Jersey City Residents Still Impacted by Hurricane Irene: Thousands of New Jersey residents, including some in Jersey City, say they are still dealing with the aftermath of flooding and property damage from Hurricane Irene. Hudson County Sheriff’s Officers Round Up Deadbeat Parents in Statewide Crackdown: Of those arrested in Hudson County, one Jersey City man [...]
Mayor Healy Requests President Obama Intervene to Stop Spectra Pipeline: Citing President Obama’s decision to postpone the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, Mayor Jerramiah Healy has crafted a letter to the White House requesting a similar executive intervention in Jersey City’s fight to re-route Spectra Energy’s proposed natural gas pipeline. Mayor Healy Announces Nomination for [...]
Photos: Steve Gold City Hall’s council chambers were packed last night with supporters of the McGinley Square East Redevelopment Plan, including throngs of construction workers lining the back wall and a handful of representatives from St. Peter’s College, who all greeted the unanimously passed plan with loud applause. The months-long plan went through numerous revisions, [...]
- The Powerhouse: Under a plan recently authorized by the Port Authority, the agency will deed its 55-percent stake in the Powerhouse to Jersey City, the building’s co-owner. Along with a private partner, the Cordish Company of Baltimore, the city plans to redevelop the building into a retail, entertainment and gallery space anchoring the city’s [...]
The $15 million sale of land behind the Jersey City Medical Center to Tessler Development in order to pave the way for the region’s first-ever proton therapy cancer treatment center is off the table, the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) announced this afternoon. As we reported earlier today, the land sale was apparently contingent on [...]
A developer’s rendering of the proposed new-look McGinley Square. The shot above is Montgomery Street looking east from Bergen Avenue; the shot below at right is a proposed pedestrian mall that would run east-west from Jordan Avenue to Tuers Avenue, in between Montgomery and Mercer Streets. The West Bergen/Lincoln Park Neighborhood Coalition and Bergen Communities [...]
A developer’s rendering of the proposed new-look McGinley Square. The shot above is Montgomery Street looking east from Bergen Avenue; the shot below at right is a proposed pedestrian mall that would run east-west from Jordan Avenue to Tuers Avenue, in between Montgomery and Mercer Streets By changing the designation of the area covered by [...]
Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to the members of the City Council Saturday morning, and its author agreed to share it with JCI as well. Whenever you see the threat of eminent domain used to pressure homeowners to sell their property to another private individual, or face the threat of a government taking your [...]
A new $2.2 million development will take root on Pacific Avenue in the Lafayette section of Jersey City next week, when officials gather for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Pacific Landing project. The development, located at 317-319 Pacific Avenue, features eight units of affordable housing and commercial space that will house the offices of the [...]
The Boys & Girls Club of Hudson County is moving, but not all that far. The Downtown Jersey City organization, currently based at 1 Canal Street off of Grove and Grand, will be moving just several blocks away to a new building at the corner of Marin Boulevard and the yet-to-be-built Park Avenue. The City [...]
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