Richard researched transportation, land use, history, and other topics. Investigated site plans. Attended public meetings (planning board, zoning board, parking authority board of directors, City Council) to record and help determine what was discussed. Analyzed blueprints and site plans to determine what land uses sites would be put to. Photographed sites that would be affected by proposed projects, as well as sites involved in news events. Employed Sketchup CAD to visualize new land uses, such as buildings and structures. Critiqued and wrote articles in fast-paced work environment, writing before deadlines. Made judgments as to what constituted proper material to include in articles. Created a zoning map; am working on ways to show it to the public. Consulted vintage maps to determine historic land uses.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Three men reportedly pounced on a Rutgers student near the Douglass campus of Rutgers University in the early morning hours of July 20.
The attack occurred shortly before 2 am near the Jameson Residence Hall, located at the intersection of Suydam Street and Jones Avenue.
One of the men sprayed the victim with a liquid, providing a distraction, and another pointed a gun. The gunman then asked for the student's belongings, and left the scene in a dark-colored getaway car.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Eduardo "Snoopy" Mendez, 19, was gunned down on the sidewalk in front of 236 Talmadge St. last Saturday night, between Livingston and Lee Avenues.
Neighbors, including a former police lieutenant, told the Newark Star-Ledger they were shocked that someone was killed on their block, which was usually quiet and peaceful.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Hillel House is poised to move into a much larger facility across College Avenue from its current location, an elegant but small house which has been slated for demolition.
The new Jewish worship space will include a cafe and dining facilities, keeping up with the recently-expanded Chabad House just a few blocks away.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Matrix Development Group is currently building a new 550-space parking garage on a large surface parking lot, the first phase of an complex that is slated to include 393 residences, along with a pool and other luxury amenities.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—As Rutgers University tries to put recent scandals behind them, the university's embattled athletics department announced Friday that its new head basketball coach, Eddie Jordan, had enrolled in two summer classes towards a degree the university erroneously reported he had.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—There was a time before the grease trucks, or any trucks at all for that matter. Back when churches were the tallest structures in the city, and long before women and men would share the same classrooms at Rutgers.
Imagine, if you will, a time when what is now the Grease Trucks parking lot was an enormous mansion belonging to the Johnson clan, when a vast network of streetcars ran along trolley tracks throughout the city and the region.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Urban planners from across New Jersey gathered in the New Brunswick Hyatt Regency Hotel for the American Planning Association's (APA's) annual conference on February 1.
Their conference was delayed several months due to Hurricane Sandy, which struck less than a week before the original date in November. When the conference returned, disaster preparation and the recent hurricane dominated the speeches and discussions.
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