I thought they were adding an extra 3 floors

None of the old stuff is back there that can be saved?

I think the tall portion on the left is mostly original judging by the historic pic in that Jersey Digs article. Given that the buildings were converted into one, I would guess most of the rest was pretty beat up and not worth saving. We’ll see at the historic commission.

Looks mid

Nah they already got approved at the November meeting, I remember because that was The Arc tower first meeting

Building getting brought back to life, may not be a game changer or set a new standard around the world but it looks great and helps the city move another step better.

Oh? Did you hear why it looks like only the building on the left is preserved?

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No, it does not help anything. This is one of three buildings from the same developer within basically a 1-block radius. None of them are providing parking, none of them are paying any taxes, and none of them will provide any benefit to the neighborhood

I feel like in a perfect world, a kid as dedicated as you ought to have more of a voice in the city.

Kids in our school system need to be up to date on all the developments happening in the city.

High Schools ought to have developers clubs 🤔

Of course, our schools would have to actually give a fuck first. Can't expect kids to want to stay after school when you can't even provide a decent meal for em.

More development is ALWAYS good.

Could it be better, yes.

Should it be better, yes.

Is this barebones and honestly not very exciting in the grand scheme of things? Yes.

It's still needed though. Downtown dies when development ceases.

>none of them are paying any taxes

This part bothers me though. Too many developers receive tax abatements.

Parking always shouldn’t be the focal point. A walkable city is the plan. You never hear in nyc about parking being added.

agreed...thats actually a great idea!

sad that BOE budget is over a BILLION $'s and our kids are still struggling

F*ck, and I cannot stress this enough, them cars. They are within 3 blocks of 3 train lines, the PATH, the light rail, and literally dozens of bus lines. Would you rather they bulldoze it and put up a parking lot?

Property tax exists. Are they getting a PILOT? That's still money to the City. A parking lot or vacant lot provides much less money to the city. That ground floor retail will generate sales tax.

At a bare minimum, tenants buy food and drink nearby and support local business. Best case, they work local, buy local, and become part of the community.

Craziest thing is that we've had the same business administrator for around 20 years now, Valerie Wilson...

But it gets crazier, back in the 00s MTV recorded a documentary following high school kids.

One of the kids was from Newark Science, and had a HUGE issue with the lunch being served. Valerie came in as the school business administrator and made a big show to say she'd figure it out.

~20 years later in 2018, I met with her as a kid from the same school, and had the same exact complaints, (unknowing of her past record) she gave me the same spill as the other kid and promised that I'd see changes in the lunch programme.

I'm not the first to shit on administrators, but c'mon. School catering contracts don't last 20 years

Bringing in more units for people to live in so businesses can have more foot traffic other than office workers and college students who aren’t scared to walk the city streets isn’t benefiting the neighborhood

Thank you

Not mind blowing but I like it. Understated but a good step up from what it is currently.

While I greatly appreciate the renewed investment in Newark, I wish there was a focus on using the older forms of architecture present in the city. Maybe the planning board does a good enough job of this and I’m just oblivious, but Newark (and Essex County in general) just feels more authentic with the older wall-wall stuff.