"BRICK CITY" THE OFFICIAL NEWARK DISCUSSION THREAD

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Im posting this from Newark right now.

Just prayed Asr salaat at Masjid Al Rahma.

Now Im posting this from Mon Berger African Halal joint.

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Hill Manor was my old hang out spot... my boy used to fugg with a stripper he met a World Paradise in Irvington... we used to go ever there and smoke with her stripper friends. b.u.t at the same time be like
:whew: everytime that door knocked...
 

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Hill Manor was my old hang out spot... my boy used to fugg with a stripper he met a World Paradise in Irvington... we used to go ever there and smoke with her stripper friends. b.u.t at the same time be like
:whew: everytime that door knocked...
Yeah. It can happen to you in there with everyone watching.
 

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Stadium developer reveals design for vast mixed-use project
Updated on July 31, 2017 at 2:34 PMPosted on July 31, 2017 at 7:30 AM


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NEWARK -- The site now occupied by Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium will be a 24/7 community of apartments, office, retail and entertainment spaces comprised of three "blocks" designed by separate architects and surrounding a 1.5-acre courtyard, according to the developer.

"It's going to be amazing," said Ben Korman, founder and CEO of Manhattan-based Lotus Equity Group, which will tear down the stadium and build the 2.3-million-square-foot mixed-use project.

Lotus closed on a deal in November to purchase the former home of the defunct Newark Bears minor league baseball team from Essex County for $23.5 million.

The Bears folded in 2014, 15 years after the stadium was built at a cost of $34 million using public financing, leaving Essex taxpayers on the hook for $2 million a year in debt payments.

Too many seats were empty even during Bears home games, and the red brick stadium at the corner of Orange and Broad Streets has been largely vacant ever since, other than the occasional NJIT, Rutgers-Newark, or high school baseball game.

The city declared the 8-acre stadium site as an area in need of redevelopment, and designated Lotus as the developer for the job.

In a recent interview with NJ Advance Media, Korman said he hoped to have submitted final plans to the city and begun work by the end of 2018, with a roughly 3-year construction period that would mean residents and businesses could begin moving in sometime around the winter of 2021-22. Korman said he did not have a cost estimate for the project.

Korman said Lotus had hired three renowned architectural firms to design distinct "blocks" of the complex: PAU, a firm headed by Vishaan Chakrabarti and recognized for its work project including the High Line, Lower Manhattan after 9/11, and the

proposed new Pennsylvania Station; Michael Green Architecture, or MGA, known for its "mass timber" construction; and Ten Arquitectos, the New York and Mexico City-based team of architect Enrique Norten. A fourth firm, Minno & Wasko Architects and
Planners is the architect of record, a veteran of city and state projects with offices in Newark.


Korman said the project will include 1,400 apartments.

Korman said the project would also include a 400,000-square-foot office tower marketed to technology firms, taking advantage of the city's growing reputation as a tech hub. Korman is also a partner in C&K Properties, which 11 years ago acquired 2 Gateway Center, the first building to contract with the city's Newark Fiber public-private venture launched last year to provide internet access to its tenants.

In some ways, Korman said the stadium project is a reaction to the Gateway office complex, which was built amid a climate of anxiety in the aftermath of Newark's 1967 violence and has been criticized as insular and uninviting to anyone but the people who work there.

By contrast, Korman said, the new project would invite the city in, with its large, open courtyard -- "the piazza," he called it -- accommodating open air markets, galleries and even film screenings, all open to the general public.

"These are different times," Korman said.

The complex will also include 120,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, mainly intended for small or medium-sized shops and restaurants. And there will be an entertainment venue that Korman said would be comparable to Brooklyn Bowl, the 600-capacity concert hall and bowling ally in that borough's Williamsburg section.

Those kinds of uses, Korman said, will encourage pedestrian traffic from inside and outside of the complex. And, he said, the complex will also generate street life along McCarter Highway on its northern edge, across from the Passaic River, an area now bereft of almost any commercial activity, pedestrian-oriented or otherwise.

