Piks frum Graand Oepaning uv Nuark ShopRiet

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I atendad tha Graand Oepaning uv tha Nuark ShopRiet, progres piks uv tha kanstrukshan uv hwich I haav shoen heer oever mene muntths.


Tha porking lot wuz not reemoetle lorj eenuf tu akomadaet tha veikoolz uv evreewun hu wontad tu pork. Thair or ajaesant aireaz thaat I hoep wil be graedad aand paevd tu kreaet maur slots, but I doen't noe thaat tu be tha kaes. I endad up haaving tu driev tu 14tth Aavanyu, hwair I haav aufan porkt faur progres piks, tho a blok forther west thaan yuezhual. I then waukt sum 10 minits baak tu tha staur.

Tha staur iz loekaetad on a hilsied, loeur thaan Joenz Street aand its nu rezidenshal bildingz on tha west. The stairwae up iz not yet kampleet, so I koodan't waul tthru tha kompleks frum 14tth Aavanyu west uv Joenz Street tu tha suepermorkat beelo.

Thair wer amaezing numberz uv peepool thair faur the oepaning uv hwut iz, aafter aul, oenle a suepermorkat. This wuz not a salebrite-studad gaila, tho thair miet haav bin sum loekal palitikal bigwigz in atendans aat sum kiend uv faurmal oepaning, witth breef reemorks, beefaur I tried tu pork around 10:45 a.m., tthre kwaurterz uv aan ouar aafter tha stort tiem staetad on tha serkyoolar I reeseevd bi mail a kupool uv daez oorleur. I didan't se ene sien uv a staej aur daeis aur speekerz' airea morkt auf bi velvat roeps, yelo taep, aur eneetthing els. Thus I doen't noe if thair wer ene welkaming reemorks frum the oenerz uv tha staur aand/aur loekal afishalz.


Sumtthing speshal must haav bin haapaning, tho, beekauz the S.Y.V. abuv bairz aan I.D. faur Nuez 12 Nu Jerze kaebool nuez.


I tthaut tha suetad jent in tha senter uv tha pikchur abuv lookt a lot liek Maeur Baroka, but sins thair wer oenle tue peepool tauking tu him, I ges it wuzan't. (Úpdaet, 11/1/15: Ms. Gata P. Negrra aadvízd me bi éemail thaat thaat really wuz tha máeur.)

Tha stairwae on the eest, doun tu Prins Street, iz oepan.

Tha haurdz outsied tha staur wer apaarantle thair maenle if not oenle tu se aand shop in tha nu staur. Eevan around 11:00 a.m., a fool ouar aafter the afishal oepaning tiem, thair wuz a lien doun tha frunt uv tha staur aand around the kaurner anuther 35 feet aur maur.

Heer yu se tha port uv tha lien thaat didan't fit akraus tha frunt uv tha staur.

In a vestibyuel aur aanteeruem aat tha maen entrans apeerz this lorj graafik thaat menshanz a bunch uv Nuark naeberhoodz bi naem.


The inteereur wuz astonishing, witth a hi seeling aand ortwerk faur speshal deeportmants around tha maen spaes, aul lietad bi loekal liets maur thaan just flaresant paanal liets. Thair or paanal liets in vaareas ports uv tha staur, but I'l haav tu chek tha seeling oever the airea shoen heer, tha nekst tiem I'm in tha staur.


Unliek moest suepermorkats, thair or lorj aireaz uv lo displae kaesaz aand kuelerz. Not neerle aul uv the inteereur iz ro aafter ro uv taul shelvz. Bi kontraast, the Eest Oranj ShopRiet aand the Paatthmorks I'v bin akustamd tu paetraniezing haav thaat kiend uv oepanas aulmoest oenle in tha proedues airea.


Abuv apeerz a laung vyu uv tha chekout airea hwair tha myueral (se beelo) apeerz. Yu kaan't se tha myueral itself wel heer, but its neerast ej iz on tha waul just abuv the oepan spaes aat tha point hwair a vertikal poel apeerz, with the "HAANDEEKAAP" sien tu tha riet.


Wun uv tha maen reezanz I wontad tu se the inteereur uv tha Nuark ShopRiet wuz tu taek pikchurz uv tha myueral kreaetad bi Nuark skuelchildran under tha direkshan uv tha Baarat Foundaeshan. Heer'z tha baesik info tha Foundaeshan sent out about this projekt:

Tha Baarat Foundaeshan iz proud tu anouns the afishal unvailing uv ouar 60 foot laung "Heltthe Living" kamyuenite myueral, loekaetad abuv tha chekout aat tha nu ShopRiet uv Nuark.

