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jayjay
Citizen
Username: Jayjayp
Post Number: 498
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 2:33 pm: | 
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I have been wondering where else we could put this sculpture to create more of a buzz than the one our BOT's seem to think will inevitably flow from the installation on SLoan Street. Here's some ideas:
1. On the roof of the Pathmark. It would draw you eye upward away from the hideous looking store and parking lot
2. Behind the plywood panel on Saiyd's lot. It would be even more minimalist than it would be otherwise, being partially obscured. Also, then the village could pay Saiyd for locating it there, which would help him pay real estate taxes on the parcel.
3. On the new basketball courts by Baird. Afterall, they're much newer than the gazebo, and thus why should anyone object to their being ripped out. I think it could go right on the blacktop, no new dirt or bricks to install, and it might lead to a new recreational sport. Perhaps, a net could be mounted on it.
4. By the entrance to the Putle Development in the quarry. The dust from the rock crushers might enhance the patina on the scultpure.
5. In the middle of South Orange Avenue. That would effectively narrow it by yet another lane. |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 3593
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 2:48 pm: |
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How about in front of Hunter College in NYC...oh nevermind...that's already been done! |
Lizziecat
Citizen
Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1114
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 3:24 pm: |
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In Calabrese's front yard. |
joel dranove
Citizen
Username: Jdranove
Post Number: 191
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 4:11 pm: |
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In the town recycling center.
jd |
Howard Levison
Citizen
Username: Levisonh
Post Number: 495
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 7:34 pm: |
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Seriously, it should be a replacement for the needle in front of SOPAC since most likely the circle will be closed off for SOPAC crowd circulation. |
jayjay
Citizen
Username: Jayjayp
Post Number: 499
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 7:41 pm: |
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I wonder why that was never in consideration. I don't see the point of the needle anyway. |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 1595
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:09 pm: |
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Obelisks are very popular with the Illuminati crowd...don't y'all ever read anything besides MOL??? |
Spitz
Supporter
Username: Doublea
Post Number: 1535
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:17 pm: |
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I went back and looked at the prior posts about the location. Mark Rosner posted that these are the reasons the SOPAC site was not chosen: it would have required N.J. Transit's approval, there was concern that it would block the view of drivers going around the circle, and the gazebo location was the VP's preferred choice. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4408
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 9:09 pm: |
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Lizzie-
I've been saying the same thing! Bill has enough of a side lawn for it too! |
Howard Levison
Citizen
Username: Levisonh
Post Number: 496
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 6:57 am: |
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Spitz, I assume that the circle will be eliminated because there is a requirement for an assembly area for the potential number of people at SOPAC events. |
jayjay
Citizen
Username: Jayjayp
Post Number: 502
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 7:11 am: |
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Then the question becomes who owns that land that the former circle occuppied. If its still NJ Transit land, then wouldn't putting the sculpture there be donating it to NJ Transit. Heaven forbid! I'm getting the felling that this thing is becoming more and more of an albatross. Why don't they just cancel the contract, incur whatever penalty there might be, and stop this already. |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 3602
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 7:39 am: |
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The circle will likely be eliminated once Millenium builds their Glass Dome & Parking Deck, right? |
Howard Levison
Citizen
Username: Levisonh
Post Number: 497
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:42 am: |
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If that is the case then it will protect the sculpture from the elements and rusting. |
Vertifly
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 191
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:49 am: |
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Is there any information on "where" the town plans on placing the sculpture? |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 3606
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:00 am: |
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Vertifly,
It is currently scheduled to be installed where the Gazebo is on Sloan Street. (the gazebo that was installed with taxpayer dollars less than 10 years ago) |
Vertifly
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 192
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:33 pm: |
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I am not totally opposed to this controversial thing. But that is a modern scupture.
A glance at Sloan Street seems more like a scene outside the window of a Norman Rockwell picture; not Dali. Hope it looks good there.
Maybe the town could purchase a $500k sports car instead, then have it petrified, and placed on a trophy stand right there. That would be cool too. |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 360
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:47 pm: |
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I'd say the site is second to the restoration of the piece. To me it looks like it needs to have some serious work done on it after years of it melting into what it is now. |
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