Downtown Efforts 'Never Been Better'

.•, ... ~ ."' ~: ..·. ·:· Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 •!• 91 st Year, Issue 24 © 2000 July 21, 2000 Newark, o,- so~ Neighborhood Ritter Lane Swil play is an home is provides more annual treat. award winner. fun as well. PAGE 6 PAGE~ PACE 8 Downtown efforts 'never been better' "cyber cafe" plans to have Cooperation Internet connections next to cof fee and pastries plu space for software sales and meetings on a continues lower level. Delaware Sporting Goods has between city, morphed into Old Market Road, a clothing store and Grassroots university and Handicrafts can now to found in a second location across th e businesses street which specialize in shoes. Roser also noted Outer Limits. By MARY E. PETZAK operated by Don DelCollo, is moving up the street to a space NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER formerly occupied by Rainbow Records before they built and ome businesses fo lded, expanded their new locations. some were in a holding "Outer Limits is adding new mer S pattern, and some chandise but also retaining their evolved under new owners as current items," said Ro er. Newark entered the second sum The former Patio Pi zza is still mer under the scrutiny of the empty at 173 E. Main, but Cafe Downtown Newark Partnership. Gelato at 90 E. Main has had According to assistant city lines forming for dinner on week planning director Maureen Roser, ends. Einstein Bagels at 36 E. Main Restaurants have a lot of inter was forced to close it's doors est in ewark. but the city staff is because the company is in bank trying to recru it other kinds of ruptcy under Chapter 11. retail that requ1res less parking, The vacant Newark Diner and an area that continues to he a former Happy Harry's sites are concern. "We want to make sure NEWAR K POST STAFF PHOTO BY JOHN LLERA still awaiting economically we don't 'sour out' people who viable plans which can get Area artists Dragonfly Leathrum, Trish Middings ( on ladder) , and Debbie Hegedus have been working on a downtown mural designed say they can't find a parking approval from the city. Adequate spot," Roser said. "We want to with community input. The group hopes to complete the eye-catching work on the side of the former Newark Hardware store in the next parldng is an issue at both those week. · keep things moving forward." locations. Holiday Tans opened appro And then there are some priately next to Maui Taco, a Hegedus said a lot of people have already come by and said, By MARY E. PETiAK changes on still familiar faces. Hawaiian/Mexican restaurant at "Oh, there's George and Lefty" on the bench. "l used to talk to Gus Tsionas, (owner of the diner the corner of Haines Street, and them a lot," she said. "They were very sweet and a lot of people NEWARK POST STAFF WR ITER and longtime proprietor of Space The Personal Difference which knew them." II Pizza) sold his interest in the customizes almost anything is Other elements incorporated at community request are a pho- · t's big, it's bold, and in another week, it will be beautiful. A pizza shop to his son-in-law who now open in 'fraders Alley near tographer taking a picture, children swinging and playing, and a mural in progress on the side of the former Newark Hardware already operates a Seasons Pizza Trnka's clothing store. I store was causing a "gaper delay" on Main Street this week. · child's drawing. "We're also going to have Lefty reading the on Route 40," said Roser. "Space The Book Garden Gallery, a Newark Post," Hegedus said. "And lots of trees- the greatest "We wanted it to be a celebration of community but we don't II has become another Seasons." bookstore for used, rare and out want to cause any accidents," said Debbie Hegedu s, who along response came from people who said trees were the most impor- Nirvana Cafe is opening soon of-print book i prospering . tant thing to them." with local artists Dragonfly Leathrum and Trish Midd in gs is paint in the old Gershman's clothing along with Dreamline ing the mural. The arts alliance previously painted murals on the side of the location at 168 E. Main St. The Hegedus, who also teaches art at the Newark Center for Goodwill store and the back of the Arts House. Two years ago, See DOWNTOWN , 3 .... Creative Learning, said the Newark Arts Alliance polled people at they completed a tile work on the front of Grassroots. Newark Nite to decide the design elements. Hegedus said the group hopes to do more murals. "There's only "We h~d people tell us what they