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Halfway through 2024, these are the 10 most expensive homes sold in North Jersey
We're only a little more than halfway through 2024, but North Jersey has already seen many luxury home sales take place across our region. Between mansions on several acres of land, amenities like home theaters and wine cellars, and properties owned by professional athletes, we've kept track of the grandest homes that...
Old home makes way for new homes
ORANGE — It took about an hour for the 143-year-old building at 179 Central Place to come down. “It was built in 1881,” said Walter D. McNeil Jr., executive director of the Orange Housing Authority. “You can imagine, the building materials were not the best.”. It was...
W Orange Planning Board Considering Request to Build Almost 500 Apartment Units Near West Essex Highlands
WEST ORANGE, NJ -- On Tuesday, July 30 and Wednesday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m., the West Orange Planning Board will be discussing the almost 500 apartments that a builder has proposed for property near the West Essex Highlands. Public comments will be accepted from residents in person in Council Chambers. During this week’s town council meeting, a couple of attendees spoke out against the development. Law Professor Paul Trachtenberg, a member of We Care, talked about the fee schedule for clearing the trees, “If that application is approved, the developer plans to remove many thousands of...
What, where, when in Old Kenilworth – Discovering Kenilworth’s “model homes,” Part 6
Discovering Kenilworth’s “model homes,” Part 6. Last article readers were promised to learn where the Oak Knolls section of town was located and the name of a visionary planner. The planner was Harold B. Snyder (1908-1979) who in the 1930s lived with his family on S. Michigan Ave. He owned W. D. Snyder Co., at the corner of Fairfield Ave. He carried out a plan to develop the industrial area between Fairfield and Colfax avenues. He envisioned affordable homes to attract workers for the industries and a new Uptown shopping area with Kenilworth’s own supermarket. To build the homes he linked up in the late 1940s with George and Harry Butts of G&H construction. In 1949 Snyder erected the colonial style shops on the north side of the Boulevard from N. 19th St. to nearly N. 21st St. Residents were jubilant to have a real supermarket in town. In the 1960s he founded the Kenilworth State Bank, now Wells Fargo.
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