From: | Tony Chenhansa <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:21:22 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] New mall on an old city dump article |
For the complete article go to: http://www.boston.com/dailynews/294/region/New_mall_opens_on_top_of_old_c:.s html New mall opens on top of old city dump, pleasing developers, environmentalists By Amy Westfeldt, Associated Press, 10/21/99 17:39 ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) It sits a few miles behind the airport, surrounded by cargo containers and shipping cranes and covering a giant garbage dump. Not the first place one would think to find Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Cinnabon. But the $360 million Jersey Gardens outlet shopping mall, which opened here Thursday, is being touted by both politicians and environmentalists for its location. Depressed, urban centers like Elizabeth are best served by developing over contaminated land, they say, while the development is preferable to projects that could hurt pristine land or contribute to suburban sprawl. continued ... http://www.boston.com/dailynews/294/region/New_mall_opens_on_top_of_old_c:.s html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read CPEO's archived Brownfields messages visit http://www.cpeo.org/lists/brownfields If this email has been forwarded to you and you'd like to subscribe, please send a message to cpeo-brownfields-subscribe@igc.topica.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________________________________________ Got a Favorite Topic to Discuss? Start a List at Topica. http://www.topica.com/t/4 | |
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