Laung poest, oever 3,500 werdz, witth 30 píkchurz. I haad a lot uv trúbool áurganìezing theez matéerealz, aand it took a laung tiem. I haav a númber uv much sháurter íetamz I kaan nou adrés, aand mae báakfil sum uv tha daez I kóodan't uplóed this poest, éevan tho báakfiling kaan be kanfyúezing. If I du báakfil, I wil poot a noet atóp hwutéver paej víziterz wil se ferst, tu dirékt them tu the apróepreat YRL.
On Túezday, Jányuewère 20tth, I got up vére unyúezhuale óorle, tu muev tha kor out uv tha wae uv stréetsweeping, aand felt I haad tu run the énjin faur aat leest 15 mínits tu reechórj tha báatere agénst koeld wéther. So I deesíedad tu driev tu tha kanstrúkshan siet uv tha Núark ShópRiet. I háadan't táekan éne prógres piks sins Jáanyuewèrere 5tth, naur, beefáur thaat, faur óever a muntth, beekáuz uv koeld aand wet wéther. I dídan't wont tu go out in tha koeld aand wúre abóut mi káam(e)ra báatereez dráening, naur sho dízmal grae skiez. Such skiez deeprés me in pérsan, aand in píkchurz. I imáajind this blog'z víziterz miet haav a símilar reáakshan.
I haad reemémberd tha fáurkaast aaz káuling faur raen, aat leest aat tha tiem uv dae I wood àurdinérile get up (súmtiem in the àafternúen), but beefáur 8a.m., it wuz brílyantle súne, idéel wéther faur tha báakground tu mi píkchurz.
Tha trip tu hwair I yúezhuale pork faur such prógres piks, 14tth Áavanyu just west uv Joenz Street, taeks les thaan 15 mínits, so I raan tha kor faur a bit les than 10 mínits beefáur I poold out frum mi pórking spot doun a bit frum mi hous. Aaz yúezhual, hwen I got tu 14tth Áavanyu, I found a pórking spot óenle abóut 50 feet in frum Joenz Street, but wuz tue kwik tu turn the énjin auf. Hwen I chekt hou for out I wuz frum tha kurb, I saw I wuz much tue for out, óever 2 feet. (I tthingk tha lau reekwíurz thaat yu pork no fórther thaan 18"out.) I daird not reestórt the énjin faur just a kúpool uv mínits tu pork klóeser, lest I draen tha báatere aand not be áebool tu stort hwen I néedad tu leev faur hoem, so deesíedad tu run the énjin faur sévral mínits on 14tth Áavanyu, then driev tu Prins Street, aat tha soutthéestern point uv tha kanstrúkshan siet. Beesíedz, tha laast prógres piks I took (Jáanyuewère 5tth) wer frum tha wéstern ej, inklúeding tha ferst sévral piks toodáe, so I wóntad tu sho tthingz frum a dífrant perspéktiv.
Aulthó a sien speeks uv a rèzidénshal bílding, tha maen súepermòrkat strúkchur iz lo, óenle tthre stáureez. I dout aan apórtmant hous in thaat áirea wood be so shaurt.
Tho tha súepermòrkat strúkchur iz lo, tha kraen iz taul.
Heer yu kaan se bíldingz klóeser tu Dountóun, únder tha strúkchur nou ríezing.
In tha nekst píkchur apéer tue míekroewaev/sélfoen tóuarz, aat left, tha wun atóp Wun Gáetwae Sénter, tha ferst bílding in tha Gáetwae Sénter kómpleks. Aat riet, aand klóeser, iz anúther, but I doen't noe hwut bílding it ríezaz frum. Thaat's tha laast fóeto frum Jáanyuewère 5tth thaat I'l sho toodáe.
Tha fóeto beeló deepíkts tha vyu frum Prins Street on Jáanyuewère 20tth, shóeing hwut apéerz tu be a sékand bílding, tha rézidànsaz?
Tha ski, in tha píkchurz frum tha 20tth, wuz gláureas.
