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 Posted: Thu, Jan 21 2010, 3:59 pm EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| Guest wrote: | | I think that any new business be responsible to provide parking or pay into a fund for municipal parking. |
So you're saying we should make it even harder to start a business here? Because we have such a big parking problem from the booming success of Main Street businesses so far?
And even assuming all of the above were done, what exactly do you propose we do to solve the parking problem you perceive? If you already feel you have to walk to far to the walker door from where you park on Main Street, I am unclear where we could put a municiple parking lot or structure that would be close enough to satisfy you and not mar the Historic District of Main Street further. |
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| Posted: Thu, Jan 21 2010, 2:18 pm EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| I think that any new business be responsible to provide parking or pay into a fund for municipal parking. |
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| Posted: Thu, Jan 21 2010, 11:42 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| Guest wrote: | | Guest wrote: |
So many people exclaim "Local business should always be promoted", yet 75% of the people who post to this site either bash local business (for no good reason at all) or heavily promote out of town business. Ex..... Look at all of the Blue Rooster bashing ! The place is great - the coffee costs less than Small World Coffee in Princeton, and Karen's style is a perfect fit in the town. She & Bob work their butts off offering breakfast, lunch & dinner and some of the best food in central NJ. Stop complaining about the cost of her coffee. If you don't want to pay, buy a coffee maker and some maxwell house and do it yourself...................... |
No one brought up the BlueRooster but you, but since you did, they are the reason why you can't get a parking spot in front of the school at dismissal, nor anywhere else on that part of Main street. |
First of all, I pick kids up at dismissal often and never have trouble getting parking on Main Street or actually in the school parking lot (which is what it is for after all). Perhaps I don't get the exact spot I may deem ideal, but since when was that an expectation anywhere? I certainly don't have to hike some meaningful distance.
That aside, what are you saying? That local businesses shouldn't be successful if it interferes with your ability to park exactly where you want to for your personal objectives? |
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| Posted: Thu, Jan 21 2010, 10:57 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| so go into the school lot or park in another area of the street. The spaces are not all Blue Rooster, though I am sure Karen and Bob wish it were. |
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| Posted: Thu, Jan 21 2010, 10:10 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| Guest wrote: |
So many people exclaim "Local business should always be promoted", yet 75% of the people who post to this site either bash local business (for no good reason at all) or heavily promote out of town business. Ex..... Look at all of the Blue Rooster bashing ! The place is great - the coffee costs less than Small World Coffee in Princeton, and Karen's style is a perfect fit in the town. She & Bob work their butts off offering breakfast, lunch & dinner and some of the best food in central NJ. Stop complaining about the cost of her coffee. If you don't want to pay, buy a coffee maker and some maxwell house and do it yourself...................... |
No one brought up the BlueRooster but you, but since you did, they are the reason why you can't get a parking spot in front of the school at dismissal, nor anywhere else on that part of Main street. |
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| Posted: Wed, Jan 20 2010, 11:43 pm EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| Don't you think you're complaining and bashing a local business? You don't even realize you contradicted yourself in the same post |
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| Posted: Wed, Jan 20 2010, 7:36 pm EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| Someone told me the home was being built for a relative of the owners of the construction company buying the lot and setting up offices next door. |
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| Posted: Tue, Jan 19 2010, 1:38 pm EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| Guest wrote: | Considering the company moving in is a construction company I am sure they will do it all in house or with people they know.
However, I agree when looking for people to do work that one cannot do themselves it is always good to look local first. |
That depends if they build it on spec or find a buyer before its built.
Also, they seem to only do commercial construction and have no expertise with residential. |
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| Posted: Tue, Jan 19 2010, 12:52 pm EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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Considering the company moving in is a construction company I am sure they will do it all in house or with people they know.
However, I agree when looking for people to do work that one cannot do themselves it is always good to look local first. |
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| Posted: Tue, Jan 19 2010, 11:08 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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Richard Schroeder, I believe designed the Firehouse.
Jeremiah Ford, in Princeton, has done lots of historic buidlings.
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| Posted: Tue, Jan 19 2010, 11:03 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| guest575 wrote: | Having a new house built in the current parking lot will certainly fill a void that probably never should have been created. The challenge for our Town, HPC and the Planning Board, will be to ensure that the new house harmonizes with the streetscape. A good architect with a good builder and good oversight from the Town can make that happen. Unfortunately, even with HPC oversight there has been new construction that just did not work. It simply is not easy. Other times, such as the construction of the new firehouse, it has worked well.
The prior posts demonstrate that this location is a key property for the Town, that includes not only the existing building but also any new construction. HPC and Planning Board meetings are open to the public. In a constructive, positive way, we must, as a Village, participate in the approval process to ensure that this key spot is developed smartly in a style and manner that will stand the test of time. |
What local arctitects would go a good job designing something new that could be compatible with the historic theme of the street? |
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| Posted: Tue, Jan 19 2010, 11:01 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| There is nothing the town can do other than to manage and make sure it "looks" historic. |
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| Posted: Tue, Jan 19 2010, 11:01 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| Guest wrote: | | just one more comment and i'll stop. A few years back there was talk of tearing down the building where the princeton ballet is now and putting up a new house, because people thought it was old and ugly and didn't belong in the streetscape. i remember telling my friend on the twp.committee to realize that the building represented the time period when a car dealership came to cranbury, and that is an historical event. thankfully the building was spared. (it would be nice if the ballet took care of the front and painted it) people now think that the street scape would look better if the bank area is filled in, and an argument can be made that the building would represent the current time period, and towns do evolve over time. but it is right smack in the middle of a designated historic treasure. could it ruin our designation? probably not, but whatever they build (and it will be cheap) will stick out like a sore thumb. |
Preserving the bak does that somewhat. I don't think preserving a parking lot is necessary to preserve a period.
Why must the house built there be cheap? |
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| Posted: Tue, Jan 19 2010, 10:53 am EST Post subject: Re: Changes eyed for PNC site |
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| new houses are new houses period. being that it is a key area maybe we could get them to relocate an historic house there..... |
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