On our way to check out Saturday’s block party on East Cherry Street, my eagle-eyed girlfriend Kathleen spotted some lettering near the roof of the Hotel Indigo at Sky View. There was no sign of the letters Tuesday night on my way to a City Council meeting.
On Friday night, my friend Vince and I were at Luciano’s for a few drinks. The Alice Project entertained the bar/lounge, which was pretty crowded when we arrived around 9:30 but cleared out by 10:30. The Alice Project has played Luciano’s before but their one-of-a-kind cover of “Video Killed The Radio Star” was unique enough for me to take a chance on their latest album. Their sound reminded me a little of Sheryl Crow or more precisely, (and more obscure), Marry Me Jane. I would definitely check them out next time they’re around.
I’ll be catching up on some posts the rest of this week, so be sure to check back.
looks kinda cheesy,lets hope those letters are only temporary!
FYI – they play again at Luciano’s this Sat, May 10thAlice and Scott Strunk acoustic show – 8-11 PM
Wow. Way to splurge on some nice letters to represent the building. Weaaaaak. Hopefully the lobby facade will make up for the drab letters on top.
Just an FYI that the Skyview developers have notified all buyers that people can close on their condos and move in during the month of June. As a future Skyview resident, I’m pretty excited!Also, the last First Thursday was really fun. Cherry St. was packed. Nice to see everyone out!
That’s cool. Do you know if the rooftop bar will be part of the hotel or the condo? Open to the public? It would be a nice change from the dark confines of CubaNu.
a rooftop bar with a view in Rahway would be pretty cool,lets hope it’s part of the hotel with a bad sign!
I realize that some of you just like to put the city down at every chance but it looked to me like the sign is a temp to make sure of sizing. Now the roof top bar sounds like it could be fun
As far as I know the rooftop bar is open to the public and I see no reason why they would change that. It should be pretty cool with the Manhattan skyline off in the distance. I do not know when the bar will be open though. There will also be a bar/lounge inside the building as part of the hotel.Also, for anyone interested, if you go to the skyview website and click on Floorplan A or B, you can see the actual photos from the model apartments.The hotel has a website too but it looks like they are still working on it. Here’s the link for the curious:http://www.skyviewhotel.com/
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I spotted the letters on Saturday as well when I went to the block party on Cherry St., and I commented to my wife that putting up half of the letters seemed like an odd thing to do. I actually didn’t notice anything in terms of them being weak/cheesy, I just thought it was odd to stop halfway through. Looking at Mark’s photo, they do look a little, er, understated. Maybe they are temporary placeholder letters.I also noticed that the new Park Square building uses several slightly different shades of brick facing … should be interesting to see how it looks when it’s all finished. I think it will look pretty cool.The Cherry St. block party was winding down by the time we arrived, but we met some nice Rahwayites … Rahwayians … whatever – locals!
Actually, looking at the Hotel Indigo website, those IND letters on the building don’t match the logo/typeface for the Hotel Indigo brand. So I’d be surprised if they were the final letters.
joe-I only want this city to thrive and be a cool place to live work and hang out it. I think we all have to strive for the best we can get out of all the developers,landlords etc. I dont know if the town has an architec. review board/committee for downtown but i would’t mind being on it.
Actually, i just passed by there today and the letters were gone! So I’m guessing they were just used to measure the spacing or letter sizes.
i thought it was going to say in big bold letters HOE-TEL,AHAHAHA. 😉
Kevin, I agree completely. They do have a planning board but I have no idea how to get on that. The best thing to do is get yourself know. Go to the partnership and volunteer. Now for the shameless plug go to the Merchants and Drovers and volunteer. That is the way I am becoming more involved.
Matthew- Personally, I have always favored the term, “Rahwegians”. 🙂
to luis,some one stole the letters allready for scrap metal,boy! the cars will be next for scrap.