"The thought was also that, not only should it be housing for the city of Newark, but it should also also have commercial activity on the site," Korman said. "It should be an asset that should be embraced by the people that live in Newark and it should be embraced by the people who love Newark and work in it."

He said residents and workers at the stadium project would be likely to take advantage of downtown Newark's budding restaurant district around Halsey Street, as well as downtown's new Whole Foods supermarket and cultural institutions including the Newark Museum, NJPAC and Prudential Center arena.

Many would commute via NJ Transit's Broad Street Station accessible from the complex not by an elevated walkway, but by crossing Broad Street. For those who drive, 2,000 parking spaces would be created in decks at the base of the complex's buildings.
Korman said Lotus had hired three renowned architectural firms to design distinct "blocks" of the complex: PAU, a firm headed by Vishaan Chakrabarti and recognized for its work project including the High Line, Lower Manhattan after 9/11, and the proposed new Pennsylvania Station; Michael Green Architecture, or MGA, known for its "mass timber" construction; and Ten Arquitectos, the New York and Mexico City-based team of architect Enrique Norten. A fourth firm, Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners is the architect of record, a veteran of city and state projects with offices in Newark.




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Korman said the project will include 1,400 apartments.

Korman said the project would also include a 400,000-square-foot office tower marketed to technology firms, taking advantage of the city's growing reputation as a tech hub. Korman is also a partner in C&K Properties, which 11 years ago acquired 2 Gateway Center, the first building to contract with the city's Newark Fiber public-private venture launched last year to provide internet access to its tenants.

In some ways, Korman said the stadium project is a reaction to the Gateway office complex, which was built amid a climate of anxiety in the aftermath of Newark's 1967 violence and has been criticized as insular and uninviting to anyone but the people who work there.

By contrast, Korman said, the new project would invite the city in, with its large, open courtyard -- "the piazza," he called it -- accommodating open air markets, galleries and even film screenings, all open to the general public.

"These are different times," Korman said.

The complex will also include 120,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, mainly intended for small or medium-sized shops and restaurants. And there will be an entertainment venue that Korman said would be comparable to Brooklyn Bowl, the 600-capacity concert hall and bowling ally in that borough's Williamsburg section.

Those kinds of uses, Korman said, will encourage pedestrian traffic from inside and outside of the complex. And, he said, the complex will also generate street life along McCarter Highway on its northern edge, across from the Passaic River, an area now bereft of almost any commercial activity, pedestrian-oriented or otherwise.

"The thought was also that, not only should it be housing for the city of Newark, but it should also also have commercial activity on the site," Korman said. "It should be an asset that should be embraced by the people that live in Newark and it should be embraced by the people who love Newark and work in it."

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He said residents and workers at the stadium project would be likely to take advantage of downtown Newark's budding restaurant district around Halsey Street, as well as downtown's new Whole Foods supermarket and cultural institutions including the Newark Museum, NJPAC and Prudential Center arena.

Many would commute via NJ Transit's Broad Street Station accessible from the complex not by an elevated walkway, but by crossing Broad Street. For those who drive, 2,000 parking spaces would be created in decks at the base of the complex's buildings.
 

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RIP to the Legend Kaboobie!

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While you slept overnight, the family, friends, and thousands in the Newark community remembered the life of a longtime Newark resident, father, godfather, uncle, and prince to scores of children around the city who looked up to "Kaboobie" for decades.

Mr. James Edward "Kaboobie" Sedwick, 84, made his transition on Monday morning at around 7:33 am after a brief illness according to a statement made on Facebook live by a family friend and Goddaughter.

Honored two years ago by Mayor Ras Baraka as a tireless leader in the community that many -including himself- has grown to know and respect.

A sporting event around the city or county wasn't the usual if Kaboobie wasn't there and did not have the best seat in the house, cheering on and encouraging NJ's best athletes from around the region.

Kaboobies's relentless love for Newark's children pushed him daily to participate in humanitarian efforts to assist countless residents by purchasing clothing, offering scholarships, feeding the hungry, and being a mentor for those in need.

