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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #225 on: October 01, 2016, 06:42:23 PM »
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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #226 on: October 03, 2016, 09:59:49 PM »
They are digging way more pilings, and for much longer time than anyone wanted.  I wonder if they are able to hit solid bedrock to build this tower.  They might be hitting rock 150 or 200 feet down, but maybe it's loose stones and not real bedrock capable off supporting a high rise.

 I am starting to wonder if the entire project might be in jeopardy due to the geology.

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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #227 on: October 04, 2016, 09:10:26 AM »
Issue with neighbor's building.  They are working to resolve.  Should be up and running again in 2-3 weeks.


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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #228 on: October 04, 2016, 02:40:14 PM »
Somebody is losing a lot of money on this project.

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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #231 on: December 15, 2016, 02:47:15 PM »
Any idea of the height of the residential aspect?

Why the need for a parking garage when there's a municipal lot right across the street? Much of the revenue from that lot comes from monthly space rent for the vehicles of the social workers at Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare, plus the company's vans that they use to transport their disadvantaged clients every morning and afternoon. CBH is in that wraparound yellow-brick building that fronts Main, Ward and State streets.

It's also Lot 11 in the rehab plan, so if CBH goes, so does all that revenue - I'm guessing that's about 75 spaces' worth.
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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #232 on: December 15, 2016, 04:48:26 PM »
Probably five feet higher than your tripod extended.

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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #233 on: December 16, 2016, 10:00:02 AM »
The below image gives me the bad news.

Unless they chop off 3 floors, there goes my view (and photography) of the river.  :(


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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #234 on: December 16, 2016, 03:26:48 PM »
Ol'Homer doesn't think you need to worry for a few more years.

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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #235 on: December 17, 2016, 01:55:08 PM »
I appreciate that, Homie.

Now if I could just unsee that article............

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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #238 on: January 18, 2017, 02:58:22 PM »
there should be absolutely NO trees planted on the Salem St side of the 240 main st project.   the street is way too narrow to begin with and every truck will hit the trees as they are moving in the lane. 

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Re: Area in need of Rehabilitation
« Reply #239 on: January 18, 2017, 11:00:00 PM »
Speaking of narrow streets  - and as someone who drove up and down two-way Main St a million times in the 60s and 70s - I think it might not be a great idea to go back to two-way again because Main St will become very narrow again.

With only one lane to work with - the one you're in - there would be no way around any unloading trucks or thoughtless people who insist on double-parking for "just a minute" (or three) to snag an about-to-be-vacated space, pick someone up/drop someone off or load the trunk with a companion's purchases.

The most frequent impediment all those years ago was innocent people trying to parallel-park into metered spaces. If you're behind them today, you can jump into the other lane and go around them, but everything stops dead with two-way, which will bring us back to the same frustrating mess that made some people start to avoid Hackensack back then.

I would think that the change to one-way on both Main and State was a way to alleviate the traffic on Main by putting a good chunk of it on State. One-way was a welcome relief from the hassle of driving on Main St. Two-way also means that the number of buses and bus stops will double to accommodate the new southbound traffic that now runs on State St.

I hope the powers-that-be will thoroughly think this through. The statement that "other towns don't do it" doesn't mean we can't be the first - especially if it makes traffic run more smoothly.
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