HobokenJ t1_jckrkus wrote on March 17, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Reply to comment by mikevago in DEP chief says no privatization of Liberty State Park, "period, full stop." by mikevago

Hey, I hope I'm wrong. But when it comes to NJ standing strong against developers, well... I have little faith.

mikevago OP t1_jckti5p wrote on March 17, 2023 at 3:42 PM

Headline: After a long struggle, we finally get some good news!

JC Reddit: I bet this is bad news.

theiLLmip t1_jclv0p1 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 7:43 PM

FWIW that dude is “HobokenJ”. Us here in JC DO appreciate the good news.

objectimpermanence t1_jckz2rb wrote on March 17, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Yeah but this is New Jersey, not Texas. We actually do have a pretty decent track record when it comes to parks, even though we could probably do better in urban areas.

NJ ranks second in the nation for the proportion of land dedicated to public parks and wildlife. Thats pretty impressive for a state that’s also the most densely populated in the country. Source

HobokenJ t1_jcm8jgn wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:12 PM

I didn't know that! Nice.

Anonymous1985388 t1_jclbghl wrote on March 17, 2023 at 5:36 PM

I don’t even know what Downtown JC used to look like pre-WW2. Now it’s all luxury housing towers but maybe there were some historic buildings that used to stand in downtown JC. I guess the history/architecture was torn down by developers so that they could build luxury housing. Hopefully Journal Square can preserve some more of the old architecture during their growth phase.

nuncio_populi t1_jclp0fr wrote on March 17, 2023 at 7:03 PM

What are you going on about? Downtown has a ton of old buildings in Paulus Hook, Van Vorst, Harsimus Cove, and Hamilton Park.