The Trump Top Ten

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Monday, September 26th, 2005 | PAD | 641 views | Permalink |

Dojo-Mojo has created “The Top 10 Reasons Donald Trump’s Coming To Town” in response to his appearence and announcement that the Trump name will soon adorn “the tallest residential tower in New Jersey.”

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Hoboken Home To 92 "Firsts"; Museum Dedicated To Such Things Makes it 93

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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 629 views | Permalink |

Hoboken has a lot of history. Even most of the drunken yuppies spilling out of one of Hoboken’s bars could tell you that Hoboken was first in Baseball. The Hoboken Historical Museum is celebrating all of Hoboken’s firsts, like zippers, steamboats, t-rails, patents, and much much more. Fun times.

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Hoboken Renters: Drop Dead, Again

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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 | Hoboken | 820 views | Permalink |

In the continuing saga of Hoboken’s proposed rent control law changes, it seems the city is looking to strip tenants of two family homes of the protection. The Jersey Journal sums up nicely just exactly how well thought out the proposal is: “It is unclear how many people would be affected by the proposal, because […]

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More On Trump Plaza, Still No Slot Machines

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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 797 views | Permalink |

Yesterday we mentioned that Trump was coming to Jersey City. The project had previously been labled Harborspire, under development by Applied Development. Now that metro homes has taken over, the site seems to have gotten a slight redesign, although architects’ renderings are often misleading so to our untrained eye, the buildings may not be any […]

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Grove Pointe Moving Forward

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Monday, September 19th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 601 views | Permalink |

Anyone who has been around the Grove Street PATH station in the past few weeks have probably heard the pilings being hammered into the ground for Grove Pointe, a new mixed use residential tower being built across from the station. Jersey City Vibe has details to whats going on inside, including some architectural plans and […]

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Trump to New York: Your Fired!

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Monday, September 19th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 604 views | Permalink |

The end is near for Jersey City residents hoping to preserve some sense of class and sophistication as king of gaudy Donald Trump prepares his vision of Jersey City with a new Trump Plaza in the heart of the downtown. The best thing we can say about the project is that Trump is on board […]

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Old and Busted Buildings Revealed

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Monday, September 19th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 663 views | Permalink |

Its hard to imagine that with real estate prices what they are and the ever rising forest of steel and glass skyscrapers sprouting from every empty lot that there are still old brick buildings left along the Hudson coast. But there are. And now, their secrets have been revealed by the JC Reporter. Buidlings include […]

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Hoboken Says Landlords Allowed To Rape and Pillage Renters

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Monday, September 19th, 2005 | Hoboken | 634 views | Permalink |

The city of Hoboken is going to change rent control ordinances limiting the liability of landlords who overcharge tenants. As things are now, renters can seek retribution for landlords who illegally raise rents, indefinately. Under the proposed rule changes, renters would have only two years to seek reimbursements before forfeiting thousands of dollars in back […]

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Tenants Beat Wrecking Ball, Barely

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Monday, September 19th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 629 views | Permalink |

Residents of another first street building raced to carry their belongings out of a building slated for demolition, literally as the wrecking ball took its first swing. Police were needed to stop the demolition long enough for residents to retrieve their belongings. Not missing a beat, the Jersey Journal uses the opportunity to once again […]

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NY Times Gives Menedez Reach Around

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Monday, September 19th, 2005 | Hudson County | 781 views | Permalink |

The ever-on-top-of-the-news New York Times has a fluff piece on Hudson County Congressman Bob “hope to take Jon Corzine’s Senate Seat” Menendez. The article is quite generous when talking about Menendez saying things like “after decades of public service” and “New Jersey will be represented by a rising Democratic Party star.” Of course, while the […]

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