cherish about Newark's pre so much we can do in one," she said. ·'We need funding to do oth sent or past," explained Hegedus. "Dragonfly designed the mural ers, and of course, a place to put them." Mill at White Clay ba ed on that.'' Newark Arts Alliance member Terry Foreman said the city of . According to Hegedus, a lot of what people chose were things Newark put up $2,000 for the mural, and another $500, as well as 1 from the past. "As a result, we decided to give the work a nostal the building wall, came from property owners Mary and Richard gic feel ," she said. "W put in two people who used to sit on the Dudak. needs fewer apts bench in front of Scott's Ice Cream and a photo album with the "We need $ 1,500 for the remainder of the cost," Foreman said. Newark Diner, the fom1er State Theater and the old Mal t Shop, for "We're still working on that." Vulcanized Fibre site. instance." Developer City planning director Roy Lopata said 40 other apartment proposes large units, also approved by council for the site, will continue under INDEX office user, construction. · New, old fashioned signs a hil The office space will be locat NEWS 1-3 instead ed in the remains of the multi ruising down Main Street may be a little So far the new look has brought many compli story NVF manufacturing faci li-. POLICE BLOTTER 2 like travelling back in time since the install ments. "Every comment we've gotten from the pub By MARY E. PETZAK · ty, as well as on the fo undation o"fc 1 C ment of brand-new street signs at evey lic is about how much people love them," said ~moth er abandoned NVF build BIRTHS 3 intersection. Bartling. They make you feel at home." NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER ing. "The present (approved) use OPINION 4 All cross-sections on the Main Street drag from was a good one," said Lopata iting changes in the mar LIFESTYLE 6 Washington Street all the way to South College "This is a better one .. , Avenue are now decorated with taller and larger, ket, the president of Lang stated th e previo1.'S iy OUTLOOK 6 easy-to-read black signs bearing bright gold letter C Commonwealth burned out portion of the mil l ing and a fancy pineapple embellishment. Development has asked the city would be saved and .1 small . THE ARTS 5 Pat Bartling of the city's office of public works, of Newark for permission to building added in the 1oeation of DIVERSIONS 7 said the old-time signs date back a quarter of a cen reduce the number of apartments a proposed apartrne<t building. tury."We are going back about 25 yeru:s or so with at the Mill at White Clay off "We have al o rtJesigned the CROSSWORD PUZZLE 10 this particular design and we picked this style Paper Mill Road. lower part of the site aJld have "We ar~requesting these revi SPORTS 8-9 because it fit in nicely with some of the new pro created enough parking to meet jects going on on Main Street," said Bartling. sions to accommodate changes in the needs of thi new de ign," COMMUNITY 12 Bartling added that the signs were changed for the overall market during the Lang said. functional reasons as well. tllree years since we started this Lopata said two apartment OBITUARIES 10 Based on research, Newark's aging population project," said Jeffrey Lang in a buildings that were to be built CLASSIFIEDS B1-6 has grown tremendously within the past five to 10 letter to the city planning depart along with the renovated existing years and the visibility of the previous street signs ment. "Over the recent months, mill buildil)g will not be con was difficult for many. we have had a great deal of inter structed under thi new plan. ·_;... Measuring nine inches in height with six inch high est fro m local office users and Because the construction lettering, the new signs have grown from the older six have been fortunate to reach a improvement plan for the e inch signs with four inch lettering. All signs stand tentative agreement with changes dbes not "conform sub nine feet high from the ground to the top of the sign, Computer Sciences Corporation stantially" with the approved said Bartling, which is standard regulation. to lease a great deal of space in plan, the proposal was referred Main street is not alone in receiving new street the mill building." back to city council for review at signs. Bartling said that all of Newark's signs are According to information pro the next regular meeting on being revamped for better visibility, however, the vided for city council review, Monday.

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