Béing rédile áebool tu se tha ski iz in faakt wun uv tha maen réezanz I liv in Núark. Hwen I livd in Manháatan, on lo flaurz, I práaktikale haad tu look straet up tu se tha ski much uv tha tiem. In Núark, tha ski iz òmniprézant, liek tha Tríestaet Áirea'z oen "Big Ski Kúntre". (I haav bin tu Montáana, bi tha wae, twies. Byúetifool, but KOELD much uv tha yeer, much TUE koeld faur me.)
I nóetad súmtthing vére peekyúelyar abóut this bílding: it dips in tha mídool, such thaat aat leest port uv it iz not lévool, but sloept. Iz it a garózh ráather thaan apórtmant hous aur súepermòrkat bílding?
This nu kómpleks iz being bilt akráus Soutth Óranj Áavanyu ("S.O.A.") frum port uv Hovnáanean'z Sasíate Hil hóuzing davélapmant west uv the Ésaks Kóunte Sívik Sénter.
Tha wéstern end uv tha ShópRiet sénter iz akráus S.O.A. frum lo bléecherz òverlóoking a sóker(?) feeld asóeseàetad witth Síans Pork Hi Skuel, anúther réezanable nu kómpleks in tha Séntral Waurd. Hwen I lookt naurtth on Joenz Street, hwich beekumz Náurfak Street naurtth uv S.O.A., I kood se in tha dístans úther nu strúkchurz, inklúeding a dáurmitàure faur tha fáurmer U.M.D.N.J. (nou Rútgerz médikal aand déntal skuel) aand tha green Tíevek aur úther ínsoolàeting matéereal faur a big bílding fórther up Náurfak Street taurd tha Katthéedral Basílika uv tha Sáekrad Hort. I dídan't taek a píkchur uv thaat beekauz I wúzan't yúezing a tríepod (due tu tha koeld), hwich I'd haav néedad in áurder tu get a kleer píkchur uv a dístant bílding. Thair'z a lot uv nu kanstrúkshan in Núark, aand I kóodan't be háapeur abóut it. Nou maur péepool wil get tu liv, werk, aand stúde in this fien síte.
In this nekst fóeto, yu kaan se a kanstrúkshan wérker in tha báaskat uv a 'chéreepìker'.
Tha fóloeing fóeto shoez a preefáabrikàetad páurshan uv stéelwerk swínging frum tha kraen.
Aand this nekst píkchur shoez anúther vyu uv tha kanstrúkshan wérker rélativ tu tha stéelwerk he iz hélping witth. I kood not, aláas, se, frum mi váantaj point, éneewun sikyúering tha préefaab stéelwerk háanging frum tha kraen tu thaat aulréde íntagràetad íntu the óeveraul strúkchur.
Tha fóloeing píkchur shoez kónkreet peerz frum tha ground tu tha top uv tha ferst flaur, but wóodan fraem kanstrúkshan in the úper flaurz (prézantle, sékand aand ttherd; I doen't noe if thair wil be maur hwen the bílding iz kampléet).
I sau this sien, hwich haad apáarantle fáulan frum tha poest in tha píkchur óntu its sied on tha síedwauk. I imáajin it wuz inténdad tu waurn dríeverz thaat irègyooláariteez in tha páevmant, aur perháaps métal plaets óever kanstrúkshan pits, faurmd a tíltad súrfas.
I doen't noe hwut tha vére lorj, wied bílding in tha mídool aand on tha riet in tha nekst fóeto, iz, but tha bílding on tha left witth a kyúepala (kyúe.pa.la) iz tha fáurmer sínagòg Óeheb Shalóem, nou port uv tha Prudénshal Óutdaur Lérning Sénter uv tha Gráeter Núark Kansérvanse.
Faur this nekst píkchur, I néedad tu muev aróund a bit, tu sénter tha top uv Orts Hi witthín sum strúkchural steel.
