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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 parks [...]

The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is holding a public meeting on Monday on its plans to construct the final section of the Hudson River Walkway in Jersey City. The plan calls for a 1600-foot walkway along the northern shore of the Little Basin of the Morris Canal between the Goldman Sachs building and [...]

- A Jersey City man was arrested on weapons charges yesterday; he is accused of handing the alleged shooter a gun that was used to shoot and kill a 17-year-old boy in Greenville earlier this week.
- The National Parks Service will spend more than $37 million on projects around the New York Harbor area, including [...]

At Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, the main topic on the agenda was the city’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget, but there were also eight ordinances signed into law, four ordinances introduced, a bunch of resolutions passed and … a couple of Lyndon LaRouche supporters.