La Rustique BakeriaSlice.com gives La Rustique in Jersey City a glowing review. PATH Train derails in New JerseyTwice in one week? Sounds like the Port Authority has a track problem. Phony bloggers who do not excite.Tris McCall calls out shitty marketing website destinationjerseycity.com for being a shitty marketing website.
The Journal is reporting that Montgomery Gardens, the 1960’s style project housing just east of the Beacon may have numbered days as federal housing budgets shrink and the city struggles to maintain living standards in the older structures. Demolishing the projects along Montgomery Street would go along way in integrating the booming downtown neighborhoods with […]
For those of you who follow that sort of thing, The Decemberists made two appearances in Jersey City this week at the Loews Theater. Just in case you couldn’t get your hands on tickets, or didn’t feel like forking over thirty bucks, and were too lazy to search the internet, we collected here a few […]
The New York Times has pointed us to a new community website, Uncivil Servants that posts photos of illegally parked cars. The vehicles in question usually are taking advantage of city issued parking permits that are ostensibly issued for specific civic duties, but which appear to be used as one of those “benefits” doled out […]
Selective Crossing GuardsHoboken411 ponders the usefulness of crossing guards who only assist children. Growth, More JobsThe downtown development has increased the need for steel piping, and local piping company Ideal Supply is expanding its Jersey City presence to meet demand. Too bad all those new blue collar employees can’t afford to live downtown.
Bridging Gaps Through ArtA new art gallery is set to open in Hoboken on the 24th of March with the hope of bringing “conversational art back to Hoboken.” galerÃa GOBA, 320 Washington Street, Hoboken. Movers: $15 Guys vs. $19 GuysHoboken411 has the story of couple who responded to one of those fliers hanging all over […]
Curbed has a bit today about the Rocking / Suckage of New York’s five boroughs. We couldn’t really call ourselves New York’s Sixth if we didn’t throw Jersey City in the mix. With little surprise, we’ve pummeled Staten Island. This data comes from a site called sucks / rocks that uses complicated math formulas to […]
Ever since Manischewitz folks announced they were planning on closing up shop, the local papers have been all aflutter with “last Matzo” stories including today’s in the Star Ledger. Is it really the last story about the last Matzo?
Developers of the mammoth project planned for the Journal Square area is seeking a 30 year tax abatement, ten years longer than most abatements in the downtown, but on par with abatements already granted to the Beacon, reports the Jersey Journal. Harwood Towers has plenty to offer the city. The city’s efforts to revitalize the […]
A plan to publish a cookbook featuring recipes from Jersey City restaurants as part of an Urban Enterprise Zone endeavor to promote local businesses has been put on the back burner. The City council tabled the proposed grant for now. A new proposal to spend the UEZ monies will probably have more bread and butter […]
