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 […]
If you are one of those people who are disgusted by Hallmark’s unveiling of Christmas tree ornaments in July, then we’d advise avoiding Downtown Jersey City until you think Christmas decorations are appropriate. We’ve noticed, and Genius Lessons has captured in pictures the conversion of the downtown into a Christmas wonderland. We expect the Easter […]
The council voted to extend drinking hours of bars along Newark Avenue creating a restaurant row. Essentially the ordiance allows restaurants to serve alcohol beyond the 11pm curfew previously enforced, to 2 a.m. on weeknights and 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. The intent is that new restaurants will open along Newark Avenue, further […]
The American Mattress and Furniture Warehouse on the corner of Barrow and Newark Ave is holding a going out of business sale and according the exterior sign soon will be replaced by Washington Mutual’s first downtown branch. Washington Mutual already is in Hoboken and Journal Square. Banks are important to revitalizing retail districts since it […]