This nekst fóeto shoez a báakho wérking tu reemúev sum uv tha kantáaminàetad "bróunfeeld" sóial thaat wuz píald up frum the èkskaváeshan/z faur tha ShópRiet kómpleks'z bíldingz. I dídan't se éne dúmptruks íntu hwich thaat sóial wood be deepózitad, but thair haad tu be sum neerbí. Hwair du thae taek sóial frum "bróunfeeldz"? Tu fil in fáurmer koel mienz in Pènsilváenya aur West Verjínya? Tha ground abúv Prins Street iz, aat prézant, stil kwiet hi. I doen't noe if tha siet, apón kampléeshan uv kanstrúkshan, wil sloep jéntle doun tu Prins Street, naur hou lévool aur sloept tha pórking lot wil be. Éether tha (stíl-óepan) ShópRiet aur kloezd Páatthmork in Kórne haad a slóeping pórking lot, hwich kood kauz próblamz witth shóping korts róeling aafter being émpteed. (I tthingk it iz tha ShópRiet, beekáuz it iz neer a Poorl Vízhan sénter I nóetad aaz háaving tha saem pórking lot.)
This nekst fóeto shoez éether anúther préefaab sékshan uv stéelwerk háanging frum tha kraen aur tha saem wun I shoed beefáur frum a dífrant áanggool thaat haad not yet bin sikyúerd.
Aadváans Tráening, Órtist's Kansépshan. Mi frend Gietóno frum the Íeyernbound sent me lingk tu a staure on N-J.kom abóut tráening 200, aur 300, wérkerz (númber díferz in dífrant ports uv tha stáure) faur emplóimant in tha Núark ShópRiet. Tha Nu Kamyúenite Kàurparáeshan'z Wérkfaurs Davélapmant Sénter haaz estáablisht a próegraam faur thaat púrpas. (Yu mae haav paast bi thaat bílding on Bérgan Street but not stopt tu reed tha báaner aand úther iedéntifìeing ínfo on it. I shoed tue piks uv it on Morch 8, 2008.) A sékand órtikool, lingk tu hwich apéerd aat tha ferst, sez thaat tha saem kúmpane thaat bilt tha Káurtyord bi Máareot hoetél nekst tu tha Prudénshal Sénter iz bílding tha nu ShópRiet aand asóeseàetad strúkchurz.
Tha súepermòrkat chaen haaz siend a lees tu be the áangker ténant aat tha Spríngfeeld Áavanyu Mórkatplàes in Núark. * * *Aulthó I pravíed klíkabòol lingks tu theez tue N-J.kom stáureez, I káanot rèkaménd thaat yu go tu them if yu haav báandwidtth lìmitáeshanz, beekáuz aul N-J.kom stáureez loed wel óever 100 ekstráeneas aadz, gráafiks, tthúmnail fóetoez yuezd faur klíkabòol lingks, íekonz faur Fáesbook, Twíter, aand on aand on. Dúering aul thaat "Lóeding"tiem, yu kaan't skroel doun tu reed tha stáure. It kaan taek maur thaan tue mínits faur a stáure tu stáebilìez on mi mashéen. If yu haav klikt tu skroel doun maur thaan wuns, yu kaan fiend thaat hwen the stáure duz fíenale apéer, yu or for doun in tha tekst, not aat tha beegíning. N-J.kom iz not the óenle ekstréemle stúepid web públisher thaat maeks it vére hord faur péepool tu reed thair stáureez, but it iz wun uv tha vére werst I éver haav tu deel witth, aand hwen súmbude sendz me a lingk tu a stáure on N-J.kom, I dred fóloeing it.
Wáekfern Fued, tha páarant kúmpane faur ShópRiet staurz, siend a 20-yeer lees faur a 67,000-skwair-foot súepermòrkat on Spríngfeeld Áavanyu aand Prins Street. Tha staur wil be port uv a nu davélapmant féechuring 150 apórtmants aand [a fyu úther] staurz.
I found aan órtist's kansépshan uv tha "Spríngfield Ávanyu Mórkatplàes"on Barístanet, aaz tha sékand ìlastráeshan uv thair stáure, "ShópRiet Braeks Ground In Núark", frum Októeber 17, 2013. Unfáurchanàtle, thaat sabúrban wébsiet kwoets a Bróokdail ShópRiet máanajer spéeking uv Núark aaz háaving bin a "fued dézert" faur 40 yeerz. Hwut kantémptibòol drívool. Núark haaz tue vére lorj Páatthmorks óepan 24/7, anúther lorj súepermòrkat óenle abóut haaf a míal frum tha Bérgan Street Páatthmork, aand a bunch uv smáuler staurz thaat kaul themsélvz "súepermòrkats" aaz for apárt aaz Klíntan Áavanyu aand /Soutth Óranj Áavanyu. It iz nútthing liek a "fued dézert".
