Jersey City is about to get itself a bookstore. Normally the comings and goings of retail establishments are not exactly worthy of their own blog entry, but this is a bookstore after all, and when it comes down to it, we’re bibliophiles through and through. Imagine Atrium Books And Gifts is presently covered over in […]
Recently we’ve been a little heavy on Jersey City and a little light on Hoboken. We make no apologies. But we will point out a few interesting things we’ve found through the power of google. First, Hoboken411 has some interesting bits about the W Hotel and the preponderance of new banks. Meanwhile, its probably likely […]
The Newest addition to the Newport skyline is the Shore Club. Area residents may soon learn that glass towers are just as opaque as the brick kind, but ruined views aside, these twins are looking pretty good. And for those of you looking for a glimpse of the tower but don’t actually want to go […]
Just in time for the holidays, the first of our shopping district series is now online: Grove Street. The map tacks south from the PATH station and includes shops and stores one block east or west of Grove.
So maybe you’ve been a little confused about how to connect to a subway in Manhattan. Maybe you’ve been curious about just exactly the mythical Light Rail line goes. Well we’ve culled information from the Port Authority and the MTA and New Jersey Transit and built the map that they coudn’t: The revised New York’s […]
While we’re still waiting to find out the fate of the embankment, a small construction project is now offering up condos. 204 Sixth Street is just a few blocks from Hamilton park, but with killer views of an old elevated rail line with a fate yet to be decided, who wouldn’t want to live two […]
Earlier this summer, plans for Columbus Corner, a mid sized project on Christopher Columbus drive were announced. Located just one block from the Grove Street Path entrance as well as the Grove Pointe tower still under construction, the empty lots and dilapidated buildings along Columbus Drive have been in need of an overhaul for quite […]
We’ve been following the progress of a little Montgomery Street condo project. The whole thing has been taking well near two years. But now the place has been bricked over after a hiatus almost as long as our own. The project seems to be headed for finished-ville with doors, steps and fresh sidewalks having been […]
Some soon to be completed condos along Grand Street seem to be taking advantage of their proximity to the Liberty Harbor North Development. We’ve been watching as the entire Grand Street’s aging housing stock is stripped away and replaced. This is the second set of modern row houses to go up along Street. In addition, […]
The Liberty Harbor North is beginning to take shape. Many of the facades facing Grand Street have been installed and the streetscape is now being defined. The entire complex has been designed to blend directly in with the historical neighborhood immediately to the north. One block in the development will be mid-rise towers, seen below. […]
