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NCJanow
Citizen
Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 914
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 9:31 pm: |     |
Just a small dream, a coffee bar in the South Orange Library. Nothing fancy, no starbucks please, maybe we can convince the Dancing Goat to open a concession
NCJ aka LibraryLady |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5091
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2003 - 1:20 am: | |
What street is the Montclair Book Center on? |
Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 735
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2003 - 8:15 am: | |
no weasels (well you did ask for a dream). |
South Beach Gal
Citizen
Username: South_beach_gal
Post Number: 18
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2003 - 10:47 am: | |
My dream SO would have a grand Italian-style piazza complete with fountain at the Beifus site. It would include wonderful outdoor cafes and small shops and the air would be filled with the smell of fresh baked breads and pastries. It would be a great place for meeting friends and just relaxing. Well, I can dream, can't I? |
algebra2
Citizen
Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 1182
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2003 - 11:42 am: | |
http://www.montclairbookcenter.com/
Dave, it's off Bloomfield but on a one-way street so you gotta drive around the block -- it's very close to Hampton Furniture. We only buy at Montclair Book Center. Really nice place with a knowledgable staff. |
Elizabeth
Citizen
Username: Elizabeth
Post Number: 242
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2003 - 11:12 pm: | |
ooooh. South Beach Gal really knows how to dream! I'm adding all that to my list. |
Jason & John
Citizen
Username: Johnh91011
Post Number: 68
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 2:22 pm: | |
Of course minor things like no crime, racial harmony, no corruption in local politics, socially integrated neighborhoods, knowing all your neighbors, etc do also come to mind in my dream SO/Maplewood |
OK, it's Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 456
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 3:17 pm: | |
I'd like to replace the debate over the Verizon wireless tower with a pair of towns that has cell phone coverage for all, all over the two towns. From what I read, I get the impression people would rather fight than give in to their own needs.
Overall, I think I'm already living in my dream town. Ask me in a year. Of course, it's not perfect. This is the first good looking place I've lived in. I've lived in Manhattan, Boston, and Edison NJ. I concede bklyntonj's point about the discomfort of being on a line of haves and havenots, but what can I do about it?
Tom Reingold
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OK, it's Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 457
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 3:23 pm: | |
Oh, and while I'm dreaming, I guess I'll ask for a town where I can buy ANYTHING I need without needing a car. I do like owning a car, but I don't like needing it. In my previous life, I did everything by bicycle. I don't see how anyone can do that in NJ.
Tom Reingold
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drewdix
Citizen
Username: Drewdix
Post Number: 349
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 4:32 pm: | |
ErinS and others-
keep your eye on the Town Bookstore in Maplewood; it is shortly to have new ownership (October).
Service at the present incarnation has always been good, but the new plans include significant (read: comfortable/creative/funky) changes in the ambience and layout that sound great.
They'll order/search for anything not in stock- they found an obscure, small press book about the Ashokan Reservoir for me and just charged a nominal fee for shipping. Had it in a few days. |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1407
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 5:50 pm: | |
My dream MSO would be to have dogs running on the amphitheatre hill in Memorial Park! |
trapper
Citizen
Username: Trapper
Post Number: 19
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 5, 2003 - 11:35 pm: | |
I'd like a mag-lev monorail ring of fire.
And an antique board-game shop. |
mlj
Citizen
Username: Mlj
Post Number: 153
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2003 - 1:40 pm: | |
....fewer giant SUVs and leaf blowers....lower taxes....fewer annoying cell phone loud talkers....more careful and considerate drivers on Maplewood Avenue and beyond.... |
crazyguggenheim
Citizen
Username: Crazyguggenheim
Post Number: 432
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2003 - 2:51 pm: | |
Call me crazy, but a Hummer in every driveway and cats everywhere.
Call me crazy |
AZ
Citizen
Username: Azaltsman
Post Number: 190
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2003 - 5:11 pm: | |
JGTierney - and anyone looking for a good Thai place - Thai Thai in Stirling (or Gilette..) on Springfield Ave. Yeah, it's about 20 minutes away but it is THE best Thai I've had. Very well priced and normally needs reservations on weekends. I HIGHLY recommend it. |
Catastrophe
Citizen
Username: Cat
Post Number: 1
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2003 - 5:41 pm: | |
I agree with Crazy (except for the Hummers) |
doublea
Citizen
Username: Doublea
Post Number: 274
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2003 - 5:48 pm: | |
South Beach Gal - That was wonderful. I could just picture it. Maybe some of the trustees are reading this thread or it can be posted in the South Orange Specific thread. It really is a dream that could come true. |
South Beach Gal
Citizen
Username: South_beach_gal
Post Number: 19
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 8, 2003 - 12:53 pm: | |
Thanks, doublea. My other dream is that it would appeal to the powers that be. It would really make this town something special. Having such a place could add to the draw of a performing arts center and to the general life of the town, both day and evening. But could it really happen? |
jfw
Citizen
Username: Jfw
Post Number: 33
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 8, 2003 - 3:31 pm: | |
- a huge independent record store (think princeton record exchange)
- a korean bbq restaurant
- an indoor workout facility with running track, pool, tennis courts
- a local government so competent that i'd have no problem affording the above gym membership because my property taxes would be going DOWN $500 a year instead of UP. (this thread is a DREAM scenario, right?) |
doublea
Citizen
Username: Doublea
Post Number: 278
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 8, 2003 - 6:40 pm: | |
South Beach Gal - There's a trustees' meeting tonight where a lot of issues are going to be discussed. If you have cable, you can watch it on channel 19 (or attend). As suggested, maybe if you post it on the South Orange Specific thread, you may get some feedback from the public as well as some officials. It's a good place to start. With the way things are going (and I'm just being realistic, not negative) maybe it's a good time to put some new ideas out for consideration. I think it's an incredible idea which I suspect would get a lot of public support, and maybe even support from the officials. Never hurts to suggest it. |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 699
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 8, 2003 - 11:48 pm: | |
Oooh... I love the idea of someplace nearby with indoor running track, pool, tennis courts... and RACQUETBALL!
