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 Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 8:27 am EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | It is hard to start any type of new business - esp. a small business. Even SuperFresh which has been around for a long time, is closing in East Windsor....  |
Cranbury has a different issue then other towns, the downtown is sooooo close to a busy highway. And any good business person would rather open shop on a heavy traffic road like RT130, then intown. What does work well in a town like cranbury is FOOOD, that is the only exception, people are willing to get off the beaten path for a good meal. But even then most chains will still only open up on busy roads like RT130. Now the recent rezoning of commercial on South Main street seems silly to me, trying to drive business off of RT130 and bring traffic through town just wont work from a business standpoint. I for one dont want to see us build a strip mall at old trenton Rd and South main. That would be bad business and ruin the character of the town area. Sure South Main needs to be improved from what it looks like today, but a strip mall will be an eye sore. If the TC took more care to protect the future growth of the village area they would want to balance the look of the houses on the both sides and extend the village character out to south main, and making a bigger village. House should be build like the ones across the street, and the village would be extended with consistent architecture. Then restaurants could move into those houses as business and demand increases over time in our village naturally, just like restaurants can today in North Main. |
How do you know a strip mall is being built on S MAIN? I still see the forsale signs up? |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 8:51 am EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| It seems a bank, dry cleaner, and to be determined stores will be built on the 1st floor and apartments on the second floor. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 8:54 am EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | So we want to make each house look the same from one end of N. Main to the other on S. Main St. ?
I for one do not like that idea. It sounds like the Hysterical Society is chiming in.
Next thing I read will be how all of the village area will have an automobile ban. Only horses and horse drawn carriages will be allowed in the village area.
Times are a changing and so is the town. There is demand for different types of business on Main Street other than food.
Just my thoughts, please don't kill me with your kind words  |
I see your point, a strip mall would be better then nice looking houses on both sides of that street. (NOT) |
Exactly, I am glad you agree. I can't believe that someone would want the same exact house throughout Main Street . It would look terrible. A strip mall can be made to fit in with Main Street. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 11:32 am EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | It seems a bank, dry cleaner, and to be determined stores will be built on the 1st floor and apartments on the second floor. |
Maybe something along the lines of this image below minus the third floor so with only the stores on the bottom and one floor above with apartments.
http://www.multihousingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Robin.jpg |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 11:54 am EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | It seems a bank, dry cleaner, and to be determined stores will be built on the 1st floor and apartments on the second floor. |
Maybe something along the lines of this image below minus the third floor so with only the stores on the bottom and one floor above with apartments.
http://www.multihousingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Robin.jpg |
On the order of Palmer Square in Princeton |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 12:04 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | It seems a bank, dry cleaner, and to be determined stores will be built on the 1st floor and apartments on the second floor. |
Maybe something along the lines of this image below minus the third floor so with only the stores on the bottom and one floor above with apartments.
http://www.multihousingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Robin.jpg |
On the order of Palmer Square in Princeton |
even nicer and a better example |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 1:52 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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Wow I LOVE it !
I can't wait. What other stores will go in? |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 5:34 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | It seems a bank, dry cleaner, and to be determined stores will be built on the 1st floor and apartments on the second floor. |
Maybe something along the lines of this image below minus the third floor so with only the stores on the bottom and one floor above with apartments.
