A fire was set in the tenth floor of the Westin Hotel yesterday. The Westin, originally scheduled to open early this fall, is a 22 story tower on Washington Blvd and Sixth Street. Based on evidence at the scene, arson was immediately suspected in the two alarm fire. The 429 room hotel is near completion; […]
Waterfalls installed in New York City’s East River were turned on last week, just in time to compliment the Independence Day Fireworks Show. The Governor’s Island installation is visible from Jersey City’s waterfront. The waterfalls, the brainchild of artist Olafur Eliasson cost more than $15 million and will be on display through the middle of […]
Sunday Afternoon in Exchange Place in downtown Jersey City was the Philipine-American Festival hosted on the waterfront. Sunday afternoon’s severe thunderstorms eventually rained out events like Philipine Idol and several people were injured by tents blowing in the wind. Sunday morning though, the sky was sunny and the organizers were preparing for the event.
The Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association held their third annual neighborhood BBQ and street fair on Saturday. The event included live music and arts and crafts vendors as well as local shops like d.e.e.n selling their wares. The old loading bay served as a perfect live act stage for a mostly on pitch performance.
La Rustique pizzeria has officially opened for business at its new location at Fifth Street and Jersey Avenue. The former Paulus Hook favorite moves to the Harsimus Cove neighborhood, occupying a retail space that once housed GO, a gourmet cheese shop known for selling goods past their sell by dates. The pizza’s thin crust, fresh […]
Liberty Harbor North will be home to a new cafe and bakery by Nobu’s pastry chef Jessica Isaacs. Cocoa Bakery Cafe will open by the year’s end at the latest, though likely sooner. The cafe will feature pastries, cakes and desserts, as well as offering custom made wedding cakes. Cocoa Bakery Cafe joins Edible Arrangements […]
The Historic Downtown Special Improvement District has been making some big improvements lately. The organization launched a summer concert series in the plaza at the corner of Grove Street and Newark Avenue. That concert series concluded yesterday with WJ & the Sweet Sacrifice, above. The organization has also launched a farmer’s market on Mondays in […]
An NJN report on the Hudson Bergen Light rail mentions in passing that Donald Trump has “modified” development plans due to the downturn in housing. Likely this means delaying the second tower, which seemed fairly self evident. Peter Mocco, developer of Liberty Harbor North, appeared in the NJN segment, though dodged the question as to […]
Newport’s Aqua tower which recently started getting its exterior cladding is set to amend its final design phase, according to the Jersey Journal. The tower was originally planned as having 16,000 square feet of retail but is bumping that to 34,610 feet. The total residential unit count is going from 358 to 355. The Aqua […]
Edible Arrangements, the flower bundles made from carved fruit, is coming to Liberty Harbor North’s Grand Street retail strip. Residents have been living in Liberty Harbor North for several months already, but retail so far is still in development. Along Grand Street, the base of the ‘brownstone’ units contain retail spaces that are finally now […]
