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VroomRutabaga t1_iymkvd3 wrote

It has nothing to do with the community. Neither the height which casts a shadow. It’s fugly as hell. And it’s not affordable for anyone in the community.

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sutisuc t1_iymmrlt wrote

The best is the city council gave them tax abatements after they already started building it.

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effort268 OP t1_iymtp6i wrote

Yeah that was the worst part!! City Hall is selling out

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Atuk-77 t1_iymvob1 wrote

That’s a stretch with many factory jobs shutting down, the community have found jobs with higher wages in construction and driving industries. However, the main reason for this building is to attract young professionals.

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Echos_myron123 t1_iyquosd wrote

What are you talking about? There haven't been factories in the Ironbound for decades and no, deindustrialization did not lead to better wages in other industries for the majority of the working class.

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sutisuc t1_iyyzqry wrote

Which factories are you referring to?

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Newarkguy1836 t1_izrea5w wrote

You don't grow the city population by moving people from one block of the city to another. Development is meant to increase the population. The city used to have close to half a million residents. The city fathers built an infrastructure to support 1 million people because the expected to expand Newark into all of Essex County. But lo and behold racist anti Italian and anti Irish bigotry dominating the 19th century NJ legislature passed laws to prohibit Newark, Camden & JC from growing further and introduced the dead end obstacle & referendum process to annexations. Newark has the same square mileage as Manhattan. Obviously Newark is not going to get manhattanized, but it can easily support half a million.

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