All Talk

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Thursday, June 9th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 738 views | Permalink |

Hoboken’s city employees have had some fun talking on the phone. At $230,000, this cellphone bill surpasses even a 12 year old with text messaging. UPDATE: And another $300,000 from Jersey City. We’re beginning to think the only thing city employees do is talk in the phone.

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W Stands for When

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Thursday, June 9th, 2005 | Hoboken | 703 views | Permalink |

Several readers have emailed us with questions about the proposed W Hotel in Hoboken. [Yes, a few readers had something other than hate mail to send us]. Well, we can’t say we know that much more than you. However, Starwood Hotels, the corporate parent of W Hotels offers some contradictory information. Their website has a […]

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Barrow Street, NJ Vs. Barrow Street, NY

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Thursday, June 9th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 625 views | Permalink |

1 Bedroom Apartment: $2,100 Or $1,100 Can you guess which is which?

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Washington Mutual Heads Downtown

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Thursday, June 9th, 2005 | Newark Ave | 719 views | Permalink |

The American Mattress and Furniture Warehouse on the corner of Barrow and Newark Ave is holding a going out of business sale and according the exterior sign soon will be replaced by Washington Mutual’s first downtown branch. Washington Mutual already is in Hoboken and Journal Square. Banks are important to revitalizing retail districts since it […]

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Review: Beechwood Café & Market

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 764 views | Permalink |

We’ll admit right from the start this is only a partial review. Why? Well the first time we went into this place, we were ignored by the staff for fifteen minutes before we decided a pint of Ben and Jerry’s was going to be just as fulfilling as anything they served us. [We don’t like […]

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Our First Hate Mail

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 658 views | Permalink |

is that “New York’s Sixth” as in “New York’s Sixth Borough”? haha. you wish. what could you possibly write about? i mean, anything that anyone would care about? Oh, what were we thinking? You’re right. Only the banal here.

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Vacant Lot To Become a Shiny Tower

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 675 views | Permalink |

Last week this new glass cylinder opened up as an eastern entrance to the Grove street path. We sort of wondered why, since the other two entrances are only a block to the west. But then we saw this: [enlarge] Yes, another shiny new tower. The construction of this building will help in making a […]

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If You See It In The Times…

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 858 views | Permalink |

We recieved our first tip today. Boy are we excited to find something other than the hate mail clogging our inbox. Our reader points us to a New York Times Slide Show from last August focusing on Hamilton Park. Of course with the way the editors at the times work, we’re lucky the pictures are […]

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Finally, Our Algebra Teacher Proven Right

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Tuesday, June 7th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 665 views | Permalink |

Kudos to our 9nth grade math teacher; we finally used that algebra stuff she was talking about. The NYTimes is bragging about New York’s decrease in violent crime, and the reduction of the citywide murders. Jersey City went down too, from 24 murders in 2003 to a mere 23. Unless our math was wrong, we’re […]

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Mercer Street, Jersey City

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Tuesday, June 7th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 683 views | Permalink |

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