Vigilante wrote:
Clapton at Roosevelt Stadium JC 1974

ERIC CLAPTON


He played there at the height of his drug problems and his show sucked.

He played for maybe 35 minutes and then left without saying a word to the
Roosevelt Stadium audience...

Well, almost 10,000 kids then stormed the police barricades and
caught up with Clapton's limo ..
right there
it was on the outfield trying to exit secretly out the back...
. The crowd surrounded the limo and was shaking it so hard I thought the limo
was going to flip over...

BUTTERBEAN wrote:
ok-my husband is a postal carrier so i'll have him take a pic with his phone next time.

BUTTERBEAN wrote:
Eric Clapton has a home on Warren.

Christine16 wrote:
What's sad here is that the people involved are pretty young. Of course, it's a parenting issue (or lack of), but also, maybe the mall security guards should get off their segways and actually police. There is no reason that large groups (regardless of age, race, gender, etc.) who are obviously not shoppers should be allowed to gather and just hang in the mall (I don't care how hot it is outside).

I was there yesterday and a group of students were blocking the entrance. When I said excuse me the very "well-spoken" loud mouth of the group started yelling "Of all the entrances you have to use this one... Excuse you"

I'm sure the retailers would love to know that the thugs are actually deterring paying customers.

heights wrote:
If we would have only 2 family rentals and convert the rest of the apartment buildings into condos this problem would be solved. Since the 70's when I was a kid as a Hudson County resident we would take a day trip to the Willowbrook Mall in Passaic County It was cool to be a Mall Rat, never a problem there. The patrons were NEVER hassled; the kids there were practically from the neighborhood, not from hoodlums. They were clean-cut or earthy looking wearing red tag Levis and Wallabies. I remember Smuggler's Attic, Zum Zum, Orbach's, Bamberger?s, Lorry's Restaurant, and various book Stores. I was never too keen on having a mall in an urban setting such as J.C. Going into Newport Mall sometimes feels like the forbidden zone. Oh those were the days.

djh101 wrote:
Ughh! I get so disgusted hearing stories like this. The world would be a far better place if thugs like these were abortion statistics instead. Sadly, there's no going back in time.

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I am a teacher, and if I saw a naked 2 year old child about to cross the street, I would do something immediately. I would stop my car, grab the kid, and call 911. I think people should be liable for NOT doing anything.

Thankfully, they're not. You can't legislate morality (obviously it's been tried). Foisting responsiblility for making sure someone's kids are safe on someone else would be a nightmare. There is a reason there is such a thing as "parental rights". There is also "parental responsibility".

That's not to say nobody should look out for other's kids- quite the opposite. But I can't imagine if some reprobate decides to dump their kid at the mall alone and the kid gets itself hurt that somehow the shoppers should be liable for not doing something about it.

What would be next- getting sued by the failure of a parent for not "co parenting" their kids? Because that's what you'd be asking them to do.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions & headline grabbing politicians. Anyone suggesting some sort of liability for an act of ommission, at least in this sphere, hasn't thought it through. You would basically be legislated into being your brother's keeper.

Now, you SHOULD be your brother's keeper...and the finder of lost children (que Jules from Pulp Fiction). But not because if you aren't you'll go to jail. You should do it because that is the path of the righteous man (OK I'll stop now).

GWB

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"Everybody was standing there looking at her walking down the street," King said.

really? jeez, what kind of people would just watch a toddler cross a street on her own?

The kind of people that live there !

Jersey city should sell off that section to the highest bidder and cut it's loses !

CK

Really? What "kind of people" would that be, CK?

Oh, and "sell off"? Really?

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"Everybody was standing there looking at her walking down the street," King said.

really? jeez, what kind of people would just watch a toddler cross a street on her own?

Bill463 wrote:
Cankicker, when folks in these forums use a certain 'tone' certain negative perceptions may come about. You know this. You wrote "so if you like Wegmans sooooooooo much shop till you drop". Instead of just typing the word so and using the term drop you for sure stated your opinion in a negative tone. I mean it's okay and all - this does occur in these types of chat boards and message boards - it is nothing new. But don't say that we did not pick up your overly negative tone, cause we all did. These boards are fun and entertaining and informative. I sure wish my company would have opened a store here instead of this Morton Williams - heck - it would save me commuting time and gas each day for sure! The seafood would be delivered fresh each day and it would not have that stale look that I saw the other night ( along with all of the other small transgressions which make this store a 'non-Wegmans'. And you would love a Wegmans here, Dude!!

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If you love wegmans soooooooo much, than by all means go to yr nearest location and shop till you drop.

Morton williams is a breath of fresh air to DTJC and therefore be happy with what you have...

CK

Whoa! Chill, dude!! I'm just saying I like Wegman's and was asking Bill a question - no need to read any slight or insult into your beloved Morton Williams. I haven't even been there yet, but will probably drop in sometime in the next week or two. Am sure it'll be loads better than ShopRite...So untwist your knickers and quit snarling.

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So, Bill, what are the chances that Wegman's will ever set up shop around here?? Or is that one of those fantasies that has about as much chance of happening as JC someday electing an honest and efficient city government? There's a Wegman's out near my parents' on Rt. 9 in Freehold or Manalapan (hard to tell in that part of Jersey where one town begins and another ends), and I just LOVE visiting that store everytime I'm out there. The place just totally rocks, and imho, beats Whole Foods any day of the week. We'd joke about the "Weekend at Weggies" whenever I visit my parents.

