Newark Avenue’s restaurant row has long been missing a critical component: the restaurants. Almost two years ago, ordinances were changed to allow restaurants operating on Newark Avenue to serve alcohol much later in the evening with the hope that the change would spur new restaurants to arrive. While Grove Street at the eastern end of […]
La Rustique BakeriaSlice.com gives La Rustique in Jersey City a glowing review. PATH Train derails in New JerseyTwice in one week? Sounds like the Port Authority has a track problem. Phony bloggers who do not excite.Tris McCall calls out shitty marketing website destinationjerseycity.com for being a shitty marketing website.
Looking over the Historic Preservation Commission Agenda, it seems the current parking lot on York Street between Warren and Washington Street may soon have an 11 Story, 50 residential unit building rising on it. The lot at present, across from The Gotham, has a single building, circa 1953, which needs to first be razed. Included […]
The Journal is reporting that Montgomery Gardens, the 1960’s style project housing just east of the Beacon may have numbered days as federal housing budgets shrink and the city struggles to maintain living standards in the older structures. Demolishing the projects along Montgomery Street would go along way in integrating the booming downtown neighborhoods with […]
Littered park to be pretty ‘plaza’The Grove Street PATH plaza has a name, and has nothing to do with Grove or Pointe. A park extending onto roofs up for discussion in Hoboken12 story high development approved for Hoboken with the caveat of public roof decks, or something crazy like that.
With Hamilton Park’s long overdue renovation finally becoming a reality, final decisions about layout and design are becoming increasingly contentious. YouTuber lifefood has posted videos of the most recent meeting (and other important civic meetings). Take a look if you missed the in person event, and even if you didn’t, watch the crowd give a […]
Hamilton Park has been waiting for a renovation for almost three decades. After a round of surveys conducted last year to identify the community’s desired amenities, three plans have been presented for the new layout of park. Ever watchful Councilman Steven Fulop has the three possible plans available on his website. The three designs will […]
Yellow Cabs Turning GreenAt this year’s New York International Automobile Show, the iconic yellow cab will be getting a green makeover. Showcased at the event will be a number of potential variants for the next generation taxi with emphasis on alternative fuels. Hamilton Park’s makeover: More active or passive?Hamilton Park will soon have a long […]
The northeast quadrant of the Newport redevelopment site has been planned, essentially since the onset of development in Newport. Earlier this week we mentioned the addition of the Herbert Hoover to the line up of dead presidents adorning Newport’s shores. This came along with approvals for two other towers, for a total of five new […]
For those of you who follow that sort of thing, The Decemberists made two appearances in Jersey City this week at the Loews Theater. Just in case you couldn’t get your hands on tickets, or didn’t feel like forking over thirty bucks, and were too lazy to search the internet, we collected here a few […]