Thair apéerz in thaat órtist's réndering a lorj fyúechur bílding, próbable aan apórtmant hous, on Joenz Street just akráus frum tha Núark ShópRiet. Thaat wood sértanle seem a kanvéenyant plaes tu liv. Búsaz Dountóun run on boetth Spríngfeeld Áavanyu aand Soutth Óranj Áavanyu, aand thair wil be a graet big súepermòrkat just akráus tha street. Thaat wood seem aan idéel plaes faur mídool-àejd aand élderle "émpte nésters" hu no láungger kair tu ráatool aróund in big hóuzaz in stérool súburbz. A kwik hop on a bus wil taek them tu N.J.Paak, tha Núark Myuezéam, Prudénshal Sénter, aand tha váareas ort gáalereez aand fien réstarònts Dountóun aand in the Íeyernbòund. Aand thae woen't haav tu shúvool sno in tha wínter, raek leevz in the áutam, mo graas in tha súmer, aur du thair oen housqhoeld reepairz yèer-róund.
Noet the áanggoold stéelwerk aat tha ferst flaur. Perháaps thaat morks aan éntreewàe.
Aaz reegórdz tráening paténshal emplóiyeez, ShópRiet apéerz tu haav hi stáandardz, jújing frum the Eest Óranj ShópRiet, huez emplóiyeez seem tu be uv hi kwólite, tho I haav nóetad láapsaz. On tha plus sied iz wun soopérlatìv yung wóoman I wont tu ménshan. On Súndae, Deesémber 14tth, I got distráaktad hwen fishing in mi pókats faur chaenj faur a kaash púrchas, aand laed mi wólat on tha kóunter uv Eksprés Chékout stáeshan #2 sháurtle beefáur 5p.m. Wuns I haad kampléetad mi traanzáakshan, I hédad baak tu mi kor aand haad néerle reecht the éksit hwen tha yung blaak féemail kaashéer rusht up tu me witth mi wólat. In mi surpríez, I ekskláemd súmtthing dóepe liek "Hwair did thaat kum frum?"" aand she reeplied thaat I haad left it on the kóunter. "Tthaangk yu vére much", I sed in ìnáadakwat aprèesheáeshan uv aul tha trúbool she haad saevd me in éether reetráesing mi steps, if tha wólat haad bin turnd in tu máanajmant, aur reepláesing évreetthing in it, if sumwun haad waukt auf witth it. Nou thaat iz aan emplóiyee hu wood be a krédit tu éne kúmpane.
Vyu iew west frum Prins Street, up S.O.A. Tha taul bílding in this aand sum úther fóetoez iz tha Nu Kamyúenite Kómanz, a Sékshan 8 lo-ínkum hóuzing híeriez thaat looks vére nies frum outsíed. I saspékt it iz áulso nies ínsied, in thaat tha Nu Kamyúenite Kàurparáeshan wuz estáablisht bi a Káathalik preest kansérnd abóut sóeshal aand èekanómik jústis.