ErinMaiden wrote:
i actually know a couple people that live right there. they've never said a bad thing, and they really like it. 2 were from hoboken, one from downtown. i think its a pretty decent block.

whatever it used to be back in its heyday (will that EVER die- things change people, it happens EVERYWHERE not just the damn heights), i have to say its pretty damn good now, but what do i know. i just love my block and know most of the people on it, well enough to say hi and have a great day. thats more than i've had in any neighborhood i've lived in in the past 15 years....

welcome!

jacksonB wrote:
I am a 27yr old white male considering moving from Hoboken to the Heights with my girlfriend in about 3 weeks. I would be on Ogden, btwn Griffith and Franklin.

** I am just looking to get some general information about the area, any help would be great!!**

From the 30 random people I've talked to around Jersey City(cops, hotdog vendor, moes fishing supplies,firemen and a couple randoms), they all say it's a pretty safe neighborhood. Only one person, a street cleaner I stopped on central, claimed it to be a bad area. Is this pretty accurate?

I do not have a parking spot. Do you think I will have trouble parking on the street at night with a permit? Is it safe to park up to 1 block in each direction (including infront of riverview park) and walk down Ogden to my place at night?

Are the Basketball Courts at Riverview park safe to play at?

Where is the best sushi in town?

Cheapest cab to and from hoboken path?

I read a couple places that Franklin and Palasades is a pretty rough area? Is this still true, or has it cleaned up a bit?

Thats all I can think of at the moment. Thanks again!

matchjames wrote:
http://www.globest.com/news/977_977/gsrnortheast/163440-1.html


more or less goodnews.. a Morton Williams (sometimes called ASSOCIATED) in NY isn't such a terrible thing, decent prepared food, wide selection, good produce. If IT'S successful, it's a good barometer for competition to come in and compete...

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Yeah, but the hotel chains are soon catching up on this side
of the river.

Anyone check out the rates in JC ??? wow ???one may as well stay in NYC, I don't see too much of a savings ???


CK

I think they have caught up, a friend's son was going to book a room at the Courtyard by Marriott in Newport and was told the rate was $330. a night. All the waterfront hotels are usually booked which is why a 26 story luxury Westin Hotel is being built.

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Jules on Westside Ave...

+1!!!

Jules on West Side Ave was home-cooked, family-owned, unpretensious greatness.

(and the heights location was nothing compared to the one on West Side Ave)

Get Real, jules on westside ave was aweful, ate there once and had Heartburn for a month...

The one on Franklin st in the Heights was much better.

CK

YIKES....

That wouldn't be your heights-bred bias showing, now would it?

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EthanCrane wrote:
I miss Cosimo's, because it was the only decent place to eat in the mall.

Amen to that !

The owner died the the business was sold to a foreign investor. That was a good place I'm not sure if many people appreciated the quality and value it conveyed.

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ladybug247 wrote:
Jules on Westside Ave...

+1!!!

Jules on West Side Ave was home-cooked, family-owned, unpretensious greatness.

(and the heights location was nothing compared to the one on West Side Ave)

EthanCrane wrote:
I miss Cosimo's, because it was the only decent place to eat in the mall.

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I believe more stringent controls have to be put in place during the hiring process .

Theres way too many of these candidates for the Police academy that come with some really heavy baggage and truthly speaking create a room for concern since their carrying fire arms.

Historically speaking most police depts in large urban communities such as JC have a large number of suicide cases amongst it's rank and file .

I believe the reason behind this is due to the lax Hiring and screening process.

Lets face it when a city like JC is faced with the pressures of hiring cops, it's allmost certain that their going to lower the standards,unlike smaller suburban towns.

BTW, I agree with one of the other posters to this blog, that some of these cops are worse than the lowlifes their responsible for locking up !

CK

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on a second do you know how hard it is to be a cop in a city? Do you know the types of people they have to be dealing with on a daily basis? A cop from the suburbs barely has to put effort in his job while a cop in a city like this has to give his/her 100% everyday! You should thank them for thanking such a hard job. You cannot compare suburban cops to city cops there is just to big of a difference. In most of my interactions with the police I've been treated respectfully and only once did I think a cop was wrong but it was because I failed to inform him well of the situation. Your sounding off because you probably were pulled over and giving a ticket for knowingly breaking the law. As I mention before this cop was going through a tough time and alcohol probably contributed to his demise as it does in something like 90% of all suicides. The reason why more cops and military personal die in the process of suicide is because they use a gun as opposed to hanging themselves which not always kills people. Statistics do not always tell the truth buddy! Oh and the hiring process is extremely difficult since both the state and the municipality do background and psychological checks on applicants. This failed once though, in the case of the cop who kill a child on the Pulaski skyway but I think that guy got hired because he was the mayor's cousin.

justin wrote:
Well done, Academic. Well done, JC! It's about time they've done something right in our public schools....Now, what about the rest of them....

tanze_des_lasters wrote:
In our exploration of Monticello Avenue specifically between Communipaw and Belmont we have noticed that the active stores are closed up by the time we are there, around 6:00 p.m. Is this the general closing hour or does it have something to do with the curfew we read about a few years ago?

Also, is the Monticello Community Development Corporation still active? There is no current web presence regarding them. Are there any other active neighborhood groups in that area?

And finally, we were told by one real estate agent that this area is now considered Journal Square, which we didn?t believe and another agency lists this area as McGinley Square which is also unbelievable. Are we correct in assuming this is considered Bergen-Lafayette?

Thank you for any information provided.