At the risk of finding ourselves on the wrong side of Hoboken municipal digital firewall, we’re going to point to a bit about City Hall’s banning of local blog Hoboken411. of course we can’t be too surprised given the 411’s coverage of redevelopment zones, pay-to-play reform, and drunken council members. We would make some wry […]
Jersey PearlThe New York Post discovers Jersey City. Most interesting tidbit– only 8 units remain in the North Tower of the Shore Club. Tea for TwoJersey Journal shows Janam Indian Tea Shop the love. NJ Transit study to determine light rail’s impactNext week officials ask whether people prefer jet packs or flying cars. Hoboken Southwest […]
Justin Woods has an interesting albeit brief interview with Bloustin School Dean James Hughes. Another choice quote: “there is more office space in Jersey City then there is in downtown Pittsburgh Penn.”
Kvetching about condosAs Toll Brothers push forward with plans to build towers on the Manischevitz factory site, activists want to be part of the dialogue. Half the Manischevitz property is outside the PAD, and recent variances for 111 First Street might set a precedent that allows Toll to go higher. Housing Market Heats UpApparently the […]
The New York Times, in their usual timely manner has a bit about the arrival of the $2 Million Plus condo. The Beacon is presently Jersey City’s winner at $2.3 million, though Trump has one listed at $2.5. Hoboken’s W Hotel has a $4.4 million unit.
John Lumea gets down and dirty with preservation proposals, conservation, architecture and the future of urbanism in his essay NIMBYopolis. Few essays can sharply criticize pervasive contemporary views on architecture, conservation and zoning while coherently comparing a rural town in Kentucky with the Lower East Side and all the while citing Jane Jacobs and referencing […]
Hoboken University Medical CenterCity taking over money losing operations at St. Mary’s hospital, hoping for federal aid, arrival of McDreamy, McSteamy by becoming a teaching hospital. City officials face challenges over clock, fate in city’s hands, time running outGoldman Sachs, Colgate and the City are fighting over the position of the historic clock and a […]
Today marks the start of Hudson Restaurant Week, the two week long event where restaurants throughout Jersey City and Hoboken offer prix fixe menus.
The folks over at Hoboken based blog The Hoboken Blog have gone and launched a new site based on Wikipedia. The HobokenWiki is a user driven site much like the real Wikipedia, but only filled with all the knowledge Hoboken residents have to offer. Eventually, there might be articles in the HobokenWiki too. So if […]
Perhaps you may recall what now seems a lifetime ago, the fight over what to do with New York’s West Side rail yards in the dirty thirties. Local residents there wanted nothing to do with redevelopment fearing high rise buildings would ruin the character of the local neighborhood. Meanwhile, its still the dirty thirties. Well […]
