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  • Gentrification in the Oranges, Historic Preservation, Innovators, Must Read, Orange

ORANGE’S NEW HPC CHAIR ISN’T AFRAID TO TAKE ON CITY HALL

Unlike her predecessor, Leight isn’t an architect, she is a real estate lawyer — and that makes a difference.

  • Darren Tobia
  • March 28, 2025
  • Gentrification in the Oranges, Innovators, Must Read, Orange

ORANGE AUTHOR’S ‘ROOT SHOCK’ IS STILL VITAL 20 YEARS LATER IN THE FIGHT TO REPAIR BROKEN CITIES

There have been many books written about urban renewal and its harms. But Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove’s Root Shock was the first to tell the story from the perspective of a clinical psychiatrist.

  • Darren Tobia
  • July 26, 2024
  • Art & Design, Gentrification in the Oranges, Historic Preservation, Investigations, Orange

UNITARIAN CHURCH IN ORANGE RESTORES CENTURY-OLD TIFFANY STAINED-GLASS WINDOW

Last August, Douglas Farrand, the buildings and grounds manager at the HUUB, discovered that their prized possession was shattered.

  • Darren Tobia
  • February 13, 2024
  • Gentrification in the Oranges, Investigations, Maggie Filocsaint, Orange, Real Estate

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTHER OF FIVE FROM ORANGE THAT WAS EVICTED FROM HER APARTMENT?

The family was evicted last month from their moldy, roach-infested apartment in Orange. Now they are wading through a complex web of bureaucracy that the most vulnerable encounter when they are in dire need of housing. 

  • The Orange Press
  • December 12, 2023
  • Gentrification in the Oranges, Investigations, Orange

FACING EVICTION, MOTHER OF FIVE STORMS ORANGE CITY HALL TO BEG FOR HELP

The 41-year-old mother and her five children stormed Orange City Hall this morning to beg for help finding housing after being evicted from their two-bedroom apartment where she has lived for three years.

  • The Orange Press
  • November 9, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Daily News, East Orange, Gentrification in the Oranges, Real Estate, Weekly News

East Orange Residents Forced Out of Home by Code Violations Still Have Nowhere to Go Tomorrow

The city condemned the building at 65 South Harrison Street and tenants were forced to flee that same day.

  • Darren Tobia
  • October 10, 2023
  • East Orange, Gentrification in the Oranges, Investigations, Viral

East Orange Tenants Facing Squalid Conditions in Gentrification Move

Broken doors and elevators. Burst pipes. Collapsed ceilings. A homeless couple having sex in a storage closet. Since Platinum Management took over 75 Prospect Street, life inside the historic 10-story apartment building has become unbearable, tenants said.

  • Darren Tobia
  • February 24, 2023
  • 1 Comment
 

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