Tired of looking at the burned-out facade of the Upper Montclair Train Station? A developer has been chosen, according to the Star Ledger. Charles and Ralph Nuzzo and their family will be behind the new eatery. The former has been involved in restaurants in NJ and CA. The latter is managing member and senior partner at Notchwood LLC in Little Falls.
"We are thrilled with Notch wood's proposal," Penny Bassett- Hackett, a spokeswoman for NJ Transit, said yesterday. "They have a deep background in rehabilita tion and reconstruction combined with restaurants, so this process has really culminated into what will be a good addition to Montclair."This year, the New Jersey Historic Sites Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the demolition of the gutted station on the condition that a "historically accurate reconstruction" is undertaken. That would include the preservation of the porte-cochere and the creation of an "architectural savage plan" by NJ Transit.
As an enticement for the restaurant developer to undertake the reconstruction, NJ Transit, the station's owner, is contributing $287,000 toward the demolition- construction, which it said represents the settlement from the Gar den State Insurance Fund.
As for the restaurant, Ralph Nuzzo said it would be an "affordable" high-end place serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, with fine wines and labor from Montclair State University. "So it's a youthful look," he said.
What is an "architectural savage plan?" And how does running a landscaping company in Little Falls qualify someone to run a restaurant, let alone supervise all those architectural savages?
That was really a bad piece of writing, wherever it was lifted from.