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[SHUHoopsFan]

Cory Booker was viewed as the antithesis to Sharpe James but sought highest political position asap

In SHU terms, Tommy Amaker to George Blaney.

 

[Halldan1]

I'll be transferring this thread to Life Off The Ship soon as it has now become a political conversation

 

[pokeyshu]

Sadly I disagree with you. Newark was a city on the rise when the built the PAC in the 90s. Newark was a city on the rise when they built the Prudential Center in 2007. Now they have the Mars building. Hoboken, Jersey City have been able to build up drastically in that time by taking a small section and building it up. Newark hasn’t followed that philosophy through. They do something nice once every 10 years to continue to say they’re doing something. When there’s a true police presence on Broad St from the PAC to the Prudential 24/7 I’ll start believing Newark is going in the right direction. There’s so much potential for a mile of restaurants, shops, hotels, etc but that potential has been there for 10 years and nothing has been done to entice businesses to open up down there. I will get excited about the school system when people living in Morristown type areas who work in NYC choose to move to Newark and put their kids in that school systm and have a shorter commute to work.

To compare Hoboken to Newark is a bit unfair from the start, The Geographic size for one literally Hoboken is about a mile square, as they say, With that being said, there will be areas in Newark that will take much longer to come back if they ever do. I lived in all three, Hoboken in at the start of the booster rocket stage from '94 to about '03, JC '03-'07 and Newark in 12. There is way more upside in Newark, Hoboken has no more room and is an infrastructure nightmare, JC really doesn't have a concentrated vibrant bar/restaurant area. Grove St is close but not really. JSQ surprised me, last time I was there in '19. The Heights I call the Appalachia of Jersey.
Now for Newark, there are 3 areas primed to take off, Iron Bound, Ferry Street is exactly lined as Washington street was in the early '90s. Also, the commute is equal to or shorter than from Hoboken and a dollar cheaper, NJT runs 3 lines from Penn to Penn. Also, the University Heights/Historic James street area has a lot of new fresh business coming in. Lastly, Forest Hill has some freaking gorgeous homes and the park which was designed by the sons of the Central Park designer.
If they would tear down both the Colonade and Pavilion complexes and start from scratch, they were cursed with opening about a year before the riots and never stood a chance after that. Inside they're beautiful but their exteriors are insufferable to look at. However, both are relatively close to the Broad St. Station which makes the locations pretty desirable.
One of the major infrastructure improvements they need to make is in the light rail. I swear to god I can outrun it and I smoke and have extremely short legs.
Can the whole town comeback in one swoop, of course not. Then need to have town revitalization plan and have a step by step plan for the future. Sadly one of the longest to comeback will be the Vailsburg area as there is no train station close.