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Attorneys argued in court Tuesday whether the Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan approved by the Montclair Planning Board in 2019 should go back to the board for more public comment. 

New plans for Lackawanna Plaza include a larger supermarket and more repurposing of the train platform columns, but less parking.

Developers presented another plan for the Lackawanna Plaza lot to the planning board Monday night, incorporating the steel stanchions of the train platforms into a glass facade on the front of a proposed supermarket and as decorative fixtures throughout the parking lot, while a historian for the developer testified that the train platforms had lost their historical value due to previous alterations.

Supermarket consultant calls for smaller supermarket at Lackawanna.

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Montclair aspires to become a regional arts and entertainment destination, and Wednesday night local officials began hearing detailed plans about the project that’s meant to be the linchpin for that initiative. P...