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November 8, 2010
Bloomfield redevelopment reveals glimpse of Depression-era town
The Star-Ledger
by Aliza Applebaum
Holy cow! A Forest City Ratner demolition actually created (well, re-created) something.
A rare glimpse of Depression-era Bloomfield is on display just steps away from the town center, where two old-time advertisements painted on the brick side of a Washington Street building have been unveiled after being covered up since the 1930s.
...The ads were uncovered in early 2009 when the adjoining building, at 80 Washington St., was torn down by developer Forest City Ratner as part of the town’s redevelopment plan. The building, which had been home to the Seven Hills restaurant since 1971, was sold to the town.
Of course, this being a Forest City Ratner project, the nostalgia trip is only temporary.
Now the advertisements, and the wall they’re painted on at the corner of Washington Street and Lackawanna Place across from the train station, are slated to be razed too, as part of the town’s redevelopment plan.
NoLandGrab: Forest City may be nostalgic, too — for the days before New Jersey's Superior Court reined in Bloomfield's use of eminent domain.
Photo: Jerry McCrea/The Star-Ledger
Posted by eric at November 8, 2010 9:47 AM