Linden Street Construction

[Homer Jones]

                                                                           LA  LAUNDERETTE DE LINDEN

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The developer is Daibes Construction, located in Edgewater. They built most of Edgewater, and this is the first of what will be many projects in Hackensack.  Edgewater is just about all built up, so Fred Daibes has directed one of his trusted senior employees, Shergoh Alkilani, to hunt for properties in Hackensack.

There aren't too many communities in Northern New Jersey that allow High-rise residential buildings, and most of those that do allow them are depressed urban areas where the buyers don't want to live.  For instance, Paterson and Newark.   Really the only game out there is Hackensack, Montclair, and the Hudson County waterfront.  And what little left that Ft. Lee will allow to be built.  All of downtown Hackensack and adjacent State Street, and parts of the riverfront allow these buildings.  They haven't been built, but a few have been approved, only to fall victim to economic downturns.

I've seen some of the high-rises Daibes has built on Gorge Road in Edgewater, it is equivalent in quality to the Excelsior, or possibly a bit more upscale.

This is a developer that can really make a difference here in Hackensack.

[Editor]

Plan for 29 Linden from http://daibes.com/

[BLeafe]

Floor #4................



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[just watching]

We can all breath a sigh of relief once the interior walls between the units get their fireproofing per building code, fire resistant exterior walls are installed, and there is a roof over it to minimize the air flow that stokes a fire.  But right now none of these fire safety measures are in place and it is an incredible fire hazard ---  if it goes up in flames, it'll torch down half of the homes on Vanderbeck Place, to the rear.

All you need is one homeless person wandering around in there and making a little flame to keep his a_ _ warm, and it's all over.

[BLeafe]

Shoveling the roof (from 4 blocks away):


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[BLeafe]

"Fifth floor! Men's haberdashery, Conklin's corsets, and Chicken Magician memorabilia. Watch the closing doors.......and that building next door that looks like it's about to fall over."

[just watching]

I must have been wrong about the 5th floor being residential.  The top level of framing has no openings for windows.  Must be for utilities

[BLeafe]

Windiz!

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If you look closely at Leafe's March 8th photo, you'll see that there are 5 floor facing the street (north end of building), and 4 floors on the south end, which has NO SECOND FLOOR.

I wonder why such a high ceiling on the first floor, south end.

[BLeafe]

There's a fence opening there. That's where all the heavy equipment and trucks with building supplies come in.

I would think they'd have to finish all the upstairs work before completing that part of the second floor.



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[BLeafe]

The Green Monster is going gray:

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Hey, this guy is carrying the torch.  He is showing the world that there can be continued upscale development in Hackensack, WITH or WITHOUT the Recession.

So let's give credit where credit is due.  It's a great project.  And its really environmentally friendly, being almost on top of a rail station.

And we all know that the Anderson business district is hurting terribly. This will help boost it a bit, I hope.  Lots of walk-in customers from this building to the stores and eateries.

[BLeafe]

So let's give credit where credit is due.

It was just a bobservation that after many months of solid Fenway Green, the exterior color was changing.

Here's a closeup:

[BLeafe]

I recently got a roll of slides back that I shot over the Summer and liked how this came out.

The simultaneous pyrotechnics were provided by Maywood (l.) and Saddle Brook (r.). Maywood is a bit overexposed because they were in their finale. The long trail of smoke from Maywood sets off the horizon above the former Green Monster on Linden St.

The second image shows the building's current color scheme.



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