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Hackensack Discussion / New Grocery Store Coming To Hackensack
« on: September 14, 2023, 05:23:40 PM »
from NorthJersey.com

HACKENSACK — A 3,500-square-foot grocery store is set to open on Main Street this fall.

Maharaja Hypermarket signed a lease for the space at 389 Main St., the ground floor of Crossroads 389, a five-story, 82-unit apartment building that opened to tenants earlier this year.

“This is a retail component that will definitely be compatible with the neighborhood and will be an adjunct to all the apartments going up,” said Anthony Cassano of NAI James E. Hanson, the commercial real estate firm that negotiated the lease. “People won’t have to drive. On their way home they can stop at the grocery store to pick up dinner and walk to their apartment."

Hundreds of new apartment units have recently been built or are under construction or planned near the building, which sits in the center of Hackensack’s downtown, on Main Street between Passaic and Ward streets.

Maharaja Hypermarket will be a full-service grocery store, Cassano said. The company has previously served as a wholesale supplier for other grocery stores, he said.

“This will help apartment building tenants wanting to avail themselves of its services, and it helps the city have fewer car trips and less congestion” by contributing to a more walkable downtown, he said. “I think it adds a needed component to the redevelopment in the area.”

Cassano, a vice president of the firm, represented the landlord, Sonehan Clinton Court Urban Renewal LLC, and the tenant, Primwayone LLC, in the deal.

There is no opening date set, but Cassano said the business hopes it will be within the next two months.

The Hampshire Companies, which constructed the mixed-use building in a joint venture with Cannon Hill, is currently building a 270-unit development at 321 Main St. that will be complete next year, and it is expected to begin construction of a 40-unit building at 295 Main St. later this year.

The company is also working with Russo Development on building the Print House, a riverfront development at the former headquarters of The Record that will eventually feature 653 units and 40,000 square feet of retail space spread across five buildings when construction is complete.




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I guess as long as they'll put up the Tribute in Light from the WTC site, I'll be shooting it.

1. I didn't think I'd even get to see it when I took this picture at 7:15pm. Between the departing storm clouds and the ones coming from the PSE&G facility in Ridgefield, it wasn't looking very likely.

2. There was still considerable lightning going on behind Manhattan around 7:30pm.

3. Shortly after, however, the Tribute in Light was visible/shootable at around 8:15. The Main-Berry-State-Camden project was now partially in the way.

4. Might as well include the project, its crane and the PSE&G clouds too for 2023 authenticity.


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He wasn't one of my faves and I'd be hard-pressed to name a song of his other than "Margaritaville", but he was loved by a lot of people my age.

I never got to see him in concert, but he DID pop up one day in 1979 at a Robert Klein Radio Hour taping that I was shooting at RCA Studios in Manhattan.

People magazine liked the combination of him, Klein, Peter Tosh and John Oates (of Hall & Oates) together and ran the shot in their 9-17-79 issue.

Below:

1. The yellowed, 44-year-old People magazine page with other stories/images blacked-out

2. A de-yellowed People mag page that Robert Klein signed a few weeks later


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I saw..........something.........going on at the Middle School soccer pitch today, but I don't know what to call it.

A few tables/stations were set up here and there, a tent-like structure was seen that said "Parisian Beauty Academy" on it, occasional cheering was heard and 3 bodyless heads were getting their hair done.

Last 2 pictures: I saw an odd relay race that involved two teams, sponges and buckets of water (and while it was going on, I think some contestants in a 3-legged race strolled by).

Here's what Google says:

Sponge Water Relay Race – You’ll need two buckets full of water and two sponges. Divide the players into two teams. On “Go”, one player from each team soaks up as much water as possible into sponge and carries it to another bucket, squeezes out the water and runs back to hand the sponge to the next player. The team that fills their empty bucket to a pre-determined point first wins.


And here's what it looked like:


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This occurred last Monday, July 31, when it was low in the sky (and orange). It was full the next night.

The rare "blue moon" - "once in a blue moon" (which isn't blue) - is on August 30. All "blue moon" means is that it's the second full moon in the calendar month.

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OK - as I wrote to everyone I sent this to:


This one's a monster! (take small bites)



https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=18777





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Events & Calendar / Your Fourth of July plans (according to State St)
« on: July 02, 2023, 09:30:50 PM »



(Assuming that it doesn't rain, chances are that the fireworks will NOT start at 4pm)





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