For over a year, the Newark Avenue storefront at Bay Street has been more or less partially renovated, but vacant. In the past few weeks though, signs of life have appeared at the seemingly abandoned project with the old building facade ripped down, and the former “Palace Drugs” half removed. New doors have been installed. […]
Downtown watering hole PJ Ryan’s has changed things up and is now operating as O’Hara’s Downtown. Supposedly not much else is changing.
Edible Arrangements, the fruit cut like flowers, is the first retail shop to open in Liberty Harbor North. Earlier this summer the banner announcing the arrival of the shop went up. Still, the real question yet to be answered is how many fruit flower bouquets does the world need?
Progress continues on the mixed use project on the east side of Hamilton Park. The main tower’s exterior is mostly finished with the exception of the ground floor. Above, the retail spaces along McWilliams Place immediately to the east of Hamilton Park. The project will bring several shops and restaurants to the Hamilton Park neighborhood
Along Second Street, the first floor wall has been erected. A sign on the sales office proclaims 40% of units have sold.
The exterior of the building seems nearly complete; the ground floor is clearly some sort of retail though there are not yet any signs indicating the occupants. Hopefully this retail space will not simply add to the vacant store fronts of Newark Avenue.
Obama as Lincoln, Coles Street between Third and Fourth Streets, Jersey City.
Half of the eventual six stories have been erected on the Newark Avenue property. For years this empty lot more or less marked the end of the gentrified downtown. When completed, the base of the new building will include retail stores with apartment units above it and serve as a gateway extending gentrification west of […]
274 Newark Avenue spans block to Third Street; above, the construction site as seen from Third Street. The building seems to be providing a tumor addition to the building adjacent to it as well. Previously
The store front for the future Grove Street Bicycles is currently under construction, wrapped up in a plywood shell while work crews prepare the site. How soon the new shop will open is ambiguous.
