If you live, work or shop in Hoboken, you probably understand that parking is at a premium here. Shoppers from Jersey City or elsewhere can find it frustrating to come to the mile-square city and spend half an hour driving around looking for a parking space. The people who run the city also understand that […]
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Where Should We Eat Today?
A Place for Everything
Autumn, while not officially here is upon us. The kids are back in their various Hudson County schools, and it’s time to get things organized. The Jersey City/Hoboken weather will be cooling, giving us the impetus to clean up, paint up and fix up! Here are some tips for organizing things in your home. […]
How Did You Get to Hoboken?
If you have moved to the Hoboken/Jersey City area in your lifetime, you may want to know more about the development of this vibrant community, about who came to Hoboken, and why things developed the way they did. A new exhibit at the Hoboken Historical Museum can shed some light on the subject. “Hoboken, […]
May the Best City Win
Hudson County, figures prominently in a battle of the towns. Both Jersey City and Hoboken are nominated for the best downtown by the American Planning Association’s People’s Choice Award. There are other towns outside of Hudson County that are nominated, also. After inviting the public to nominate their favorite towns, the APA-NJ narrowed the […]
The Washington/Lafayette Link
Brighten the Corner…
McGinley Square – Big Plans!
Have you been to McGinley Square in Jersey City? It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. The problem is that, being a very old neighborhood, it needs a spruce-up. Well, it looks like that is exactly what it will get with the McGinley Square East Redevelopment plan. The proposed project, which […]
Bowling and Rock Climbing Together?
Here in the Hoboken area, an ambitious project has been proposed to the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment. It would entail a Bowling Alley, a climbing gym, and other commercial/retail space on the ground floor, with office space above. On top of that would go ten stories of residential space. South of the 14th […]