Yellow tape keeps pedestrians away from North Avenue building.
Plainfielders using the main train station may have spotted the yellow tape in front of the vacant building in the center of the block across from the taxi stand.
When it stayed up for nearly a week, I checked with the cops to see what sort of crime was being investigated for so long a time.
The crime?
Debris falling from the building.
The building was once owned by Jayson Williams and his father, who touted their plan to convert it into luxury condos. That was then, this is now.
The windows are now boarded, presenting this attractive face
to Raritan Valley Line commuters.
to Raritan Valley Line commuters.
The long-vacant building is now listed on the tax records as being owned by Slongu Enterprises, LLC. With sky visible through parts of the missing roof, the building has suffered greatly from exposure to the elements.
When I came by early Thursday afternoon to snap some pictures, workmen had nailed sheets of plywood over the windows, obscuring the fact of the open roof. Safer to pedestrians perhaps, but still a vacant and deteriorating eyesore.
And part of yet another languishing Robinson-Briggs redevelopment plan.
Just the 'face' Plainfield needs to present to the thousands of commuters who pass through the city daily on the Raritan Valley Line.
-- Dan Damon
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2 comments:
I hope we are at least collecting taxes on this building.
Mabe the Transit Villages we are paying big $$$ to friendly engineers to plan will fair better.
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