Downtown Sights & Commentary on Development

Work is in progress at the building next to the March 21 North Avenue demolition site. The crane is over on Gavett Place.

Paramount is experiencing turnover at some Park Avenue properties.

 Spotted this sign and learned that Appliance Arama was in business for 73 years!

Took a fast snapshot of the new equipment at the PSE&G station on West Second Street. It looks better than the old setup.This upgrade was mandated by the operators of the power grid. The old equipment was about 50 years old and had reached the end of its useful life.

This lot is next to the site known as West Second Street Commons, a mixed-use project that received approvals in 2010. See Plaintalker's post on West Second Street Commons. For all the ballyhoo at the time, nothing has happened yet. At last count, developer Frank Cretella had eleven projects in various stages. Two on Park Avenue are complete, as are some on North Avenue. The rehabilitation of the Mirons warehouse and the new construction replacing the Romonds Jeep building are underway. Will we be enjoying outdoor entertainment on Gavett Place by next summer?

Plaintalker posted an overview of Cretella's projects in 2013. Many have progressed since then, but West Second Street Commons is yet to be realized.

--Bernice