The purpose of the redevelopment tool in Montclair is long-term placemaking. The legal act of redevelopment is a land use collaboration between the private realm and the public realm to […]
Frank Rubacky
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Letter to the Editor: The Historic Preservation Commission Followed All The Rules
Let’s understand the factors that created, complicated, and guided the HPC’s reviews and determinations of the 109 Union Street application, now labeled a “toxic waste zone”, in finding the path […]
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Op-Ed: The Appeal Of Lackawanna
The Planning Board’s approval of the Lackawanna Plaza development plan and its demolition of the historic train sheds is currently going though a court appeal. This appeal and recent events […]
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Op-Ed: A Second Bite From Montclair’s Redevelopment Apple
The Township’s Gateway 1 Redevelopment efforts have not been kind to historic Orange Road. The numerous mistakes are well documented, and I don’t need to list all of them here. […]
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Op-Ed: Our Town, Our Responsibility – Part 2
It has been seven months since I wrote “Our Town, Our Responsibility”, my Op-Ed in response to the developer’s proposal for Lackawanna Plaza. The plan is to demolish the landmarked […]
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Op-Ed: Our Town, Our Responsibility
The Lackawanna train station is clearly one of the most iconic historic landmarks in Montclair. The development application now before the township comes down to demolishing the major section of […]