Even with the high rent, this place still should have been doing great due to the location. The problem was the quality of the food. I worked in an office right near Green Cow and my coworkers and I never went there... we'd order from Rustique, Kitchen Cafe or Markers. The line for salads at Markers Express is always out the door at lunchtime!

I'd like to see one of the following in this location:

1. Zigolinis - their location near Broad/Water street in downtown NYC is very, very popular... amazing salads and sandwiches!
2. Mongolian BBQ. I've heard the one in Newport is packed during lunch hour.
3. Chipotle. Say what you want about chains, but you can't really deny that a Chipotle in that location would do extremely well.

The area could also use a good bakery. People in the offices are always ordering cakes for birthdays, going away parties, showers - and cookies/pastries for meetings.

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Okay... it's fine now... I take back the take back. I called them and they came right out with the powerwashing truck and made it all good with apologies. Go JCIA!

Mark.

This is from the HCIA ?Seasons? Spring 2010 newsletter.....(might be typo?s)

(When I drive by the site now I don?t see much work going on along 1&9. I think they moved the work down to the waterfront section)


Lincoln Park West Hudson?s First Public Golf Course

The first stages in the construction of a new Executive Nine Hole Public Golf Course ? the first in Hudson County?s history ? are underway. The course, located in Lincoln Park West, will be designed on approximately 55 acres of available, underutilized land, adjacent to Duncan Avenue, Routes 1&9 and the Hackensack River in Jersey City.

Hudson County, in conjunction with NJ DEP and the US Army Corps of Engineers, has undertaken a major Wetlands Restoration Project in the area, near the site of the former Lincoln Park Driving Range. In addition, the NJ DEP has approved the county?s plan to address closure requirements for a former residential waster landfill adjoining the restoration project.

Work has begun to complete the environmentally-responsible remediation and redevelopment plan, with delivery of large quantities of sand to the site to be used for both the wetlands restoration and landfill closure. The landfill closure plan requires capping of the site, with the top portion of the capping consisting of the golf course.

It is anticipated that the duration of both projects will be between 18-24 months. The course itself will contain 3 par five holes, 3 par four holes and 3 par three holes, with a total yardage of approximately 3200 yards.



PS ? here is a link to the www.nj.com golf site.. maybe you can get some information on other courses.. it also has a golf forum.

http://www.nj.com/golf/

A few other points to ponder:

ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES?
(Don't trust them 100% people. NOT saying there was foul play. BUT it's very easy--and possible for future elections.)

VOTING HOURS: 2pm -9pm?
(Why this shortened timeframe? Seniors, workers, those leaving area BEFORE 2pm SHOULD be able to VOTE earlier hours.)

POSTERS on City Lightpoles
(WHO cleans all the illegally posted POSTERS off?)

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Agreed. At first it was nice to hear a voice advocating for the dogs, but now you are starting to sound a bit off-kilter. What gives?

Dog owners who do not pick after their dogs give the rest of us who do such a bad rap. I hate it too. It takes a few seconds to pick up after them and there are sufficient garabage containers around downtown to dispose them. You don't need fancy plastic bags (supermarket bags will do).

Leaving dog fecus around is also bad for other dogs. Don't folks understand that their dog can get someone else's dog illness thru fecus laying around. Vet's bills are so expensive that a few seconds doesn't hurt anyone.

LSP should have a dog run and not these 10 by 10 dog runs. HP is opening soon and I'll bet that dog owners will let their dogs off leash. Kids will end up in the dog run with no parent supervision. But as soon as a dog bites a kid, all hell will break loose.

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Vigilante - what is with your insistence that dogs should be allowed to do whatever they please? This is a serious question. I'd really like to hear your reasoning behind this stance.

The Green Cow was always such a disappointment to me. Great location, great size. They never seemed sure of what they wanted to be. A pizzeria, and sandwich shop, a coffee shop, a marketplace? They tried to be all of these things and did none of them well. And the hours were odd - a pizza place that closes on Friday afternoon? The hamburgers were pretty good, though.

I think the owners of the Second Street Bakery should relocate here. They won't, but I want them to.

Congrats to the winners, I know Team Fulop worked very hard.
This shows the old JC that there is a new JErsey City being born. As a lifelong resident I can speak for those over in Bergen Lafayette that we need Steve to keep moving and bring the change we so depserately need.

For the new school board people elected we are on you side and will help to better our schools!
WE can not continue to being kept down, time to bind together and really push these no good, greedy politicians out for good!!


GO STEVE!! FULOP FOR MAYOR!!!

Funny, I had been commenting on this thread a few days ago. On Monday evening, we went for a walk in the park. Not running (as I've given up on running in this de facto dog park). Yesterday, I noticed a smell in my apartment's entry area. Sure enough, the shoes I used to walk in this park have some dog shit smeared on their bottom. Why don't people pick up? I was already on edge walking, paying as much attention as I can, but some places have long grass. Is that an excuse to not pick up? Just like snow is an excuse not to pick up?

I'm sick and tired of the dog owners of this town who abuse the relative freedom/anonymity/space that JC offers.

Grrr.

My mother spoke to the owner. He had to close due to rising rent. He said he hadn't made a salary in a long time...Sad...I liked that place!

