Automata Chino is a new music venue attached to the Iron Monkey in Paulus Hook. They seem to have a very full schedule of bands. They have a limited food menu, snacks mostly, and a more or less full bar. Hipsters will appreciate the Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Last month, Jersey City’s newest hotel, the Westin, opened its doors. At the end of March, Hoboken’s W hotel will open. Both high rise towers will have views of Manhattan’s skyline, though the many rooms in the Westin will be looking into the Newport Center towers. Both hotels will have steakhouses attached to them. But […]
Friday is the March edition of JC Fridays. Events are planned throughout the downtown, including several gallery openings and art shows at various bars and cafes.
The new tower rising on the corner of Grand Street and Marin Blvd, just north of Gull’s Cove has made some remarkable progress, adding two floors and extending the base around the property. The most remarkable thing about this building is how it illustrates the height variation along Marin Blvd. The foundation wall rises dramatically […]
Megan Gulick’s solo show featuring furry animal paintings opened last night at LITM. The show runs through the end of March. Fuzzy bunnies were in attendance. Apparently some of the LITM staff “lost” their fuzzy ears
Megan Gulick, downtown painter, is opening “Down the Rabbit Hole” tonight at LITM, the Newark Avenue bar-lounge-gallery. The show features 45 to 50 paintings of furry bunnies being abused as well as more colorful fish and barnyard animals. More importantly, we’ve been assured that at tonight’s opening– 7 to 10 PM, there will be a […]
Van Vorst Park and Montgomery Street Hudson Street with light rail tracks Manhattan Skyline from Hudson and Montgomery Street Waterfront from Exchange place looking south Paulus Hook with Goldman Sachs and 77 Hudson Street towers Third Street Powerhouse Third Street Second Street York Street along Van Vorst Park Mercer Street at Jersey Avenue
A plaza on the corner of Newark and Jersey Avenues once had five trees that towered over surrounding buildings. The trees were removed last week. Redevelopment: You’re doing it wrong.
The mythical Atomic Wings on Newark Avenue is slowly becoming a reality.
ZogSorts, the adult for fun sports, is starting a few Jersey City leagues this spring. The registration deadline is on the 13th. Zog crossed the Hudson to Hoboken a little while back. There was a Jersey City indoor soccer league this past winter, but that was mostly because the facilities were in the downtown. This […]
