- 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 [...]
Gov. Chris Christie yesterday signed into law a bill that appropriates more than $1 million in historic preservation funding to four Jersey City projects. The bill appropriates a total of $10,850,780 from Historic Preservation Funds in order to provide grants awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust. Two local sites will receive capital preservation grants: [...]
The Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Historic Trust yesterday recommended four historic preservation projects in Jersey City for more than $1 million in state aid. Two sites are were recommended for capital preservation grants; the historic Brennan Courthouse (seen at right) is in line for $750,000 and the Powerhouse is slated to get [...]
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 [...]
- Melissa Surach gives us her tongue-in-cheek endorsements for the municipal election. Also, she mentions an interview she did with Dan Levin that we’d really like to see. On a slightly more serious note, JournalSquared has an interview with Ward B council candidate Paul Catsandonis. He says this is going to be a series, but [...]
Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Fall/Winter 2008/09 issue of NEW. You can download the entire issue here. Upon its opening in 1908 the Hudson and Manhattan Powerhouse was heralded by the New York Times as “one of the greatest engineering feats that has ever been accomplished.” Enduring decades of neglect after its closure, [...]
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