A skilled and savvy entrepreneur, Kaboobie was once known for decades in Newark as the "Lollipop Man" as he sold the sweet treats during sporting events around the city in which he expanded to sell other goods.

Kaboobie returned thousands of dollars made during this endeavor back to the community as aid to scores of the needy and those that just couldn't make ends meet.



"He never met a kid that he didn't help. No one could gauge how many tuitions he paid, how many pairs of sneakers he bought, snow cones and lollipops he gave away to kids or home many rents he paid for people in need. Kaboobie loved Newark, and he adored the people of Newark".

The residents saluted Kaboobie as a true "community man" and a real Southside -Shabazz High School Bulldog- fan last night. Although Newark residents knew how much he loved Shabazz High School, Kaboobie supported and attended events in every Newark High School residents said.

"He never missed our games and always made his way to the first row where we could hear him. He always gave credit when credit was due" Kaboobies's Goddaughter said.

A resident in Newark's South Ward said "growing up in the 70's and 80's, if you attended and high school events, rain or shine, "The Lollipop Man" was in the building. Kaboobie was always a positive force for the kids and a Newark icon.

Funeral arrangements for Kaboobie are pending.

Our staff sends heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Kaboobie as we thank him for assisting our RLS Media Sports broadcasting team while they were out televising NJ High School sports for many years.

A Decades Long Champion for Newark's Children, Athletes Dies
 

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Shots fired by Branch Brook park last night, where they were having the basketball tournaments at smh


Gunfire Rang Out Overnight Near Newark Park
Aug 10 2017 - 5:14am


Authorities in Newark are investigating a shooting that occurred near a park in the city last night.

Over hundred people attending an outdoor basketball game scrambled for safety after hearing several rounds of gunfire that rang out near the Clifton Avenue side of Branch Brook Park at around 9:30 pm.

A video that surfaced on the internet of the incident showed the panicked crowd and referees run for their lives from the basketball court shortly after halftime of the game when, what appeared to be gunfire, was heard in the area.

Police units arrived at the scene where they began to search for injured victims and shell casings on and around the basketball courts.



Officers canvassing the area did not locate anyone struck by gunfire and are attempting to determine the exact motive for the shooting. It is not clear where the shooters were or whom they were aiming. The video did not show a person with a gun.

Police have not confirmed if the basketball game had anything to do with the shooting.

The investigation is active and ongoing.
 

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Amazon is interested in putting another one of their HQ in North America, some believe Newark is a candidate for that:
Why Newark could be perfect for Amazon's new headquarters

New York, San Francisco and Denver have all been heralded as the best city for Amazon’s new second headquarters, HQ2. "

But what about Newark?

Yes, the city in New Jersey. The state, like many others trying to land the estimated 50,000 new jobs and $5 billion in investment, plans to submit a bid by the Oct. 19 deadline. And Newark is the state’s best chance of winning. If you peruse Amazon’s eight-page request for proposals, Newark meets all the minimum criteria outlined.

New Jersey’s largest city is accessible to tech talent (it’s home to New Jersey Institute of Technology, abuts Rutgers University, is about 60 minutes away from Princeton University, and is a brief commute from New York City’s major academic institutions), has an airport and several other transit links (train lines, interstate highways and ports), and maybe most importantly, has affordable shovel-ready sites for the eventual 8 million-square-foot, $5 billion complex that would rival Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. "

“Newark has a world-class port and a depth of resources,” says Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, former New Jersey state treasurer who wrote an opinion piece earlier this week touting Newark’s worthiness. “At the same time, it does not have the kinds of pricing pressures [real estate and living costs] that would be a barrier somewhere else.”

Mini Amazon campus already exists
Amazon already has a foothold in Newark. In 2008, Amazon acquired Newark-based Audible, an online seller of audiobooks, for $300 million. It has since maintained the subsidiary’s headquarters there. In fact, Audible is redeveloping a historic church in the city for its new home.

And that’s just a fraction of Amazon’s presence in New Jersey. The company has taken more space there than in neighboring states New York or Connecticut. In the past five years, Amazon has built more than 5 million square feet of warehousing/distribution space and has 13,000 full-time employees in New Jersey, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Services.


