tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post4986739440994795654..comments2024-02-14T16:54:15.327-05:00Comments on PLAINFIELD TODAY: Development: Interactive, historical maps for Plainfield areaDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867186465663386310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-48196073394097688722010-08-30T14:41:02.539-04:002010-08-30T14:41:02.539-04:00What do you expect from a town that Prudential wan...What do you expect from a town that Prudential wanted to make it's world headquarters . . . of course they asked for some concessions, (just as Mack Truck and Macy's and a few others had, but never got), and instead the city put up an $800,000 temporary park there (which by the way kept having decorative shrubbery stolen by theives the police couldn't catch)! Well at least the city did a much better job with the Tepper's property! Maybe Plainfield should secede from Union County and merge with Piscataway in Middlesex county on our border, they know how to stop urban deline, they steal personal property under eminent domain and turn it into a park!Blackdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342709988576705397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-29502577622472381312010-08-30T11:22:21.927-04:002010-08-30T11:22:21.927-04:00It would be equally useful to see a map showing th...It would be equally useful to see a map showing the opposite: the growth of blight and the decline of residential values and commercial activity in New Jersey's urban areas. Urban decline, including parts of our dear Plainfield, has generally been in lock step with new residential and commercial developments in underdeveloped areas since the middle of the last century.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see over the next decade if the significant decrease in house-mobility caused by the real estate slowdown will precipitate increased activism in local government issues. If flight to the newer suburbs and exurbs is a diminishing possibility you might choose to stand and fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com