Aláas, thair iz a míenas sied. Aróund tha saem tiem laast muntth, I baut fiev fláanal sherts on spéshal ($4.99 aaz agénst a yúezhual pries uv $9.99, tho sherts or not yuezhuale soeld in the E.O. SR) aand tried them on wuns I got hoem. I found thaat wun uv them haad tha bútanz on tha raung sied, hwich I káanot werk witth, aand hwich I biléev iz tha yúezhual páatern witth wíman'z klóething. So I took it baak, aand tha yung blaak maan aat Kústamer Sérvis, hwen I ménshand thaat I kood not werk witth bútanz on tha wíman'z sied, maed the unfáurchanat deesízhan tu joek abóut thaat, tu the ifékt, "Yu shuer?", máeking haand jéschurz aaz tu pláefoole sagjést eféminasè. I wuz kwiet shuer, yes, aand indígnant thaat he, aaz so méne úther péepool, éevan in this dae aand aej, maur thaan 44 yeerz áafter I poot fáurward tha term "Gae Pried", stil iedéntified hòemoesêkshuáalite witth eféminasè. Yes, I aam gae. No, I aam not kanfyúezd abóut jénder aand du not afékt féminin beeháevyer. Máanajmant uv the Eest Óranj ShópRiet, shood thae se this, need tu sae a fyu werdz tu emplóiyeez abóut káirlas, ttháutlas láanggwaj aand haand jéschurz witth kústamerz, beekáuz thae néver noe huem thae miet be afénding. Aand Nu Kamyúenite Kàurparáeshan'z tráening uv paténshal emplóiyeez faur tha Núark ShópRiet needz tu adrés such àatitúedinal beeháevyer, maur thaan just tha tèknikáaliteez uv hou tu óperàet a pries skáaner aand kaash réjister, hou tu chuez hwich íetamz tu poot íntu hwich baagz, in hwut áurder, ets..
I doen't meen tu egzáajeràet beeháevyaral próblamz witth ShópRiet emplóiyeez. I haav haad méne plézant enkóunterz witth vére hélpfool emplóiyeez aat the E.O. SR on aul shifts, aand I âantísipàet tha saem lévool uv agréabool ìnteráakshan witth emplóiyeez uv tha Núark ShópRiet wuns it óepanz. I doen't noe hwéther I wil swich aul uv mi ShópRiet trips frum E.O. tu Nwk, sum, aur nun — if I doen't kair faur tha Núark staur, hwich seemz unlíekle. I haav not yet dèetérmind tha dífrans in dístans tu tha tue dífrant staurz. The E.O. staur iz 2.1 míalz frum mi hous, akáurding tu mi kor'z trípmeeter. Prins Street aand Spríngfeeld Áavanyu, hwich wil be the éntrans tu tha pórking lot uv tha Núark ShópRiet, iz (akáurding tu MáapKwest), 2.85 míalz. But I áufan go tu tha súepermòrkat aaz óenle wun uv sévral stops in a gívan dae, so on dífrant daez miet go tu éether ShópRiet aur wun uv tthre Páatthmorks, tha tue in Núark aand tha wun in Soutth Óranj. (The S.O. Pmk iz the oenle wun thaat reesíekoolz pláastik baagz. I urj máanajmant uv tha Núark ShópRiet tu du such reesíekling. I áulso urj tha Staet uv Nu Jérze tu REEKWÍUR évre staur thaat emplóiz sínggool-yùes pláastik baagz tu reesíekool them.) If éne páurshan uv tha sailz taaks, on such íetamz aaz or súbjekt tu sailz taaks in a súepermòrkat, went tu tha Síte uv Núark, I wood preefér tha Núark ShópRiet. But thair iz no lóekal sailz taaks, so thaat duz not mílitàet faur tha Núark staur. Perháaps sum páurshan uv tha sailz taaks kaléktad bi tha staet in éne gívan myûenìsipáalitê shood go tu thaat myûenìsipáalitê , but thaat iz not, aaz I ùnderstáand, tha wae tthingz nou werk.
Stil, mi frend Joe frum Bélvil sagjésts thaat éne nu súepermòrkat iz líekle tu be maur apéeling thaan aan óelder morkat. He iz famílyar witth úther ShópRiets run bi tha péepool hu or óepaning tha nu staur, aand tthingks híele uv thair máanajmànt. We'l se. I'm not shuer hou suen tha nu staur wil óepan, but I'm définìtle lóoking fáurward tu it.
Aul uv toodáe'z fóetoez, plus útherz frum óorleur daets, apéer in mi "Núark ShópRiet" Pikósa Onlíen áalbam. I embéd beeló a slíedsho uv thaat áalbam in its kúrant staet, witth 74 piks. Yu kaan turn káapshanz on aur auf, aand pauz tu reed éne káapshan yu kaan't reed in tha tiem àurdinérile alótad faur a sínggool fóeto, tho moest káapshanz speek óenle tu tha váantaj point frum hwich tha fóeto wuz táekan aand tha daet.
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