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Total square footage of Amazon facilities in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. [Sources: Moody’s Investors Service, Amazon Press Releases]
While Newark is located north of these Amazon facilities, it could be an ideal location because it is going through somewhat of a revitalization. (In the past, Newark has been plagued by crime, poverty and high unemployment.) Some $2 billion worth of real estate development, including 2,000 units of housing, is planned or underway in the city.

Among those projects is developer Lotus Equity Group’s redevelopment of the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, which will be transformed into an 8-acre mixed-use project with office and housing. "

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Rendering of Lotus Equity Group’s mixed-use project at Bears & Eagles Stadium in Newark, N.J. [Image credit: PAU]
Ben Korman, CEO and founder of Lotus, has been speaking to the city of Newark to possibly become the centerpiece of the Newark’s bid. Lotus’s plans for 500,000 square feet of office space could accommodate Amazon’s first phase for HQ2."

“Newark has tremendous infrastructure,” said Korman “There are quite a few sites available that are positioned well for being a tech campus.”

Amazon HQ2 would give Newark a much-needed boost as developers like Korman help the city become a 24/7 community. Most believe the local government would be willing to provide generous, competitive tax incentives to lure the company. Currently, a few major companies, Panasonic Corp of North America ‘s headquarters, Public Service Enterprise Group and Prudential Financial, call the city home."

Dark horse or longshot
But while Newark scores high when it comes to transit (United Airlines’ hub is at Newark International Airport with direct flights to Seattle) and some would argue access to tech talent, the city is not seen as a real contender.  " data-reactid="81" style="margin-top: 0.8em;">But while Newark scores high when it comes to transit (United Airlines’ hub is at Newark International Airport with direct flights to Seattle) and some would argue access to tech talent, the city is not seen as a real contender.

“Amazon will end up picking a city where young people want to live, like Manhattan,” says Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at NYU Stern School of Business. “The reality is Newark has a bad brand.”

While Whole Foods Market recently opened in Newark and celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson will debut a restaurant there, Newark as The New York Times recently put it, “has been a symbol of America’s decaying cities for decades.

Perhaps an Amazon headquarters is just what Newark needs to revitalize its image.
 

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Congressman: Reinvent Newark with Amazon - and $5B investment | Opinion

Congressman Payne is an advocate for Amazon HQ2 in Newark

By Donald M. Payne, Jr.

This summer marked the 50th anniversary of the Newark riots. To many, that's the beginning and end of our story. I know better.

Newark and Newarkers are tirelessly fighting to rejuvenate the city's economy, reinvest in our neighborhoods, and reinvent our city. Progress has been slower than hoped, but undeniably steady.

Newark is ready for its next big step.

On Sept. 7, Amazon launched a search for its second headquarters. The project is expected to come with $5 billion of investment into the selected city and bring up to 50,000 high-paying jobs. Newark and New Jersey are uniquely situated to submit a competitive bid for the project because of our robust transportation and freight infrastructure, world-class universities, and proximity to New York City (but with real estate at a fraction of the price).

RELATED: Yahoo finance editor: Newark could be perfect for Amazon

In its Request for Proposal, Amazon articulates a number of priorities for its host city that Newark meets or exceeds. Let's go down the list:

* A metro area of one million or more people. Newark is the second largest city in a metro of over 23 million people, the largest metro area in the country.

* A business-friendly environment. Two Fortune 500 companies already call Newark home - Prudential Financial and PSEG. Prudential has been headquartered in Newark from its founding over 140 years ago to the present day. Audible, an Amazon subsidiary and the world's largest producer of downloadable audiobooks, is based here, along with Panasonic's American subsidiary.

* A place with an ability to attract strong technical talent. The city of Newark houses the state's paramount technical university, NJIT. Also within the city, we have Rutgers University's Newark campus. Within an hour of Newark are four of the country's oldest and most distinguished universities - Rutgers-New Brunswick, Princeton, Columbia, and NYU. Building relationships with these top universities will create a pipeline of strong talent. An investment in Newark is an investment in these students.

