[CPEO-BIF] GE site, Bloomfield & East Orange, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel]

Rebirth from a toxic history

By Seth Augenstein
Bloomfield Independent Press (NJ)
October 4, 2006

BLOOMFIELD, NJ - General Electric’s former factory, sandwiched between 
Lawrence Street and North Arlington Avenue — and straddling the border 
of Bloomfield and East Orange — is a testament to Bloomfield’s former 
industrial heyday.

What was once a thriving factory that employed thousands of workers 
during the first half of the 20th century has had mixed and eclectic 
industrial uses for the last 20 years.

But the large and mostly-unused buildings on the site could soon give 
way to the newest wave of residential development. The 767-unit proposed 
development on the border of the two municipalities, called “Parkway 
Lofts,” would include converting the six-story main building into a 
complex of condominium lofts, then tearing down the rest of the 
buildings on the 21-acre site, and then constructing in their place 
mid-rise apartment buildings, townhouses and other residential units 
spread over the rest of the property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.localsource.com/articles/2006/10/04/the_independent_press/news/local/doc45240d34c32f1054793118.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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