I'd like SOPAC to be finished, to be beautiful, and to be a massive success, bringing a wide variety of fabulous talent from near and far, from the Groove Collective to Steve Reich to the Tokyo Quartet.
I'd like a modern design shop such as Design Within Reach with furniture, lighting, & accessories by Eames, Le Corbusier, Nelson, Bertoia, as well as lesser-known but talented modern designers.
I'd like all the schools and municpal buildings to be solar powered, and I'd like the South Orange gaslights to be replaced with solar-powered streetlights.
I'd like to see new art/sculpture by local artists at train stations and other public places, changed every 6 months or so.
I'd like the towns to initiate no-cars-allowed days in the town centers once a month during the warm months.
And while I'm really dreaming, I'd like the two towns to create a huge wireless network, so every resident could have a superfast internet connection for free. |
amy
Citizen
Username: Amy
Post Number: 3
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 9:05 pm: | |
I agree with ffof! Dogs on the hill! woof
...and the 'gate to turn into a brew pub. |
drewdix
Citizen
Username: Drewdix
Post Number: 353
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 10:25 am: | |
yipe! |
beppolina
Citizen
Username: Beppolina
Post Number: 31
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 9:49 pm: | |
*Dogs allowed in the pub
*Bubble tea
*Someplace for lots of xeroxing & office supplies (yes I know there's a Mailboxes Etc. in South Orange, but it's always mobbed)
*Adults-only screenings of cool independent films (it was AGONY listening to mommies whispering explanations to their kids during "Spirited Away")
*Cable cars up the hills from the train station
*Lots more lilacs
*Kim's Video
*A total and complete ban on Hummers
*(oh stop it, you know what I mean)
*No mean dogs
*Guaranteed ripening of all tomatos
*Belgian waffles and frites |
luanda
Citizen
Username: Luanda
Post Number: 34
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 8:28 pm: | |
My perfect M/SO?
A place much like our curent M/SO, but without the whiners who want every government service we already have, and more, who want our schools to be more highly ranked, and who bitch and moan about the taxes we pay and blame it all on the evil "them." |
OK, it's Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 555
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 9:22 pm: | |
Luanda, are you sure those are all the same people?
Tom Reingold
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ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 1884
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 11:27 pm: | |
I have a few dreams for our two towns.
Because our residents don’t have any accommodations in either town for visiting family and friends, of course I would like to see a fair bed and breakfast ordinance.
Also, it's about time we do something to reduce traffic, increase parking, help our business districts, and give residents our own long overdue public transportation system. For this to happen it means both towns should agree to provide an all day jitney.... |
Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 15
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 5:46 am: | |
It's early, so I really am still dreaming...I'd like the following:
*A Block Buster on Springfield Ave, with parking.
*Another bar restaurant (Lion's whatever only less chi-chi). Maybe replace that awful Water Lilies place.
*A seafood restaurant, sawdust on floor type
*Another vote for the all day jitney so I can go to the bar/restaurants and not drive
*Speed bumps on Parker Avenue
*An Ace or TruValue hardware store on Springfield
*A CD/record store
*Nice teenaged babysitters who cost $4-$5 an hour instead of $7+. Then I could afford to get on the jitney, go out for evening and not be bankrupt! |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 1903
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 11:06 am: | |
I like this Cynicalgirl, she has real TruValues...
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Waiting for an all-day Jitney, or some better way we can get to the Pub...
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Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 16
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 11:38 am: | |
Thanks, ajc. The other mode of transport I've hear of is golf carts -- though I doubt they'd work in our environment. Have a friend in Atlanta, and some in FL, who live in planned towns or whatever where you pretty much can only use golf carts to get around. Low mph, electric. Don't know if you can have a couple of glasses of wine and still drive them, though. I'm terribly conservative about alcohol and driving, yet I do like to have a few on occasion. What a conundrum! In my old state, about once a month they had these "loops." Mostly catered to swinging singles, but it amounted to a set of buses that you could get on for free/cheap and hit all the hot spots...Ran till like 2:00 a.m. |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1463
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 11:42 am: | |
I don't know about wine, but you can have a couple of cocktails and drive them (golfcarts)!!! |
margu
Citizen
Username: Margu
Post Number: 12
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 11:28 am: | |
Dreams can come true. Check out the Dancing Goat Cafe. We have been frequenting the new and vibrant DANCING GOAT CAFE in South Orange. The Sunday evening poetry readings for local poets/writers has been such a joy. The cafe has lovely classic ambiance.... massive velvet drapes, comfortable seating, books on shelves, and even some games for kids to keep amused. We try to frequent and support it, letting go of Starbucks for the Capuccino cravings and hanging out. It really reminds me of some of the newer cafes that were springing up when we left Park Slope for Maplewood a few years ago. |
stefano
Citizen
Username: Stefano
Post Number: 367
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 11:38 am: | |
Now they just need to stop the Vogon poetry readings.
dr stefano |
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