Tha myueral, diviedad intu 44 paanalz, wuz diziend aand paentad bi oever 300 Nuark childran aand yuetth on siet in 11 skuelz aand kamyuenite aurganizaeshanz [aand then poot toogether in tha supermorkat].

A big aand speshal tthaangk yu tu ShopRiet uv Nuark oenerz, Neel aand Lesle [Lezle?] Greenstien[,] faur maeking this posibool[.]

Aaz I wuz liening up foetoez uv tha myueral, tha Baarats themselvz haapand bi — wel, tthre out uv faur: Gaare, Chondre, aand thair dauter Attheena; Aareaana seemd not tu be in atendans. I sed I wuz haaving trubool trieing tu get tha hoel myueral in wun pikchur, aand koodan't figyur out hou tu du thaat, eevan if I kood taek a foeto frum auf tu wun sied aand then yuez tha Perspektiv Karekshan tuel in mi graafiks proegraam tu maeek it apeer rektaanggyoolar. I tthaut it wuz about 30' laung, not 60'.

Heer'z tha leftmoest port uv tha spaan, aulmoest tu tha senter.

Chondre ashuerd me thaat I wuz riet aand it kood not aul be fit(ad) in a singgool pikchur. Aading tu tha difikulteez uv geting a good pikchur, aur eevan sevral good pikchurz, wuz tha faakt thaat thair or liets thaat haang doun frum tha seeling aat regyoolar intervalz akraus the ekspaans. I took a number uv foetoez, frum left tu riet, aand sho them just abuv aand beelo. Nekst tiem I'm in tha staur, I'l se if thair iz sum wae I kaan baak up for eenuf tu fit the entiur myueral in wun pikchur, eevan tho I doen't haav a wied-aanggool lenz. I'm just afraed thaat tha seeling iz not yuenifaurmle hi eenuf faur me tu se tha myueral frum a distans.


Heer iz tha sentral paurshan, shoeing a stialiezd verzhan uv tha morke uv the oeld Paaramount Ttheater on Morkat Street not for eest uv tha Faur Kaurnerz. Tthre (teen?) jimnasts or perfaurming on tha morke, hwial storz aand buterfliez reevolv around them. Now we get to the right of senter.


Aand nou tha for riet.


Unfaurchanatle, tha lieting, eevan in laet maurning, wuz baad, witth tha haanging liets intersperst akraus the entiur widtth uv tha myueral rendering sabstaanshal paurshanz uv tha myueral aulmoest imposibool tu se due tu glair.
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Tha staur iz much maur plezant tu be in thaan the Eest Oranj ShopRiet, but I wil probable haav tu spend maur tiem in the Eest Oranj staur beekauz it's oepan 24/7, hwairaaz the inishal ouarz uv tha Nuark staur haav it kloezing aat 10 p.m. Perhaaps the oenerz wil go 24/7 if tha deemaand iz graet.


Yu kaan se beelo the ouarz uv tha Formase. I'm puzoold. Hwi oran't tha formase deeportmants oepan tha saem ouarz aaz the oeveraul staur? Thae or shaurter in moest if not eevan aul uv tha suepermorkats around heer.


Thair iz a diatishan availabool faur konsultaeshan bi kustamerz. This foeto, hwich iz fuze aaz reegordz sum uv tha peepool beekauz thae wer mueving hwen I wuz taeking tha pikchur, shoez tha need faur a diatishan, doen't yu tthingk?


This nekst foeto shoez tha diatishan'z ouarz.


Tha Staur Direktare foelder (se beelo) givz baakground infarmaeshan about tha diatishan aand formasist.


Iz this a Chieneez-fued bufae airea? I'l haav tu chek it out hwen I haav maur tiem. Hwi didan't I just stae laung eenuf tu chek theez tthingz out on oepaning dae?, yu mae wunder. Wel, the oenle wae I kood get thair oorle wuz bi staeing up aul niet, so I wuz a litool tiurd. Aand thair wer kroudz in tha wae. I doen't noe about yu, but I doen't kair tu deel witth kroudz hwen I'm tiurd. Thair'z no problam witth mi cheking vaareas feechurz out in tha fyuechur. Tha staur'z not goeing eneehwair. I hoep. The Fien Fair on the Eest Oranj sied uv Soutth Oranj Aavanyu in mi naeberhood suferd a devastaeting fiur a fyu muntths ago aand wuz taurn doun raather thaan reebilt. Thaat's a pite, beekauz I wuz aebol tu wauk thair duering tha paast winter, hwen mi kor wuz snoed in. Thaat suepermorkat wuz on a point rufle levool witth mi hous, hwairaaz tha suepermorkat nekst kloesast tu me iz doun a steep hil — aand baak up witth a loedad shoping kort.


