Grove Street, Complete.
Some big changes are coming to Grove Street. A few of the changes are already clear (and by clear I mean developers have cleared the lots and demolished the existing buildings) and a few of the changes aren't quite so apparent.
The more observant of my fellow commuters, while practicing their daily PATHtubery, will have noticed the work progressing on the eastern end of the platform for a second passenger egress. That change isn't yet so apparent or even that well known outside of my friends at the NJ-ARP.
9 out of 10 dentists agree that an ADA accessible elevator at the Grove Street station would segway nicely - and also quite literally - to the Columbus Plaza project.
I can't really comment on the building until I get some more information. Originally planned to be finished 4 years ago, the Columbus project will have two towers built in two phases (the one on the sign looks to be the residential tower). The best info I can find says this will be 27 stories and 306 units. I'm a big fan of TOD (transit oriented development), and with having a direct connection to the new PATH entrance, "Columbus Plaza" will certainly qualify in my book. What it will look like, how street friendly the layout is and whether it's abated (I'm assuming it is), I can't yet comment on - but I'll keep looking.
As to the direct, interior PATH station connection - I'm cool with that. Convenient transit good, street-life killing skybridges, bad.
The other big project I know even less about. Apparently it's either a1.1 million square foot office tower or a 34-story, 523-apartment tower developed by Schenkman/Kushner Affiliates. The biggest selling point for me on this one is the proximity to Dunkin Donuts - but unlike Columbus Plaza... it looks like you'll have to step out into our chromium laden air to get on a PATH train.
If you've got more info... send it my way.
posted by PDC Ryan @ 9:14 PM
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i know it's bad urban design, but i always liked the skybridge in newark. it looks cool and i never mind going through it, especially when it is hot or cold as hell outside. nobody was going to walk on that street anyway.
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The Jersey Journal reported that Mayor Jerramiah Healy and city officials celebrated the start of construction on Grove Pointe recently.
Grove Pointe is located on Newark Avenue between Grove Street and Luis Muñoz Marin Boulevard. The 29-story building will consist of 525 luxury residential units, 67 condominiums and 458 rental apartments.
Features include an on-site swimming pool and health club, along with 535 spaces of on-site parking. On the ground floor, the building will offer 20,000 square feet of retail space, omplementing the existing retail of the historic downtown area.
The project, which is scheduled to be completed in 2007, will include the revamping of a one-block section of Newark Avenue and the triangular park area at the entrance to the Grove Street PATH station.
Grove Point is asking for significant variances from the Powerhouse Arts District Redevelopment Plan. The only reason for these variances is so that the builder can put in more/bigger units and put more cash in his pockets. Allowing these consessions will be a detriment to the area.
http://www.jerseycityvibe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=63&limit=1&limitstart=4
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