Jersey City’s Sixth Street embankment has made the New York Times as preservationists push to turn the old elevated rails into a park. The usual comparisons to New York’s future High Line and the Promenade Plantee in Paris are made. But Jersey City is not Paris, and things could still fall apart.
Congressman Menendez brought $15 Million to Hoboken from the federal government, and another $8 Million for Jersey City. $10 Million will be spent on sections of Hoboken’s waterfront walkway [coincidentally, we’re still waiting for the Port Authority to finish their small swath between Hoboken and JC]. Obviously, not everyone is happy:“It’s a complete waste of […]
We’ll stand by our previous statements that random bag searching is absolutely useless, and we’ve found someone who can prove it: I was lucky enough to be asked to have my bag searched at Grove St. this morning. The officer informed me I could say no, but wouldn’t be allowed to use the Path system. […]
Artists invaded City hall over the weekend, and of course, Dojo-Mojo was there with a camera. Sidebar:We’re beginning to wonder, Dojo-Mojo, do you do anything other than run around taking pictures? Its not that we’re complaining, but you are exhibiting super human time management skills.
Hoboken is probably better known for ripping down old industrial sites and replacing them with shiny new yuppie filled condos. But, according to the New York Times, a small section of the Northwest corner of the city is artist friendly and getting redeveloped. How is this possible you ask? The local artists are the center […]
Where Is The Remote? Has gone and seen the miracle that is the winking Jesus. The Apocalypse is now.
Over the weekend, Friends of Hamilton Park did some planting, installing flower beds and and shrubbery in the park. Dojo-Mojo was there, and as usual, captured the whole thing in pictures.
Mister Snitch! points out that we accidentally dropped “broth” from the Clam Broth House when we wrote up a quick bit about plans for the place. We really aren’t that into soup.
The New York Sun has declared that Jersey City has an Official Skyline. We don’t really know if the article is actually interesting to read, since we aren’t a subscriber, but if you are one of the five people who pay for internet news, tell us about it.
One week later, bag searches are still under way. Now it seems that some New Yorkers are looking to allow racial profiling of bag searches. Meanwhile, 1,500 miles away in Minnesota, they’re writing about our unique experiment in suspending the constitution: “a 35-year-old woman named Eve Holbrook…[had]…a police officer paw through her belongings [gave] her […]
