Perhaps you missed all the commotion, petty feuds, and botched surveys surrounding Hamilton Park’s renovation plans. If you did (or you didn’t get enough), some nice folks in Paulus Hook have decided to anger their neighbors too, pitting dog owners against parents and athletes against gardeners by holding a survey to find out what sort […]
$106M vote of confidence for DowntownThe Journal reports that 30 and 2 Montgomery Street have sold for $106 Million dollars and will be replaced with a massive office, retail, and residential complex similar in scope to the Time Warner Center. (via Wired Forum) 30 Montgomery Street(right side of below photo), a 15 Story tower built […]
A crane and what looks to be pilings were evident today in the parking lot at the corner of Sixth Street and Washington Blvd, site of the future Monaco Towers. Renderings of the towers can be viewed at the wired forums. The two Monaco towers are to built north of the the existing Doubletree Hotel […]
The Abora 3 project is attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a viking style reed ship to demonstrate the possibility that vikings could have showed up centuries before Columbus. One of the reed ships found itself on dry land this weekend in the marina next to Paulus Hook. So some fool is going to […]
With the south tower of Newport’s Shore Club already finished and the North tower advancing rapidly, it is only a matter of time before the much hyped River Market opens. Residents hoping for a true shopping district though are likely to be disappointed. Retail space has always been a part of the Newport development, most […]
Tastes Like TurkeyThe Village Voice crosses the Hudson River to discover Its Greek To Me; dozens of other restaurants consider serving gyros. Newport Plans On AgendaNewport is formally seeking final approval for the Ellipse tower and the Lefrak Museum, which is absolutely not going to be called the Lefrak Museum. Collision stalls Hoboken light railA […]
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 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 […]
Hoboken park fundedThe Journal reports that Hoboken received the last $200,000 of the needed $7.1 Million to build a park at 1600 Park Avenue Panty Bandits Raid Jersey City MallSorority houses across the state are on the lookout after a Panty Raid at the Newport Mall. Lorillard– Not Quite History – But Going!Blogger Uncle Tonoose […]
Jersey City’s Newport neighborhood is about to get another dead President joining the line up of river side towers. The Herbert Hoover, a 29 story building on 14th street was approved last Tuesday, reports the Jersey City Reporter (with renderings). Also approved was The Savoy, a 17 story tower at 45 14th Street.
