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Thinking outside 'Bayonne box'
By Laura Craven
November 28, 2007, 12:45PM
Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerHomes on on Jeliff Ave between Clinton and West Bigelow Ave in Newark have been called "Bayonne boxes,"
The three-story vinyl-clad homes that have sprouted up on narrow lots around Newark during the last decade have provided homeownership opportunities for thousands and much needed property tax revenue for the city.
Now Newark doesn't want them anymore.
At a design symposium at the Newark Museum tonight, 12 architects will present alternative designs to what Mayor Cory Booker derisively called "Bayonne boxes" in his State of the City speech earlier this year.
The cookie-cutter design has proven to be wildly popular for developers who often bought up city blocks and knocked out the multifamily homes in an assembly-line fashion. Others were wedged into lots between buildings, frequently set back deeper than the older homes to accommodate a driveway.