In adishan tu tha speshalz serkyoolar, staaferz wer haanding out a Staur Direktare thaat inkluedad a maap uv the inteereur.


Tha tiep iz a litool smaul faur me, but the indeks aand diagraamz uv tha staur'z laeout shood be a graet help in fiending tthingz.
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On tha baak uv tha direktare iz sum info about tha diatishan aand formasist.


It wil taek a hwial tu beekum familyar witth this graet nu staur, but it's a vere plezant plaes tu be hwial lerning hwair tthingz or.
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Hwen I wuz tthingking baak a kupool uv daez laeter, tha werdz faur it thaat kaem tu miend wer "upskail" aand "klaase". In this nekst pikchur, yu kaan se stuft paurk chops — aat $2.99 a pound! I sapoez thaat's just aan oepaning-dae speshal. I'v never haad stuft paurk chops, but if I se them thair aat a reezanabool pries nekst tiem I'm in tha staur, I tthingk I'l bie a kupool. I haav no iedea hwut tha paurk chops or stuft WITTH, but I'l fiend out. Thaat iz sertanle not tha kiend uv tthing I'd tri tu preepair mieself.


In this nekst foeto apeerz a displae kaes uv smoekt meets. The oenle smoekt meet I haav noetad in uther suepermorkats in this airea iz turke.


Tu tha riet uv tha stuft paurk chops wer tthre roez uv sausajaz, Cheez & Porsle, Hot Itaalyan, aand Sweet Itaalyan. It looks aaz tho yu kaan aurder a smauler kwontite thaan wood kum preepaakajd, hwich iz good faur sumwun liek me, hu livz aloen aand duzan't haav much uv aan aapatiet. I haav tu look faur tha smaulast siez uv preepaakajd sausaj aand kook much uv it ahed uv tiem tu keep it frum spoialing. Aand witth a nu flaever kombo, liek Cheez & Porsle, if I kaan aurder just tue, I kaan se if I liek it witthout maeking a sabstaanshal investmant in eether mune aur fued-prep tiem. Vere praaktikal.


This kaes displaez halol (tha Mozlam verzhan uv koesher) beef, chikan, aand laam saandwich sliesaz.


Heer or sum paakajaz uv preepaird Indean fued, hwich iz in shaurt sapli around heer. I wunder if thair or Jaapaneez gyoeza, noen in the Y.S. aaz a tiep uv Chieneez dumplingz aur "potstikerz". I liek them, but haavan't seen them in ene suepermorkat around heer, aand I'm in no mued tu driev aul tha wae tu a Chieneez morkat on Ruet 10 neer a Hoem Deepo just faur gyoeza uv vaareas flaeverz.


Yu kaan se beelo Paurt Street Peerz, fued frum "Sastaenabool Oeshanz".


Thair or aet difrant tieps uv pieping-hot sueps in this airea!

Aultho tha pikchur abuv mae seem out uv foekas, oenle tha peepool mueving in tha faurground or fuze, du tu moeshan, not baad foekas.

Aand heer'z a graafik faur aan airea kauld "Springfeeld Aavanyu Baeks" sueperimpoezd on tha werdz "Sentral Waurd".


I sapoez this pries, $2.99 faur a gaalan uv milk, iz a wun-tiem speshal. But I hoep tha Nuark ShopRiet wil stae kampetitiv witth Waulgreenz. I'm tiurd uv haaving tu maek a separat stop faur milk aafter leeving tha suepermorkat, but the Eest Oranj ShopRiet aurdinerile chorjaz aaz much aaz $3.99 aand eevan $4.19 a gaalan, aand tha loekal Paatthmorks seem tu chorj aat leest $4.19.


Tha Nuark ShopRiet iz a vere werthe adishan tu the ameniteez availabool tu Nuarkerz aand peepool in Nuark's suburbz. I saspekt tha rezidenshal bildingz neering kampleeshan wil fil much faaster thaan komparabool houzing on aufer in uther naeberhoodz beekauz uv tha kanveenyans uv a wunderfool, elagant suepermorkat witthin a shaurt wauk uv hoem. Hu noez, if I fiend mieself oeverhwelmd bi tha deemaandz uv maentaening a hous aand yord aaz I get oelder, I mae skail doun tu aan aportmant in tha Nuark ShopRiet kompleks mieself.