Blogging About Blogging: The Sequel

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Friday, July 15th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 613 views | Permalink |

Because, as we said, blogging about blogging never gets old. The swarm of new area bloggers has slowed, but we still found some for you. Swimming with the Razorfishes comes from Hoboken Blogger Eric Hancock. Then we found Good Jersey City via Jersey City Vibe, but sadly it seems Good Jersey City is no more, […]

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A Special Place To Meet A Special Someone

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Thursday, July 14th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 608 views | Permalink |

Just in case you haven’t figured out how to use jDate or eHarmony yet, Philly2Hoboken has outline a guide for Hoboken dating. -4 out of 5 Hobokenites agree that “dating” is the inbetween stage of “seeing each other” to “exclusively dating”. Readers will have only one question after reading this guide: What about the Hoboken […]

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History Lesson: Time Is Ticking

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Thursday, July 14th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 626 views | Permalink |

We’ve always been a big fan of history, and some days, [like when we run out of ideas], we turn to google hoping it will teach us something. Today’s find is the now historic Colgate Clock along Jersey City’s waterfront. The clock was almost torn down when Goldman Sachs was building their tower. That would […]

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Parking Authority Keeps Losing Meters, Blames Thief

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Thursday, July 14th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 615 views | Permalink |

Jersey City is having a problem with their parking meters: they keep going missing. Since the meters only have a few dollars on any given day, police suspect a drug addict. Of course, they have overlooked the fact that it just may be a disgruntled resident trying to find a parking spot.

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Paying Property Taxes Is So Last Year

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Thursday, July 14th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 569 views | Permalink |

Jersey City Vibe has pointed out the Jersey City Council agenda: tax exemptions for everyone! Sure, we tend to think encouraging redevelopment of abandoned buildings is a good thing, and granting tax exemptions for low income [read: low profit] housing is not such a bad idea. But we have to wonder, with the real estate […]

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Snitch to Healy: Turn on the Bat Signal

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Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 570 views | Permalink |

Mister Snitch wants Jersey City to go Hollywood and convince movie executives to shoot the next batman movie at the Art Deco Jersey City Medical Center. We think he might be onto something. Of course, they’ll probably just install alot of neon lights and completely ruin the city.

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Small Children To Overrun Jersey City

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Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 | Newport | 630 views | Permalink |

Stevens Cooperative School is opening a campus in Newport signaling the end of childfree yuppie bliss in downtown Jersey City. Soon, sidewalks will be congested with strollers and your favorite bar will be replaced with a Toy Store. Via NWA

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Landmark Hospital Closes, Like All Old Hospitals, To Become Condos

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Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 523 views | Permalink |

St. Francis, bordering Hamilton Park, is set to become condos.

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The Art Deco Palace on the Hill

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Tuesday, July 12th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 555 views | Permalink |

Earlier today we wrote that the revitalization of the old Jersey City Medical Center was about to get a massive tax abatement. We’ve always been fairly intrigued by the building, partly because of its visibility from the Turnpike, and partly because of our love of Art Deco architecture. So today we thought we would try […]

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Pictures of Jersey City

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Tuesday, July 12th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 553 views | Permalink |

We’re always interested in when someone immortalizes our city in pictures. Today we found a gallery containing a huge selection of landmarks inlcuding the main library, post office, court house, and city hall. There are also plenty of interior pictures too including the lobby of the Stanley Theater and stained glass windows of St. Aloysius.

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