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Ice House Unit 14

There are now some good rental options downtown. These range from residential Peace St., to mixed use Front St. to Trenton's first skyscraper, the Broad St. Bank Building.

Most recently a 3 BR apartment at 11 W. Front has been restored and is ready for occupancy.

Here are links to some different downtown options:

11 W Front St.

6 Peace St.

Broad St Bank Building

Fisher Place is one of three short deadend streets between W. State and Rt. 29 that have big beautiful houses. In the case of 15 Fisher Place, my friends at the DeRosa Group have just about finished the renovation of this house.

I talked to one of the DeRosa folks last night who told me the price is subject to how early a buyer contracts for purchase. Of course, DeRosa would prefer to have the project under contract BEFORE they finish the renovation. It's my understanding that this house will be sold in the $250K range.

15 Fisher Place

Oddly enough some of Trenton's best and most civicly active renters have lived in Berkeley Sq. It's a wonderfully pleasant area of town with big Victorians.

However, I'd love for someone to swoop in and buy this building to make it their home. There's apparently a separate apartment that can be used for income. This is pretty common in Berkeley Sq.

837 Berkeley Ave.

• Managing the Trenton brand - 7.20


• Some needed edits to the Declaration of Independence - 7.16


• Councilman Coston and Dan debate the role of income distribution on revitalization - 7.9


• America's quick slide into socialism - 6.25


• The case for teacher support of school-choice - 5.14

As always, my hope is that the Trenton related blogs help city activists form their ideas about how Trenton can revitalize.

Also, I couldn't help myself but to complain a bit about President Obama's reinterpretation of the role of government.

Reverend Coston has served as South Ward Councilman for only three years but has made more of a positive impact than any other councilperson, through his intelligent questioning and community organizing. While he served the South Ward with devotion, I can tell you very personally, that he was also the "city's" councilman.

I got to know Rev. Coston first through our work in opposing the ill-conceived HOPE VI project and then the even worse conceived Leewood Village project. The community organizing involved in fighting those projects led to the formation of the Lamberton Historic District Committee of which Coston became president.

Jim was a reluctant politician who answered a call to represent the South Ward with a fresh, intelligent perspective. The results have been great. Ryan Homes is building market rate town homes on the spot where HOPE VI would have built subsidized housing. HHG has built the Trenton Ferry redevelopment project in the area where Leewood proposed to bulldoze the neighborhood. South Trenton has begun its renaissance.

Coston is a thinking man's politician and took it upon himself to organize an Urban Studies book group that brings thoughtful people together to improve their understanding of how cities work. Coston is also the only Trenton politician with a web site and its really one of the best civic sites in town.

SouthTrenton.com

Whether Trentonians know Coston or not, they will miss his presence on Council. I'll miss a friend who has encouraged me to bring my "economic" sensibility to the Trenton political debate. Both Jim and his wife Julie have been tireless activist in making Trenton a better place to live. We all owe them our thanks.