Everything about what ramftbl is asking about is posted in "CONVENIENCE STORES CONVERTING INTO LIQUOR STORES", which is currently on page 2 of this website because nobody has posted a comment there in a while.
Mr. Editor, can these columns be
merged, because they are talking about the same neighborhood
Yes, there has been significant resurgence in the quality of retail and businesses along Main Street in what is considered the Fairmount Section of Hackensack. Some would call that gentrification, but I would prefer to reserve use of that term only to describe the improvement of a neighborhood that contained abandoned properties, or was really down and out. The Fairmount Section was never downtrodden or inner city. (For instance, if the two approved luxury condo projects are ever built at State & Warren Streets, that would constitute gentrification. Other examples of gentrification would be the luxury condos under construction on Linden Street near Anderson, the new bank at Essex and East Railroad Ave, and the townhouses replacing the old Alan Party Rental).