agencies. They were not elected but they spend our money. Bayonne got rid of some and it is time we do the same.

DanL wrote:
well it looks we are back to business as usual, so much for all the hubris a few years ago -

Jersey City council reappoints president for second term

JERSEY CITY ? To quote Mary J. Blige: no more drama.

Well, for now.

The City Council appointed Councilman-at-large Rolando Lavarro as its president for another two-year term tonight. The vote was unanimous, and came after weeks of speculation about whether the body's two other at-large members would mount a challenge to Lavarro.

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Absolutely its a matter of costs. That is why it is not happening (on site parking).
I love the idea of ?renting? a parking spot , as Brewster does to ensure/ secure a parking spot. Should we then say that we should require that of all homeowners in a residential neighborhood, just as he has? That way we can stop the ?demanding? of the public to provide it, and always have a spot available 24/7. Does privatizing parking (renting) make things better than people who live in a residential neighborhood and use available street parking? At least when I move my car, that public spot becomes available to anyone that needs it- unlike all those spots that are privately rented (taking up precious urban space). Really- I don't know...
I definitely need to find out where his off street paying parking is (really)- because there's nothing I know of in the Village-which really is a part of this equation (which I have specifically noted several times) and should have been considered. When I said we have nowhere to go-we really don?t -including any new residents-that will have cars. Should we build a whole bunch of new public lots to accommodate 50 unit buildings? (No!) But I want what Brewster has! I?m willing to rent- but where? I guess his neighborhood/area has that option already. We don't.
This ambitious project is not great for this piece of irregular land that is flanked on three sides by a small residential neighborhood. Even Torrei has acknowledged the unique challenges of building here. I think we all want what is best for JC in the long run-and what determines "best" has many perspectives. Many question the ?free? parking entitlement- but not the amount of units. Interesting?.
Regardless, great comments from both sides- real food for thought. Yes, it is a privilege to be able to have residential street parking. Absolutely. And no- I am not entitled to that. No one is.
If the city was more mindful and had expectations from the developers to provide at least some parking, we wouldn't be put in the position to now make a parking spot "yours".
As residents and homeowners, we need to be vigilant over new construction that greatly impacts an area. The retail is great- and sorely needed. I think the number of units could have been lessened (when he wanted a variance to not add parking) and we still would have the beginnings of a new vibrant community that honors what is there while also bringing it forward.

in some cases, underground parking might be problematic but i think the real problem is that developers/the government tend to pursue the CHEAPEST option. i am not convinced that underground parking is prohibitively expensive especially since they can do it across the hudson river. people in jersey seem to make excuses to pursue the cheapest option.

Mao wrote:

Yvonne, ridiculed and attacked, is merely stating Catholic doctrine (though Fatima is not de fide- it is a private revelation and one may believe or decline to believe in it).

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PATH trains to midtown run every 5 minutes. They can probably get it down to 2 or 3.

Unfortunately, not really, because of the turnaround problem. They could easily run every 3 if it was a loop track like at WTC/Newark, but it would be something close to impossible to rebuild the 33rd Street station like that.

The real thing that's going to ease congestion is going to be the WTC Transportation Hub. It will require a bit of cash, but going from Grove to WTC and transferring underground to the 2/3 will be a faster trip to Penn Station than the 33rd Street PATH.

Obviously, you are both wrong. The PATH is now running rush hour trains every four minutes in the mornings, not every five minutes. They did this by taking a few trains away from Hoboken, much to their chagrin.

So, getting the frequency down to 3 minutes might be doable, but it could get very tricky and would likely need to wait until the signals are upgraded (the never ending project with the ever moving completion date!)

As for the PATH to the 2/3 to 33rd Street being faster than just riding the PATH, that's simply impossible. The 2/3 train ride alone (from the WTC station to Penn Station) takes 15 minutes. Add the 7 minutes for the PATH (from Grove to WTC) and the time to walk/transfer, and you are looking at no less than 25 minutes. And, that's assuming you are super lucky and do not have to wait for the train to arrive. The PATH ride from Grove to 33rd St is 18 minutes.

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K-Lo wrote:
...and yet the new building on Jersey (old Borinquen hardware) is putting parking below ground.

Is that building in an area that has flooded in the past? I don't know the answer. It's an honest question.

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If you were raised Catholic then you should know there is the Church Militant, the people still alive on earth, the church suffering, the people who are in purgatory but will be in heaven one day and the church triumph, those who went directly to heaven or were released from purgatory. The other option is hell. My suggestion is to speak to a priest. I also suggest you read the stories about Fatima. Even the atheists admitted their saw the Miracle of the Sun and this Miracle was written in the atheist newspaper in 1917.

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Data from city officials show a pipeline of more than 28,000 residential units over the next 15 years, though some are projects that have been in the works for some time. Some 5,700 of those units come from sites already under construction, while the others are in various stages of planning.

You can't blame us for wanting to preserve that but I don't blame you for wanting to build up because it really is all about money to many of you.

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DouglasReynholm wrote:
Anyone check Keyhole ? He's gotta be there !

Has JCPD thought of organizing a bar crawl to hit up the dives around town? I'm surprised a barista hasn't turned him in yet.

Sorry for the slight detour but: I thought English has adopted barista for someone who makes coffee and kept bartender for alcoholic drink maker. I'm a language nerd, so like to know these things.

duh wrote:
Many of us are yuppie scum. The only appropriate sentiment is self-loathing. The vandal is in touch with his nature. We can learn from him.

DouglasReynholm wrote:
Anyone check Keyhole ? He's gotta be there !

schmearwurst wrote:
The zoning board was incredibly irresponsible for granting variances to this developer. While that property definitely needs to be developed, a 50 unit residential building that provides no parking in an already saturated area is disastrous. If Torrei couldn't figure out how to supply parking spaces- he needed to scale down the building. I agree with the poster who said that if you overpay to get variances because of your purchase- there is a problem. There are no public lots anywhere around this area for residents to even TRY to rent a space. Just where is everyone going to park? This project wreaks of the typical greedy developer that presents his project as if he is doing everyone a favor. I am amazed at the naivete of some residents that are seduced so easily by his plan. And those in the community that approve this either have a business nearby yet live in another neighborhood. Well, let's see how that goes when they realize at 7pm that they have no where to park in this neighborhood....literally nowhere. But hey, that well-designed building will look cool as they circle it multiple times in their cars hoping that a space opens up!