Photos by Jushin Gonzalez Journal Square is the diverse transit hub of Jersey City smack dab in the middle of an ever-changing skyline. Before the major commercial and business district was titled Journal Square (in 1923 after the Jersey Journal), it was laden with farmhouses and manors from the original Bergen settlers of the 1660s. […]
The Morgan at Provost Square
The Morgan is a brand new luxury condo building located in the Powerhouse Arts district in Downtown Jersey City. The Morgan has all the amenities you can dream of and it’s conveniently located right by the Grove Street PATH train and all the downtown action. They recently invited me to tour the space and I […]
Expansion of the HDSID Boundaries!
The Historic Downtown Special Improvement District announced the expansion of the HDSID boundaries and it is official this week! Below is a map of the new district. I caught up with Rachel Sieg, the Executive Director of the HDSID to hear more about the great news. Rachel, how did the plans to expand come about? This […]
Let’s Explore: Bergen-Lafayette
Where is Bergen-Lafayette? Bergen-Lafayette is the amoeba of Jersey City neighborhoods. As its name implies, it’s a collection of blocks with a zig-zagging border that sits southwest of Downtown and overlaps with Greenville to the south, Lincoln Park/West Bergen to the west and McGinley Square to the north. It includes Bergen, Beacon, Bergen Hill, Communipaw, […]
Let’s Explore: The Geography of Jersey City
A few weeks ago, the Embankment Preservation Coalition organized a presentation about the geography of Jersey City at Grace Van Vorst church, headed by Luke Schray, an urban planner and board member of the coalition. When his home was flooded in Hurricane Sandy, his interest was piqued into the geography of Jersey City. But “to […]
Let’s Explore: The Powerhouse Arts District
Let’s Explore: The Powerhouse Arts District The Powerhouse Arts District (or “PAD”) is one of the smallest neighborhoods in Jersey City, but it packs a helluva punch. Primarily comprised of manufacturing buildings erected in the 1800s, turned into artist live/work spaces in the later 1990s and early 2000s (and living among the new high rises dotting Jersey City’s […]
Let’s Explore: Greenville
Greenville is one of those neighborhoods in Jersey City that a lot of people don’t know of off the bat. Its south of a lot of the action and development that JC is seeing and like a few other neighborhoods in the area, the 1970s hit it hard. But the Hudson County History Advocates partnered […]
Let’s Explore: The Heights
Continuing on our journey of Jersey City neighborhoods, let’s visit The Heights! I sat down with Roger Heitmann, Treasurer for the Riverview Neighborhood Association who was born in the Heights and has lived here for most of his life. His family lineage in the Heights goes back to 1891 and he’s a bit of a […]
Let’s Explore: Paulus Hook
I’ve set out on a journey to learn a little more about each neighborhood in Jersey City; its history, architectural details, landmarks and any other interesting anecdotes I come across. Let’s start with Paulus Hook, shall we? When I started asking around for a good resource on the neighborhood, all signs pointed to Diane Kaese, […]
The Battle of Paulus Hook
History came alive last night at the Battle of Paulus Hook commemoration as a fife and drummer reenactment group led flag-waving celebrators, young and old, from the corner of Washington and Dudley to Paulus Hook Park, proving that the past is not dead. The march, now in its 10th year and put on by the […]
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