Embankment Development Plan Includes Wild Tower
Hoboken architectural firm Dean Marchetto Associates has posted online plans for the Sixth Street Embankment. While the developer Steve Hyman and local activists work out their issues in court, the rest of us can ponder just what exactly is intended here.
The strange plans call for housing to be built on top the embankment, but also include a wide area of park land along the the span of the embankment, including bridges over each section. Cars would be stored underneath the embankment, with the exterior preserved, minus a few holes for the cars to get in and out.
The plan though is not just limited to the Sixth Street embankment though. In addition, the master plan calls for converting the Metro Plaza shopping center into an "embedded big box mix use area." Someone needs to tell Dean Marchetto that "big box" and "mix use" are incompatible terms.
But that's not all. The plan also calls for a new signature tower to be built on the end of the pier at Sixth Street. The sail shaped building is depicted as standing twice the height of the existing Newport Center VII.
Finally, plan also calls for some form of redevelopment west of the turnpike at the far end of the Embankment, perhaps roughly corresponding to the location Hyman was looking to have rezoned in exchange for handing over the embankment to the city. Either way, this plan doesn't look like its happening anytime soon.
The strange plans call for housing to be built on top the embankment, but also include a wide area of park land along the the span of the embankment, including bridges over each section. Cars would be stored underneath the embankment, with the exterior preserved, minus a few holes for the cars to get in and out.
The plan though is not just limited to the Sixth Street embankment though. In addition, the master plan calls for converting the Metro Plaza shopping center into an "embedded big box mix use area." Someone needs to tell Dean Marchetto that "big box" and "mix use" are incompatible terms.
But that's not all. The plan also calls for a new signature tower to be built on the end of the pier at Sixth Street. The sail shaped building is depicted as standing twice the height of the existing Newport Center VII.
Finally, plan also calls for some form of redevelopment west of the turnpike at the far end of the Embankment, perhaps roughly corresponding to the location Hyman was looking to have rezoned in exchange for handing over the embankment to the city. Either way, this plan doesn't look like its happening anytime soon.
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5 Comments:
Isn't the Pier at the end of 6th Street owned by Lefrak?
Also Metro Plaza owned by Steve Hyman? I think not!
This proposal is very wierd!! I don't see the other owners collaborating with Steve Hyman
Let's not forget that where that plan calls for redeveloping Metro Plaza, the Metropolitan is suppose to rise, eventually, one day. Yes, this design is odd.
and is that dubai-esque sail tower for real? it looks taller than Goldman sacks. this looks like a thesis that someone had fun with, not neccesarily what could actually happen.
The 6th street pier is owned by LeFrak and there are no plans set for the near future. Zonning doesn't allow the construction of such a structure on the pier.
The community of Harsimus Cove is and has been in favor of a park on the Embankment.
Hyman's ownership of the embankment is not established, so these plans are nothing more than pie-in-the-sky.
Further, Hyman promised to cede the embankment to the City if his Gull's Cove project was approved. Clearly, his word carries no weight.
Please support the Sixth Street Embankment Coalition in their support of a park for our community that will serve as an example that Jersey City is not about planting skyscrapers in a historic district, but about providing what its citizens demand.
Eric Fleming
Harsimus Cove Association
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