Historians object to Gateway changes.

Publication: Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, New Jersey) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 Home News Tribune

Byline: Kathleen G. Sutcliffe

Mar. 3--NEW BRUNSWICK -- Hub City historians are criticizing the 30-story tower planned for the corner of Somerset Street and Easton Avenue, saying the project would rip a particularly historic panel from the city's urban patchwork.

The Gateway Building would replace a stretch of buildings along Somerset Street, including the three-story brick building housing Neubies Restaurant, AllPage and Vagabond Tours and two converted residential structures containing E-Clips and First Class notes.

Members of the New Brunswick Historical Association are set to meet with Mayor James Cahill today to air their concerns.

"It's our responsibility to discuss these issues with the city government," said City...

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