Jersey City is built with lovers of the community and supporters of small business owners. For those of us from the area around the Journal Square, small businesses dominate the section. Whether it’s coffee from the corner café that they frequent or a sandwich from a beloved deli, shopping local is something many of us […]
Journal Square Spotlight: Old Bergen Church
Weaving through the hustle and bustle of Jersey City, do people ever really take a second to take in what they’re a part of? Imagine you’re exploring a dark cavern, and you come across an opening; the sun is shining in – you can hear waves deep off in the distance. Time has slowed down […]
Barrow Mansion
Ever since I moved to Downtown Jersey City, I always wondered what the story was behind the historic-looking home on Barrow Street. Around two years ago during the Jersey City Studio Tour, I had the chance to get a quick tour. As soon as you walk in, you feel the stories, the history, and the […]
String Theory at HudsonPLAY Recap
On September 27th, String Theory held another information session about their school, this time at HudsonPLAY on Brunswick Street. Parents and children alike were invited to participate and attend. Parents brought their children to play as they heard Jason Corosanite explain the mission behind String Theory Schools and Education. Videos were played of students’ testimonials in […]
Steven Fulop Announces Plans for 2017
On September 28th, press gathered in front of City Hall as Mayor Steven Fulop announced that he’ll be running for mayor of Jersey City in the 2017 elections. “Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what’s in best interest of Jersey City, what’s in the best interest of the state of […]
Let’s Explore: Van Vorst Park
Where is Van Vorst Park? Roughly bordered by Christopher Columbus Drive, Marin Boulevard, Grand Street and Brunswick Street. Van Vorst Park is the centerpiece of the neighborhood, bordered by Jersey Avenue, Montgomery Street, Barrow Street, and York Street. I spoke with Jersey City Councilman, John Hallanan who has lived here his whole life – in […]
String Theory Session 2 – Recap
Just a couple of weeks ago, String Theory held an information session at The Brightside Tavern, and it was a huge success! In order to give parents another opportunity to get to know String Theory Schools and Education, they held another session on Tuesday the 13th. We had a smaller group come out, but it […]
String Theory at The Brightside Tavern
On August 30th at The Brightside Tavern, String Theory Schools and Education hosted an information session for parents in the area interested in the charter school that will be coming to Jersey City in 2018. It was a great turnout – 70 people RSVP’d and made it to the session! The String Theory staff took the […]
Modera Lofts
Photos by Andy Mac I’ve visited quite a few buildings since I started my blogging journey, but none of them were like Modera Lofts. They were all awesome, don’t get me wrong, but they were all new buildings that were built from scratch. Modera Lofts has a unique story behind it – it was redeveloped […]
The Jersey City Anti-Violence Coalition Movement
A few weeks ago, Chris, lead singer of punk band Crazy and The Brains, reached out to let me know about a fundraiser he was planning for the Jersey City Anti-Violence Coalition and asked if I was interested in being involved. I told him I would do anything he wanted, even go as far as […]
ChicpeaJC presents: Classifieds
There is so much going on in Jersey City! Recently when brainstorming with my web dude from Binary Sprocket, we came up with the idea of implementing classified listings. I thought this would be valuable because it’s very hard to find Jersey City specific ads on Craigslist (and other news sites). We wanted to build […]
Top 8 Yoga Spots in Jersey City
A few days ago, I went to shop at Target. When I saw the “Back to School” signs, I almost passed out. Is summer really almost over? At the end of August, I always feel like a kid again and get that before-school anxiety. What will I wear for the first day?! Yes, I know I’m […]
String Theory Schools and Education
Mini-chicpea, my little baby, is about to turn 4. It is so crazy how time flies! We are at the point where we are looking into options for her future. We have so many questions! Public schools? Charter school? Private? I don’t even know where to begin. A few months ago, I heard about String […]
Journal Square: Then and Now
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 […]
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