Powerhouse District Mural Rotting Away: Dislocations takes a look at a mural on Marin Boulevard and Bay Street, which was painted by Thomas John Carlson, and appears to be falling to pieces. Financial Experts Speak to High School Students: New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Tom Considine and Provident Bank CEO Chris Martin [...]
The Jersey City Parking Authority will be installing new signage for Zone 4 on Second Street between Washington Boulevard and the waterfront in an effort to eliminate zone enforcement confusion. The Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association received an official notice by the JCPA and expects the move to come ahead of a stronger effort to [...]
Soon both the warehouses and the more recent residential buildings in the Powerhouse Arts District will be overshadowed, literally and figuratively, by three 30-story buildings after the city’s planning board approved a Toll Brothers’ development proposal almost four years in the making. And in a neighborhood that has been the site of dramatic change over the past thirty years, the realities of long-term best intentions and the very real need for shorter-term growth are often the distorting lenses that split the difference between unconscionable action and logical progression.
- State Legislative Redistricting: Facing the possible loss of a Hudson County Legislative district because of population changes, local politicians called on the state Apportionment Commission to keep districts intact to preserve representation of the county’s diverse population. MORE from Politicker. – Powerhouse Arts District: The Historic Preservation Commission last week approved by a 7-0 [...]
“We decided to open the Warehouse because we love this neighborhood,” Hinonangan says. “We live in the PAD. We see its immense potential to be the entertainment hub of Jersey City.”
“We could have come up with a trendier name,” says Jeff Favia of the Powerhouse Lounge’s straightforward nomenclature. “But we are committed to supporting and representing the Powerhouse Arts District.” The restaurant and bar will be in the Marin Boulevard building that was once home to the Rascals on the Hudson comedy club.
Hundreds of people flocked to Downtown Jersey City Sunday for the Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association’s (PADNA) 5th annual BBQ & Street Fair, which had been moved from Saturday due to the threat of thunderstorms. They were treated to good food, lots of live music, local wares from artists and artisans, a breakdancing display and a whole lot more. Even the soccer crazed were taken care of, with a screening of the World Cup final match on a big screen in Parlay Studios.
The 5th annual PADNA BBQ & Street Fair, originally slated to happen Saturday, July 10 (in other words, tomorrow), has been moved to its rain date of Sunday, July 11. Organizers decided last night to make the move, since Sunday looks to be a “perfectly sunny day as opposed to Saturday’s seemingly large bundle of [...]
The Superior Court’s Appellate Division yesterday handed down a ruling rejecting the Powerhouse Neighborhood Association’s (PADNA) appeal of a lower court’s decision upholding the City Council’s April 2008 decision to allow spot zoning in the area covered by the Powerhouse Arts District (PAD) Redevelopment Plan. PADNA had sued to stop the changes, but in April [...]
As various factions have battled over who should pay to relocate the electrical transformers inside Jersey City’s Powerhouse, the health of the historic structure has become ever more precarious. With this in mind, the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) and the Port Authority today are kicking off a stabilization project for the 100-plus-year-old structure. This [...]
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