After blogging about expanded plans for the PNC block, Plaintalker received the agenda for the Aug. 24 Historic Preservation Commission meeting, which has two relevant items.
There are two referrals from the Zoning Board of Adjustment that refer to the plans. One is for "The Bank LLC" at 200-212 Park Avenue and describes plans to convert an existing four-story bank for retail and nightclub use, in addition to constructing a fifth floor for nightclub use. The owner is listed as PNC Bank/ National Association.
The other application concerns the Titsworth-Sutphen House at 101-209 on West Second Street. The applicant is listed as West Second Street Commons Urban Renewal LLC and the owner is also PNC Bank/National Association.
Anyone interested in historic preservation or downtown development should try to be there and hear the testimony. The meeting is 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 in City Hall Library.
--Bernice
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A nightclub - really?! I'm not sure if that is a good idea or a bad one. Will it provide an alternative to hanging out and shooting each other or provide a new venue for violence? Perhaps just wind everyone up and then let it spill into the streets after closing? Does it provide another monitoring drain on an apparently tapped police force?
ReplyDeleteOr could this be a well-heeled establishment, that with valet parking, some train station safety and general downtown cleanup could provide a needed injection of outside spenders?
I vote for the second.
ReplyDeleteBut first, we need people who understand that low income families are well served in Plainfield. We do not need to take on any more. No more low income housing.
We need people who understand that C-Town is not a great catch for development in Plainfield, that a more upscale supermarket should have been actively persued. No more stores of this kind in Plainfield.
We need people who understand that having a ton of churches in Plainfield that take housing and retail off the tax books is not a good idea. No more churches and get those who are just tax dodgers off the books.
You get the picture.