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Chelseafc5505 t1_j54ifoi wrote

Yeah, it's a lovely house, but knowing a lady was murdered, stuffed into a suitcase, and encased in a fake concrete slab in the basement would keep me up at night.

Hard pass

Edit: after a bit of research, the house pictured and listed (200 Elmwood) is NOT the house that the poor lady was buried in which was 212-214 Elmwood

Edit 2: this house is so flipping strange. The layout is so convoluted. The basement has two levels to it? The closets have closets? A few dead hallways that lead nowhere.

Can do a 3d tour here https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/200-Elwood-Ave-Newark-NJ-07104/2129926534_zpid/?

It is in complete disarray, has clearly been abandoned for a long time, and needs another 500k minimum put it into it. Might be some of the ornate original interior that's salvageable, but I imagine most of it would have to get trashed, and taken down to the studs.

It almost seems someone saw this as a fixer upper and started to work on it ( a couple of more modern details and finishes) and ran out of money and then just abandoned it.

You'd have to be insane/have very deep pockets to want to take this project on

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HudsonGuy91 t1_j548tzd wrote

Well, this is...not encouraging. (Though I laughed out loud at the topic.) I hope to finally explore the new Gateway in the next few days. I've really been oddly clueless about the whole renovation, including thinking some spots WOULD be at street level. Did I dream that being an original intention? I was excited to see Chip City opening next week, but indeed rolled my eyes when I saw the 6pm closing time.

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mdt2113 t1_j53oezd wrote

The whole idea of the gateway center sucks. Have stores on the street level! It’s just makes Newark a deadzone from penn to mulberry. That they have these awful hours is insult to injury.

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NewNewark t1_j53jpkv wrote

>The new Gateway Center is open M - F and closes at 7pm.

I posted this in the chip city thread but they confirmed their hours will be 10am-6pm. Designed to exclude people who live in Newark.

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