http://www.multihousingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Robin.jpg |
Where exactly is this stuff being built? on the old Hagerty property? It seems that these proposals are very insensitive to the fact that Cranbury is an old farm town and you could say that it still looks and feels that way. That's the attraction and that's why we keep preserving our farmland. Anything remotely like this picture or a strip mall somewhere along Main St. would completely wreck it and intrude on the National Historic District. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 8:31 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| I'm pretty sure this parcel is outside of the historic district, for what it's worth. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 9:08 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | I'm pretty sure this parcel is outside of the historic district, for what it's worth. |
nope you are wrong, historic area includes that part of South Main St and several houses along south main street are also on the registry, including former mayors house. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 9:33 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | I'm pretty sure this parcel is outside of the historic district, for what it's worth. |
nope you are wrong, historic area includes that part of South Main St and several houses along south main street are also on the registry, including former mayors house. |
and future senator hopefully  |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 9:44 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | It is hard to start any type of new business - esp. a small business. Even SuperFresh which has been around for a long time, is closing in East Windsor.... |
Cranbury has a different issue then other towns, the downtown is sooooo close to a busy highway. And any good business person would rather open shop on a heavy traffic road like RT130, then intown. What does work well in a town like cranbury is FOOOD, that is the only exception, people are willing to get off the beaten path for a good meal. But even then most chains will still only open up on busy roads like RT130. Now the recent rezoning of commercial on South Main street seems silly to me, trying to drive business off of RT130 and bring traffic through town just wont work from a business standpoint. I for one dont want to see us build a strip mall at old trenton Rd and South main. That would be bad business and ruin the character of the town area. Sure South Main needs to be improved from what it looks like today, but a strip mall will be an eye sore. If the TC took more care to protect the future growth of the village area they would want to balance the look of the houses on the both sides and extend the village character out to south main, and making a bigger village. House should be build like the ones across the street, and the village would be extended with consistent architecture. Then restaurants could move into those houses as business and demand increases over time in our village naturally, just like restaurants can today in North Main. |
ok, so why isn't there more opposition to the gigantic brand new non-historic mc-mansion that is going to be built in the pnc parking lot right in the center of town?? not sure why no one is following up on it. if you don't care about that, why be so concerned about building matching houses down on south main street. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 10:25 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | It is hard to start any type of new business - esp. a small business. Even SuperFresh which has been around for a long time, is closing in East Windsor.... |
Cranbury has a different issue then other towns, the downtown is sooooo close to a busy highway. And any good business person would rather open shop on a heavy traffic road like RT130, then intown. What does work well in a town like cranbury is FOOOD, that is the only exception, people are willing to get off the beaten path for a good meal. But even then most chains will still only open up on busy roads like RT130. Now the recent rezoning of commercial on South Main street seems silly to me, trying to drive business off of RT130 and bring traffic through town just wont work from a business standpoint. I for one dont want to see us build a strip mall at old trenton Rd and South main. That would be bad business and ruin the character of the town area. Sure South Main needs to be improved from what it looks like today, but a strip mall will be an eye sore. If the TC took more care to protect the future growth of the village area they would want to balance the look of the houses on the both sides and extend the village character out to south main, and making a bigger village. House should be build like the ones across the street, and the village would be extended with consistent architecture. Then restaurants could move into those houses as business and demand increases over time in our village naturally, just like restaurants can today in North Main. |
ok, so why isn't there more opposition to the gigantic brand new non-historic mc-mansion that is going to be built in the pnc parking lot right in the center of town?? not sure why no one is following up on it. if you don't care about that, why be so concerned about building matching houses down on south main street. |
Mainly because your characterization of "gigantic......McMansion" is innacurrate. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 10:45 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Who is running for Senate? State or U.S. ? |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 11:57 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: | | I'm pretty sure this parcel is outside of the historic district, for what it's worth. |
nope you are wrong, historic area includes that part of South Main St and several houses along south main street are also on the registry, including former mayors house. |
What does the former mayor's house have to do with it? It's nowhere close to the same location. There are plenty of historic houses on South Main between it and this lot. These abandoned, dilapidated set of industrial buildings is really historically protected? If so why would there be talk of replacing them? And if it’s in the historic zone, why were they allowed to build modern tract homes right across the street? The zoning map is it in a “professional office / residential” area. |
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 17 2011, 11:59 pm EST Post subject: Re: Hot Wok Closing ? |
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| Guest wrote: | | Who is running for Senate? State or U.S. ? |
I assumed it was a joke. Though in the days where Sarah Palin can go from small town Mayor to VP candidate in a couple years, anything is possible. |
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