Blueprint for a New, Vibrant Paterson ; in the Plan: Tourism, Shopping, Housing
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 11, 2004
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PATERSON - With a cellphone in his right ear and his office phone in his left, Mayor Jose "Joey" Torres is surrounded by design plans, project renderings, and aerial photographs of the city.
"I've got the vision," he says, then pauses. "The vision for a new Paterson."See the full content of this document
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Blueprint for a New, Vibrant Paterson ; in the Plan: Tourism, Shopping, Housing
His plan for Paterson's future is piled on his desk, couch, and glass-top coffee table. Renderings of Hinchliffe Stadium and the Allied Textile Printing site lean against the front of his desk. A box of more than three dozen maps on the floor holds the plans for school construction throughout the city.
In between answering calls, he chomps on a forkful of pork chop from a Styrofoam-boxed lunch, which has already become room temperature."It's going to happen," he says.Torres and other city officials say the city is teetering on a rebirth. His turnaround plan is pinned to development projects aimed at bringing people to Pat...See the full content of this document
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