The store front for the future Grove Street Bicycles is currently under construction, wrapped up in a plywood shell while work crews prepare the site. How soon the new shop will open is ambiguous.
The sad little skating rink in Newport opens for the season today. The miniature rink was intended to attract non-Newport residents to the retail stores at the north end of the development, overlooking the fact that customers probably want interesting retail options, not a skating rink. Skating at Newport will set you back a $5 […]
Having solved all the city’s other problems, the city council is diligently considering an important new measure: the renaming of part of Morgan Street to Trump Plaza. The stretch of road runs next to Trump Plaza, the half built two tower residential complex on the edge of the Powerhouse District. Meanwhile, the city council has […]
Some New Jersey legislators have decided to introduce a security bill that would restrict access along the Hudson River waterfront, reports Hoboken Now. The bill seeks to block public access to the waterfront areas near “critical infrastructures,” but too vaguely defines restricted access and critical infrastructure, leaving open the possibility that unbuilt sections of the […]
A vacant store front on Grove Street near First has a construction permit issued to Grove Bicycle.
Polls have been open for two hours in Jersey City and lines at polling places are two blocks long and continuing to grow. Turn out will clearly be astronomically high.
CNNMoney writes about the Jersey City residential construction boom. Having never come across this blog, the author writes “Jersey City sits on the cusp of becoming New York City’s sixth borough.” More importantly, the article offers some insight on future plans. The second Trump Tower might “break ground in several months.” The Toll Brothers Powerhouse […]
This small project that spans the narrow block between Third Street and Newark Avenue has been progressing at a snail’s pace. A concrete slab has finally been poured.
On the corner of Jersey Avenue and First Street, a small development broke ground this summer and rapidly ascended. There was a small crisis when the wall nearly collapsed — the wrong type of braces were installed. But since making the necessary repairs, the building has progressed quickly. The lot was formerly a fenced in, […]
The Liberty Harbor North development has been having a rough week. The city is demanding payment of $100,000 in unpaid fees for the operation of a parking lot, a judge awarded $18 million to a property for land seized through eminent domain, and the city is fining the developer for an illegal billboard. Liberty Harbor […]
