Opulent Recreation ; Critics Chide $12.1m Cost of Fair Lawn's Posh New Site
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 08, 2006
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FAIR LAWN People are of two minds about the town's new recreation center, a 42,000-square-foot building that will open this weekend.
"It's bright and light and sparkling. It's like going to paradise," said Joyce Miller, the head of the town's table tennis club.See the full content of this document
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Opulent Recreation ; Critics Chide $12.1m Cost of Fair Lawn's Posh New Site
Kathy Moore of the borough has a different take: "Everyone I have spoken to about the rec center says the same thing: It's beautiful, but they wouldn't have voted for it on a referendum in a million years."
Both camps agree that the center, the result of three years of planning, is remarkable. The building has a suspended walking track, a 170-seat theater and a skylight-bedecked roof so high it required the town to change its maximum height ordinance.But at $12.1 million, the center is also the most expensive in North Jersey and one of the costliest in the state. Some residents are still...See the full content of this document
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