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Ironboundian t1_j7kmqzs wrote

Reply to comment by Marv95 in My thoughts on the Arc Tower Meeting by DrixxYBoat

One Theater Square was decreased in size due to economics, not the historic comission.

"Conceived in 2005 to have 28 stories, the project was later revised to reach 44 stories, and then re-drawn again for 22 stories."

https://www.nj.com/essex/2018/10/newark_rising_22-story_tower_opens_in_brick_city.html

and

"Lawrence P. Goldman, former NJPAC CEO who leads the arts center’s redevelopment corporation, said the continuing economic slump has both delayed and forced a downsizing of One Theater Square."

https://www.nj.com/essex/2012/09/high-rise_near_njpac_in_newark.html

I'm not saying the Landmarks Comission is perfect....but it's unfair to say they had anything to do with the final size of the NJPAC tower

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Kalebxtentacion t1_j7kz1z8 wrote

I wonder why the tower was downsized, I originally thought the city just didn’t want tall buildings. The funny thing is if the tower was 44 stories that would had been the jump start for a new wave of taller development, but now we got halo and hopefully arc for that now.

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Ironboundian t1_j7l1vm0 wrote

The Articles are clear that the reason it was downsided was due to economics. That likely means that the cost of construction at the time and given the rents at the time did not justify all those additional units all that additional steel and glass and so forth.

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