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kzapwn t1_je2ktvw wrote
And the rendering wasn’t even going to be on the building, it was a placeholder. Sad
ScrollHectic t1_je2xzwz wrote
where can the rendering be viewed?
kzapwn t1_je2zbop wrote
Idk it was mentioned in the article
sprocketrevolt t1_je2zdvw wrote
I really need to see this rendering now.
Ironboundian t1_je33bmo wrote
It can be viewed here. It’s on page 7 of the drawings. https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1nEOdHmdin-15Ir1melldfZhZj7gltqmp/1ZYJpZ81wO_nsO8f9EXO_35-qdbYBh53Z?sort=13&direction=a
Ironboundian t1_je33g72 wrote
Here is the link. Page 7 of the drawing which is the second PDF. https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1nEOdHmdin-15Ir1melldfZhZj7gltqmp/1ZYJpZ81wO_nsO8f9EXO_35-qdbYBh53Z?sort=13&direction=a
thebruns t1_je3k9hb wrote
Wait they were going to keep that super ugly sliding covering the building?
Brudesandwich t1_je3ob27 wrote
This is so stupid at this point with marijuana objections. Just old farts that need to move to Florida already. If anything I'm more offended by him naming it after a neighborhood in Queens and not Newark or NJ
LateNightNewYork t1_je3pz51 wrote
Heaven forbid you could buy weed at Broad and Market.
Raed-wulf t1_je3qz1x wrote
It’s a large format illustration collage of a white woman with red lips rolling a joint. It’s the kind of thing that is only sexually evocative for those who are repressed.
sutisuc t1_je40vgw wrote
It is the shame of this state that we still don’t have a marijuana dispensary in either of our two biggest cities after all this talk of correcting historic injustices of targeting black and brown folks in the war on drugs.
Echos_myron123 t1_je4d11r wrote
Oh heavens me oh my, a marijuana lounge in our fair city?! I do declare.
sprocketrevolt t1_je4rln8 wrote
Last night on the way home someone asked me if I wanted to buy some. I was shocked cuz it was probably the first time in I dunno how long it was weed and not heroin or something being offered to me.
sprocketrevolt t1_je4rsey wrote
If that offends you, well, I have even worse news…
It appears it’s actually named for the town in Oregon where the first location opened. 🙈
sprocketrevolt t1_je4so4q wrote
This is wild. As far as I can see, it’s just a Lichtenstein-like pop art image of someone rollin’ up and smoking. People are weird.
Brudesandwich t1_je4wazb wrote
Mysticpoisen t1_je53tga wrote
Always funny how they throw out the coke and heroin first, and then sheepishly offer weed when you refuse.
Sonofabitchmf t1_je5b9mh wrote
felsonj t1_je5e9l4 wrote
What’s offensive is an officious, overbearing government that caters to the whims of a few busybodies. This is outrageous.
lookingtocolor t1_je5xyc4 wrote
Why does a non tax paying entity have any input that is that heavily considered?
recnilcram t1_je636jg wrote
As someone who works in cannabis planning, this is going to court if the dispensary's lawyer is worth anything.
2 reasons cited for denial: offensive sign imagery and proximity to a church.
The applicant clarified the images were illustrative and not proposed, and that no such illicit images would be used.
The city has the ability to include a buffer from sensitive uses (e.g. churches) for cannabis uses. The fact that this was at the Planning Board and not the Zoning Board indicates that there is no buffer / they comply with it.
Therefore, the cited reasons for denial are not based in variances from the zoning code, so there is no basis for the denial.
thebruns t1_je6nwe1 wrote
Our tax dollars down the drain
PungentSkunk t1_je6rtxw wrote
Negative! Definitely have plans to improve it….
PungentSkunk t1_je6rzt0 wrote
It was a placeholder—wild hill to die on….
madsheb OP t1_je2k1d2 wrote
"Newark’s Central Planning Board stomped on a lot of buzzes Monday night, denying an application by Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon to open a cannabis lounge a block from the Prudential Center arena after church elders protested and one board member complained that the rendering was offensive." (Subscriber Access Restricted)