According to a rumor circulating over on the Kannekt forum, Grove Pointe will soon be home to everyone’s favorite Seattle Coffee house and a Duane Reade. An anonymous user writes: “I went to sales office, they said that Starbucks and Duane Reade have already signed on for retail space” Of course, the great thing about […]
A tipster tells us a rumor is circulating that Starbucks might be scouting locations on Grove Street or Columbus Drive. The tipster claimed a Newport Starbucks employee had made the claim that two new locations would soon be headed to the downtown area. We all know how untrustworthy baristas can be (like “oh yeah, that’s […]
The long closed “park” at the corner of Christopher Columbus and Grove Street opened today, sort of. The park is quite obviously not finished, and not too obviously a park yet either. The developers of Grove Pointe agreed to rebuild the park while constructing the tower. Astute observers may be asking themselves what exactly was […]
Planning Board tells developers: Meet with residentsNewport Group’s plan to build two structures on the Tenth Street embankment meets opposition. Music to their earsA twelve story tower gets approved for lot across from Shoprite. Rescue Plan for Hospital New Jersey’s oldest hospital is about to be bankrupted. 361 Newark Ave to Triple in HeightRumors on […]
As promised, there was magic at the opening of Jersey City’s first bookstore, the slight of hand that one gets when one hires a professional magician. Unfortunately, there was very little magic coming from the books, that sort of sensation that creeps over you when you see there on the shelf the very book you’ve […]
The name Newark doesn’t exactly conjure up images of a pretty, downtown main street. Newark Avenue, much like its namesake city, is in need of a facelift. The city of Newark might have Cory Booker, but the Avenue has Steven Fulop. The Ward E councilman has a plan to clean up the former retail center […]
The Basement, a new bar in Hoboken with 75 Martinis opening their doors tonight. Hobokn411 has a full write up. Imagine Atrium, the new independent bookstore in Jersey City is ready to open tonight at 7pm with “Music, Merriment, & Magic!” The only magic we want to see is a shelf of books for less […]
Renovations of the A&P are well under way, bringing this store up to par with its suburban counterparts, and easily making it the best in the downtown area. Imagine Atrium, the bookstore set to open on Friday at 7pm, may yet be a let down. Peeking through a hole in the window covering newspaper revealed […]
Just in time for your weekend shopping needs, we present to you the Jersey Avenue Shopping Guide. We’ve included the shops and restaurants between Newark Ave and Grand Street and conviently categorized them for you. And in case you missed it, check out the Grove Street Guide we put together earlier in the week.
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 […]