* A site within 30 miles of the region's population center, 45 minutes of an international airport, 2 miles of major highways and arterial roads, and with direct access to mass transit. Newark is less than ten miles from Manhattan. It houses one of the nation's busiest airports - Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) - within the city proper. Newark is bisected by several major interstates, including: twelve lanes of I-95, the primary north-south corridor on the East Coast; I-280, a spur of I-80 that connects New Jersey to the San Francisco Bay Area; and I-78, which is a major trucking route. Finally, Newark is heavily integrated into the region's extensive mass transit network.

What truly sets Newark apart is its unique confluence of passenger and freight infrastructure that is critical to a company as concerned with supply chain efficiency as Amazon.

In addition to EWR, which saw over 40 million passengers and almost 750,000 tons of cargo last year, the city has the East Coast's busiest seaport. The dredging of the Newark Bay and the raising of the Bayonne Bridge are complete. New Panamax ships capable of carrying loads more than double the old standard can now call to Port Newark-Elizabeth.

Newark has a density of transit options downtown that should be the envy of cities of every size. Six of North Jersey's nine commuter rail lines stop at one of Newark's two downtown stations - Newark Broad Street Station and Newark Penn Station.

RELATED: Ex-N.J. treasurer: Amazon and Newark could be perfect together

Over one hundred Amtrak trains service Newark Penn Station daily, including Amtrak's premier Acela Express service, connecting Newark with Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Newark Penn has 24/7 service to Manhattan on PATH rapid transit lines, and the Newark to World Trade Center line will be extended to EWR in the coming years, opening up the city's south ward to new transit-oriented development. Two light rail lines and over thirty bus lines service downtown.


Fifty years after the riots, Newark has come a long way. Businesses have returned to the city. Regardless of Amazon's choice, I am confident about Newark's future. Newark is the city I was born and raised in, and it is the city where I raised my family.

The factories and many of the industrial jobs that helped build Newark left and likely won't return. In their place, a new economy has developed making Newark one of the nation's premier centers for the transportation, logistics, and distribution industries.

Newark and New Jersey have a once in a generation opportunity to attract a company of Amazon's size and caliber, and we should seize it. We should let the last, sometimes halting, fifty years of progress serve as merely prelude to a bright new era for our city. This is the moment to culminate the reinvention of Newark.
 

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That actually would make a lot of sense, I could see them gutting out downtown (Bears Stadium area) or out by Frelinghuysen. I'm likely gonna move back in a few years to get my first/second home in Newark proper.

edit: I didn't realize they already have plans for the stadium, about time
 

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That actually would make a lot of sense, I could see them gutting out downtown (Bears Stadium area) or out by Frelinghuysen. I'm likely gonna move back in a few years to get my first/second home in Newark proper.

edit: I didn't realize they already have plans for the stadium, about time

There is a massive project to build new skyscraping building between Market and Washington Street that is at least 10 years away with proper financing. Here some early rendering from a few years ago
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Like I said will take at least a decade, but winning Amazon HQ2 RFP might expedite the financing and allow construction to begin by 2020.
 
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There is a massive project to build new skyscraping building between Market and Washington Street that is at least 10 years away with proper financing. Here some early rendering from a few years ago
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Like I said will take at least a decade, but winning Amazon HQ2 RFP might expedite the financing and allow construction to begin to begin by 2020.

If they construct this right by the Whole Foods near Military Park. Game over. :whoo:
 

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There is a massive project to build new skyscraping building between Market and Washington Street that is at least 10 years away with proper financing. Here some early rendering from a few years ago
tower%20cover%20image.jpg

Millennium-Project.jpg

Final.v2dbox_newark_masterplan_final02.jpg.jpg


Like I said will take at least a decade, but winning Amazon HQ2 RFP might expedite the financing and allow construction to begin to begin by 2020.

They really should retrofit all of the buildings on Broad, Market and Halsey to raise them, I wouldn't have a prob with them getting rid of those little storefronts, it's weird they're building so high all around it. I'd love to get one of those brownstones but Rutgers/NJIT damn near owns them all :dry:.
 
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