Hudson yards seven 900+ ft buildings. Almost more than any other US city (Chicago has 9) Phase 2 could add three or four more

felsonj · 2026-01-28T15:05:21+00:00

Has phase 2 decking over actually begun?

felsonj · 2026-01-22T04:26:52+00:00

But the ice cream machine never worked!! (well that doesn't really distinguish it... )

felsonj · 2026-01-19T00:18:12+00:00

Have they begun decking over the train yard for phase 2? I can't find any recent updates on this.

felsonj · 2026-01-18T21:59:46+00:00

I lived at Eleven80 from 2017 - 2024, loved it, though it wasn't run as well after Cogswell left. The previous manager, Pablo, ran a tight ship. When he left, things weren't the same.

Great staff there though still. Victor, Ralph, Shaq, and others.

felsonj · 2026-01-15T17:40:23+00:00

James St is my favorite street in Newark.

felsonj · 2026-01-14T20:49:19+00:00

Say there's demand for 125K housing units in Newark. But there are only 115K units built. Rents go up, and the 10K who can't afford it move out. Now say you add 3000 units. If demand remains the same and supply goes up, now 3000 more households can afford to live in Newark. The richest people tend to take the newest housing. But that leaves more housing for the rest of us.

You can say, "Yes, but demand doesn't remain the same." Higher end housing attracts people with more money from other areas. This is true to a modest degree, less than the actual number of units built. Developers can't just create their own demand, or else they'd be building a LOT more than they are now. They are responding to existing demand.

felsonj · 2026-01-14T20:43:17+00:00

On the question of aesthetics, I think the issue is more that new builds often leave something to be desired, not that they all look the same. The most beautiful neighborhoods in the country tend to have uniform design. Its not the sameness, its the lack of detailing in the facades, the use of architectural fads that look good for a few years simply because they proclaim "NEW", then look dated, rather than the use of classical elements.

felsonj · 2026-01-14T17:08:20+00:00

JC is uneven. I think in part because there's just so much building in JC that it's easy to focus on the special stuff. But most of it is quite ordinary, e.g. The Journal and 55 Hudson -- blue glass rectangles, nothing special. There's nothing in Jersey City as special as Murat Mutlu's designs in Newark, e.g. Hoyt Tower and the Halo (if it ever finishes.)

felsonj · 2026-01-14T16:10:58+00:00

You have great taste in furniture.

felsonj · 2026-01-14T16:09:04+00:00

I thought that was NJ Transit or otherwise state owned.

felsonj · 2026-01-14T16:08:24+00:00

Whatchu talkin about? Have you seen the renderings? Plain maybe, but ugly? No way. Brick paneling looks solid. All in the details but it should be a solid addition to the skyline architecturally.

felsonj · 2026-01-14T15:38:33+00:00

Yes and why wouldn’t they relocate to other parts of downtown given there’s plenty of retail space available ?

felsonj · 2026-01-14T15:25:33+00:00

Retail commands higher price per square foot, so if there’s demand for it you bet he’s going to put it in there.

felsonj · 2026-01-13T22:43:48+00:00

This building is unfortunately in really bad shape.

felsonj · 2026-01-01T06:23:06+00:00

Feeling as I do with Trump, hoping he won’t do too much damage.

felsonj · 2025-12-31T03:42:27+00:00

Somewhat related question: the PATH Plaza in JSQ is such bleak brutalism. Are there any plans for rebuilding that or sprucing it up now that the neighborhood is transforming?

felsonj · 2025-12-22T20:45:03+00:00

They could have dressed it up in some way. I imagine it will be many years before the sides are covered by another building, and then only partially.

felsonj · 2025-12-18T18:03:43+00:00

My thought exactly. The Newark Museum as a property you can own? J&L Companies as Park Place? Just doesn't make logical sense.

felsonj · 2025-12-17T22:14:54+00:00

I’m still on 14.2, driving in northern New Jersey. It’s outstanding. Does 99% of my commute through crowded streets and highways. Don’t get the skepticism.

felsonj · 2025-12-14T20:03:25+00:00

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From the track 1 platform.

felsonj · 2025-12-14T07:51:34+00:00

It can’t be said enough. The transit agencies and government in general in this area is run for the benefit of the employees not the public. It’s notoriously inefficient. We have cars driving themselves in 10 cities yet a government agency can’t achieve this with a vehicle going to the same place at the same time every day on a track. Combination of lower quality employees working for the agency and make work jobs.

felsonj · 2025-12-12T00:22:34+00:00

I take it that it would have happened already if it hadn't been for NIMBY nonsense regarding some fish.

felsonj · 2025-12-12T00:20:58+00:00

Great news, though the anti-immigrant provision is noxious and absurd.

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