1. The extremely vandalized NJ Transit bus shelter.
2. The City of Plainfield wooden bench.
3. The bunch of folks who sat there and cursed and otherwise misbehaved all day and night.
Legitimate bus patrons didn't stand a chance of sitting here. Over time, the bus shelter had the seats removed and all the glass broken. The bench was always full of people who had lots of time on their hands and who turned the air blue with their language.
The small business district at Park & Seventh suffered from their presence, which was annoying and embarrassing to people in the neighborhood and intimidating to out-of-towners visiting the district's stores and restaurants. Besides being obstreperous, the loiterers indulged in petty crime of various kinds.
I don't know how it came about that there is no longer any negative gathering place at the site, but it must be a godsend for the merchants. Thanks to whatever powers brought about this change at Park & Seventh.
--Bernice
Good riddance to bad trash. I live on Park and Crescent and hated walking to the mall and have to listen to the rowdy and drunken or high people who hung out there. Some of the same people also hang out near City Hall. It's a shame that real bus riders have no shelter, but that crowd won't be missed.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Let's get all of the low life people who do not care about Plainfield out of here.
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