Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I went into the Manhattan Building Companies informational meeting Monday in a reasonable frame of mind and came out frightened. I live on 2nd and Hudson; I will rarely see this project, so why should I be frightened? I am frightened because I have a resident’s attitude, not a builder’s, despite my decade …
Dear Editor: So we’re seriously discussing whether we will or won’t let the Manhattan Building Company build an 18-story monolith on the edge of town. Allow me to chime in with an argument or two that I haven’t heard from anybody else yet. First of all, we’re talking about bringing into town about 1,000 people …
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Dear Editor: In his December “Pride in Hoboken” column in this paper, Mayor Russo announced that last year, development in Hoboken has resulted in $66 million in new ratables. All of this new construction has seriously degraded this quality of life in Hoboken and greatly increased the costs of running this city. As a result, …
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Dear Editor: Normally, I don’t read the Hoboken Reporter, but when I picked it up this week there was an article about Mr. Garcia that drew my attention. I personally do not know Mr. Soares, but I have had the pleasure of getting to know Mr. Garcia who is quite outspoken. As a matter of …
Dear Editor: Let me thank Michael Korman for responding to my letter to the editor in the Hoboken Reporter. When I became President of the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce in 1997, I made a courtesy call on City Hall. At this meeting I asked how the Chamber could better work with the city, I asked …
Dear Editor: In response to the letter entitled “Smoke rings not appreciated” some of us smokers at Fox Hill are concerned with all; those who smoke and those non-smokers who reside in our complex. However, it’s become quite hypocritical for those who talk of respiratory problems, second hand smoke and difficulty breathing when they themselves …
Dear Editor: Why do we persist in giving away variances to developers? They are variances for a reason and should only be traded if something truly extraordinary is being offered in return. Let the developers start at the zoned level of stories and density. They can always apply to expand further in future years (as …
Dear Editor: With regard to the proposed 1600 Park Avenue construction, nobody’s asked the most important question, “What has this project to do with the people of Hoboken.” Sizing the project with the Park and Willow Avenue vehicle bridges as a reference for scale resulted in an 18-story monolith that has nothing to do with …
Dear Editor: My name is Elizabeth Cohen and I am the coordinator of the Hoboken Chapter of the Million Mom March. The Million Mom March is a planned march on Washington D.C. on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2000. The purpose of the march is to rally mothers and others from all over the United States …
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to this person who calls himself T. Weed. I was not putting people in Hoboken down, just you. And secondly, you ramble on and on and you still make no sense whatsoever. I don’t even know what you are talking about half the time. I don’t want to …