Unique and Irreplaceable
author said:
dave said:
More unique or more irreplaceable?
Replaceable by a building that services senior citizens or those in need of affordable housing.. Not replaceable by a building that features 2 bedroom apartments that rent for $4200.00 a month.
Well, clearly it was replaceable and has been replaced and Maplewood doesn’t seem to have suffered too much. Nobody will like every building or business in town, of course, but can’t we move on past this one now?
ctrzaska said:
Gary, the UPS guy?
Lorena’s?
I’m probably one of only a small handful of people in town who like (but don’t love) Lorena’s. We usually choose Verjus in that category. And I still miss Terra Cotta!!
Re Gary - I hear there will be a party for him soon, thrown by all his customers, because he has been promoted to an office job and no longer driving the route. Congrats to him, but definitely sad to lose him as my driver!
jamie said:
You can find some really old archive stuff here - you can see some of the discussion titles - but they don't seem to work when you click on them - comment don't load:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010517175449/http://www.southorangevillage.com/discus/
I'll try to rebuild some of the indexes if possible. You can randomly click on html files here:
http://jamieross.com/discus/messages/129/
And from 20 years ago:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990202182927/http://www.maplewoodonline.com/cgibin/board/wboard.shtml
interesting blast from the past. Brought back memories of all the arguments about Bush's WMD claims, and how lonely in was in late 2002 and early 2003 to be a skeptic. Now it seems like everyone "knew" Bush's Iraq claims were false, but back then it was lonely. I could bring back some other folks' responses, but I don't want to embarrass them.
sac said:
author said:Well, clearly it was replaceable and has been replaced and Maplewood doesn’t seem to have suffered too much. Nobody will like every building or business in town, of course, but can’t we move on past this one now?
dave said:
More unique or more irreplaceable?
Replaceable by a building that services senior citizens or those in need of affordable housing.. Not replaceable by a building that features 2 bedroom apartments that rent for $4200.00 a month.
We learn or should learn from our mistakes. Moving on past is not learning.
How about the threads on the first reval in over 20 years? Those were some ugly threads.
Jamie, was that the start of MOL or was that what put MOL in to the big leagues?
author said:
We learn or should learn from our mistakes. Moving on past is not learning.
we learned that the village is still a village
ml1 said:
author said:we learned that the village is still a village
We learn or should learn from our mistakes. Moving on past is not learning.
The statement was made that Maplewood has not been harmed by the Circus building..........I maintain that it has. What is a town but its inhabitants? When I large portion of these people have become seniors and can no longer afford to live in their own town...........I maintain that ignoring
these seniors in favor of choosing a builder whose stated intentions were to build a structure
which contains apartments costing $3,000. plus a month and $4,000. a month............ignores so many who have invested so much in our community over the years.
NJ transit and the golden rule triumphed again. That's the one that says "who ever has the gold rules"
I maintain that the village really has never recovered from the township removing the hitching posts in 1915.
author said:
There are a lot of senior citizens in that building.
ml1 said:
I maintain that the village really has never recovered from the township removing the hitching posts in 1915.
ml1 said:
I maintain that the village really has never recovered from the township removing the hitching posts in 1915.
ml1 said:
I maintain that the village really has never recovered from the township removing the hitching posts in 1915.
You can do better than that x3
it's been all downhill since they allowed the motorcars in the village. And the sad thing is that people always said the Ross Meat Market was truly unique and irreplaceable.
ml1 said:
it's been all downhill since they allowed the motorcars in the village. And the sad thing is that people always said the Ross Meat Market was truly unique and irreplaceable.
And how did it affect the seniors in town? Did they have to move out because they could no longer afford the home in which they lived for 35 years?
mrincredible said:
Please don't turn this into another ******* post office thread.
Dave started it mom
author said:
Dave started it mom
To quote moms everywhere: "I don't give a **** who started it."
mrincredible said:
To quote moms everywhere: "I don't give a **** who started it."
also, I think someone posted here instead of in the "Where are the posters?" thread and now this discussion is going in at least two different directions. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't get unanimous agreement that the old school MOL was unique and irreplaceable.
ml1 said:
it's been all downhill since they allowed the motorcars in the village. And the sad thing is that people always said the Ross Meat Market was truly unique and irreplaceable.
Those horse and buggy's still made the illegal left into parking spaces though
lord_pabulum said:
Those horse and buggy's still made the illegal left into parking spaces though
tell me about it. you have to make about 25 maneuvers with one of those things to get it straight within the lines.
sac said:
Re Gary - I hear there will be a party for him soon, thrown by all his customers, because he has been promoted to an office job and no longer driving the route. Congrats to him, but definitely sad to lose him as my driver!
How do we get in on this?
mrincredible said:
author said:To quote moms everywhere: "I don't give a **** who started it."
Dave started it mom
Who am I to defy the moms of the world...........besides I am going back to Greece. This humidity
is killing me.
ml1 said:
I maintain that the village really has never recovered from the township removing the hitching posts in 1915.
There is a house on Elmwood Ave that still has a hitching post....
dave said:
More unique or more irreplaceable?
Based on how much the Town got for it in the end, I should have bought and renovated as my home.
dave said:
More unique or more irreplaceable?
I wonder what happened to the two benches in front of the old post office. I was the person who installed them on behalf of the Rotary club.
Jaytee said:
There is a house on Elmwood Ave that still has a hitching post....
not in the village. And not in front of the general store.
author said:
I was sitting on one of the benches when my heart attack began. I still have fond memories of it.
author said:
I was sitting on one of the benches when my heart attack began. I still have fond memories of it.
Were you sitting when the demolition crew arrived? I hope you've recovered well. Would your buddy at village coffee know what happened to the benches?
You can find some really old archive stuff here - you can see some of the discussion titles - but they don't seem to work when you click on them - comment don't load:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010517175449/http://www.southorangevillage.com/discus/
I'll try to rebuild some of the indexes if possible. You can randomly click on html files here:
http://jamieross.com/discus/messages/129/
And from 20 years ago:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990202182927/http://www.maplewoodonline.com/cgibin/board/wboard.shtml