Historian Dennis Doran led a few dozen people on his annual walking tour of historic Bergen Square this Saturday, as part of the Preservation Month series of events put together by the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. Bergen Square, which sits just blocks from Journal Square, is the site of New Jersey’s first permanent European settlement, [...]
For full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY There are several noteworthy art openings tonight: the latest from painter Robert Piersanti, The Underground, opens (on Piersanti’s birthday, no less) at 58 Gallery with [...]
The Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy (JCLC) kicked off its 12th annual celebration of National Preservation Month last weekend at the Arbor and Earth Day Festival at the Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery, and the group has plenty of events lined up for the rest of May that should pique the interest of any history [...]
St. Peter’s College says it has entered into a partnership with the Archdiocese of Newark to take over the historic St. Aedan’s Church and use it as a cornerstone for a renewed emphasis on ministry at the college. St. Peter’s plans to transition the Bergen Avenue church into a college church, staffed by members of [...]
Seven years after it began, the restoration of Jersey City’s historic Apple Tree House entered its final phase Wednesday night with the passage of two resolutions by the City Council. Despite what has by all accounts been long and frustrating process, and despite the city’s fiscal problems, the council — urged on by community members supporting the cause — found the landmark a worthwhile cause even in tight economic times.
“Our sense of Prohibition has been shaped by Al Capone movies. My stories are local Jersey City tales — I tell about the ‘mom and pop’ Italian restaurants that made red wine in the cellar, like Pipi’s on Orchard Street,” Leach says. “But there are Capone-style places too, like the Sip and Summit at Journal Square [where people] entered via a phone booth from a cigar store next door.”
- Apple Tree House: The decades-long restoration of the historic Apple Tree House in Jersey City is nearing completion. But in light of austere state budget proposals, the city is scaling back what it is requesting from the state for the final leg of the fix-up. – Off-Duty Cop Involved in Car Crash Linked to [...]
With Black History Month once again here, we decided to take a look back at the African-American luminaries who have visited Jersey City throughout its history. While the most recent appearances are easiest to remember, other prominent figures have appeared through the years.
“[The courthouse] is more than a monument to justice and an example of outstanding beauty,” Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy president John Hallanan says. “It is a monument to the importance of civic activism and a testament to what a small group of people — if sufficiently motivated — can accomplish.”
A bill that would provide tax credits for property owners seeking to rehabilitate historic homes received final legislative approval when it was passed yesterday by the Senate. The bill, part of legislative Democrats’ Back to Work package of jobs and economic development bills, was passed by a vote of 38 to 0. It would create [...]
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