Some of the apartments will be set aside for grandparents who are raising their childrenвЂ™s children. Officials said the excavators were waiting for final approval to start work on a new six-story building that will include a two-level parking deck, 68 apartments and space for programs and services run by the Paterson-based Grandparents Resource Center.

Meanwhile, four excavator construction vehicles were sitting on the parking lot next to the Argus Mill earlier this week. Renovations already have begun on the still-standing Argus Mill building, which will be converted into six apartments, Cafasso said. The project is part of Mayor Andre SayeghвЂ™s hopes for revitalizing Paterson through development near the Great Falls, a plan that also includes a new visitor center at the Great Falls national park and the reconstruction of historic Hinchliffe Stadium. вЂњThe work will follow very specific soil monitoring procedures set forth by the state for these kinds of circumstances.вЂќ вЂњWe have the expertise ready in the unlikely event anything of historical value is encountered during excavation,вЂќ Cafasso added. вЂњWinnDevelopment has done a great deal of work on historic properties in the Northeast during the past four decades now and respects the need to be sensitive in these situations,вЂќ said company spokesman Ed Cafasso. The primary builder, WinnDevelopment, has said it will provide the archeologist and historic heritage consultants to monitor the site.

The Delaware tribe had no objections, while the Shawnee declined to comment on the issue, according to public documentsД¬ity and state officials this week signed off on an agreement that details the archeological monitoring that will take place during the construction. 45 revolvers may also lay buried beneath the asphalt.ДЄt one point, state historic preservation officials were also concerned about the new developmentвЂ™s impact on Native American artifacts and required the builder to seek the blessings of the Delaware and Shawnee tribes before proceeding. The foundation of a house where the Colt family lived almost 200 years ago as their Paterson gun mill produced legendary Colt. PATERSON - An archeologist will monitor the construction of a new $26 million affordable housing complex at the Argus Mill site near the Great Falls as part of a tentative agreement designed to prevent the destruction of 19thВ century artifacts.ДЄt present, most of the location in question is covered by an asphalt parking lot at the corner of Van Houten and Mill streets.Д«ut experts say that beneath the surface of that parking lot loom the remains of mill workersвЂ™ homes from the start of the cityвЂ™s Dublin neighborhood in the 1830s. Watch Video: Paterson NJ Great Falls during a rainfall

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