Mayor Healy speaks at today’s press conference; he is surrounded by members of the Jersey City Parks Coalition and a number of city agencies. On this year’s Make a Difference Day, the Jersey City Parks Coalition, several city agencies and scores of volunteers plan to plant 17,000 daffodils and tulips at 80 locations throughout the [...]
The Hudson County Open Space Advisory Board and the Hudson County Division of Planning are inviting all county residents to take a short five-minute survey about the state of the county’s parks, open spaces, recreational facilities, historic preservation sites and cultural spaces. The survey will help guide planners as they undertake a formal reexamination of [...]
The latest twist in the ongoing fight over the future of the 6th Street Embankment in Downtown Jersey City occurred Wednesday night, as the City Council unanimously rejected a settlement offer put forth by developer Steve Hyman, who owns the properties with his wife. “[The proposed settlement can] end the disputes and litigation that have [...]
When Hudson County first unveiled a plan to renovate and expand the ballfields on the Union City side of Washington Park, the Washington Park Association (WPA) flooded a county freeholders’ meeting to speak against the installation of a new turf field and ask the county to preserve the area for passive recreation instead. While the [...]
A much-needed 15,000 square feet park in a mostly industrial area near Journal Square will officially open to the public Thursday after a formal dedication and Veterans Day ceremony. The park, which was built by the developers of the CANCOlofts across the street (who have dubbed it CANCOpark), will include open green space, landscaping and [...]
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A much-needed 15,000 square feet of green space is coming to a mostly industrial area west of Journal Square, thanks to a high-end condo development.
CANCOlofts announced this week that construction has begun on the new park, located across the street from its main building on Dey Street. In the inverse of the famed Joni Mitchell song, the park will replace a parking lot there, and it is slated to be finished and opened to the public by the end of October.
The new William Mercado Memorial Park and monument on the southeast corner of Newark and Jersey Avenues will be formally dedicated by Mayor Healy and City Council officials Thursday morning at 10 am. In addition to the new memorial, the refurbished corner park, which is part of the broader Newark Avenue Streetscape Improvement project, has [...]
Paulus Hook Park, which is located at all four corners of the Washington/Grand intersection in Downtown Jersey City, is going to be revamped, and the Historic Paulus Hook Association (HPHA) is seeking input from all Jersey City residents on the redesign, including what type of activities the park should support, whether or not there should [...]
The original Park(ing) Day in San Francisco. Photo: Rebar/Andrea Scher Originally created by a San Francisco art and design collective in 2005, Park(ing) Day has grown into an annual global event where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. Last year, there were nearly 60 such temporary [...]
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