The waterfront redevelopment plan is for the waterfront. The Springwood Avenue
Plan is for that area and hopefully there will be more. I hear you about
discussing it privately but no need. I am dealing with the plan as the plan for
the waterfront area period. As I said, the best developments are piecemeal and
not dependent on one huge project. I would have set guidelines for the area and
say go to it. But this is ancient history. And who knows, there may be the
ability of property owners to develop their own properties if they escape
eminent domain. But remember the issue of the need to pay for infrastructure.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@... wrote:
>
> I understand how it works, lived through it myself, almost identically to
> you. (In CT, not NY or NJ) However, nothing done thus far in the waterfront
> area has taken the West Side families into consideration
>
> Ill take this discussion with you further in private, but not here
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@...>
> Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:11:29
> To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Boutique Hotel in the Casino spot
>
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@ wrote:
> >
>
> > Being that AP's gentrification plans exclude actual families with children,
>
>
> Its chicken and an egg. You won't get families with children until the
> schools are okay. ANd you will not get good schools until you get families in
> here with kids and the parents participate in their childrens' education.
> I've seen this happen countless times and I always point to where I grew up
> in Park Slope Brooklyn. I went to catholic school there and by the 8th grade
> the neighborhood had gotten so bd I had to carry a knife in my pocket during
> lunch break. People moved in buying brownstones and ultimately the public
> school in that neighborhood became one of the top (I think sometimes #1 and
> #2) in NYC.
>
> And I do see hope, because now I see a lot of parents walking kids to the
> schools in AP, including many of the new immigrants, be they documented or
> not.
>
> I do not know why folks have such a distorted view of the redevelopment plan.
> It excludes no one. Whether it is feasible or not is another story because in
> my personal and professional experience, the best type of gentrification is
> house by house. And what you need are pioneers, and government to make its
> best efforts to create a safe environment. By the latter I mean to make
> improvements towards safety.
>
> I am filled with hope for the future of AP. I think its a great place and I
> am very happy that I bought here. This city has a lot going for it.
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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