That would be "democratic" with a capital D? As in the party, not the philosophy.

Anthony & Son. Used them awhile back and they were pros. 201 656 0857. From talking to other people who have used them, they seem to be the only iron works in the area who aren't crooks.

My old landlord emailed me this a while back for recycling guidelines.



At my new place, we use clear plastic bags for the glass and plastic since we don't have any place to keep bins. We've never had a problem with them leaving things behind. Oh, and the clear bags are available at the dollar stores on Newark Ave-- $0.99 for a box of 12. Easier to use than plastic shopping bags too.

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I take it all back - I had a small grafitti tag on my bare metal gates and when I got to the store this morning the JCIA had slathered at least a gallon of paint all over it without my knowledge or permission, rather than just power wash it off or use grafitti remover. I don't even want to roll the gate up until some of it is toweled off for fear of gumming up the works. Their new policy is to look at the wall/gate, go buy a can of paint that sort of matches the background and then throw it.

Mark

Fiore's Deli on Adams Street in Hoboken. Hands down the best Mozz.

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JPhurst thanks for the information, very interesting.

Can anyone recommened a local company that does iron work? I need to have work done on my gate and railings.

tks

The union backed candidates were Sterling Waterman, Angel Valentin, and Sebastian "Chips" D'Amico. Note: The Jersey Journal got this wrong in today's article, claiming that Lester was on the union's slate and Waterman was not. It was the other way around.

As I understand it, for many people who supported Fulop, priority number one was to knock McCann and his crew out of the box. Mission accomplished, in spades. Fulop worked with the teachers union and endorsed Waterman, who had broad based community support, and Valentin, who may have had slightly less, but was an acceptable enough candidate that he polled nearly as many votes as Waterman.

The excitement in this race, as it turned out, was not McCann vs. Fulop or McCann vs. the unions, but whether the unions could pull a whole slate. Instead of endorsing the whole union ticket, Fulop also endorsed Carol Lester, a true independent. Lester was also endorsed by One Jersey City (who only endorsed her, no other candidates).

And that was enough, as Lester won relatively comfortably over D'Amico. The real question here was whether someone could win as an outsider or whether they would need to use the union to make it over the top.

So, outside of the candidates themselves, who are the winners and losers?

Big Winner: Steve Fulop. He showed the ability to both forge alliances and support his own. This is not "Fulop's ticket" entirely, but he was able to both pick a winner, and help make a winner. Both crucial skills moving forward.

Winner: One Jersey City. In the tug-o-war for the last spot on the board, they provided enough pull to make the difference. Let's just hope that OJC and Steve don't bicker over who was the key difference in putting Lester over the top. There's enough credit to go around.

Mixed: The Teacher's Union. They have two candidates on the board. The third, Lester, was not on their slate but noticeably did not take the bait to go "red meat" and bash unions for the ills of the Educational system. She is not their candidate, but will likely not be hostile either. Still, that they could not pull a slate on their own is noticeable.

Loser: The City's democratic establishment. Did you even know that they endorsed McCann/Dehere/Patel? I wasn't even sure until last night. Completely ineffectual.

The teachers union backed Waterman, Valentin, and D?Amico.

Fulop backed Waterman, Valentin, and Lester.

Does anyone know why Fulop backed Lester and not D?Amico?


JERSEY CITY
(3) THREE-YEAR TERM

Sterling Waterman - 7,183 votes
*Angel Valentin - 6,678 votes
Carol Lester - 3,988 votes
Sebastian D'Amico - 3,549 votes
*Gerald McCann - 2,338 votes
*L. Terry Dehere - 2,319 votes
Hiral Patel - 2,231 votes
Anthony Sharperson - 1,032 votes
Evelyn Farmer - 950 votes
Kevin Armstrong - 711
Gerald Maurice Lyons - 704 votes
Arthur Zigman - 700 votes
June A. Mulqueen - 551 votes
John R. Muniz - 472 votes
Aura Ordonez - 445 votes
Marimer Navarrete - 267 votes
Tax Levy: $102,313,254
Approve - 4,668 votes
Oppose -3,190 votes



Lets hope the numbers stay the same, did all of the nursing home votes get counted yet?

More proof that signs don't vote, people vote. I'd like to see Gerry McCann walking down Kennedy Blvd with a scraper, un-doing his previous acts of vandalism, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Yes, pchops. If each person who voted yesterday selected 3 candidates the voter turnout was 10,925

These numbers are impressive for a school board election.

I'm replying to my own post...

Total vote count is 32,775 but you still have to divide that by 3....right?

Curious to know what happened to this place. I saw the owner of Mirch Masala talking with the cops several days ago outside (it was closed despite it being afternoon). I assumed they had been robbed or some accident had happened. I walked by the other day and now the restaurant seems to be closed for good and gutted.

My car got broken into years ago here in J.C. they broke the little side window and stole my map light. They were sneaky though they did it in the middle of the night... I felt so violated.

What about Salerno's Salumeria, (201) 653- 8595 they're located at 453 Central Ave. up in the Heights near Goehrig's Bakery on the north end of the strip. Just another Italian deli option in J.C.

Hi BM! I think the cut and paste didn't go through...EVERYONE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS! 32,775 came out to vote.

Sterling - almost 7,000 votes alone!!!! Congrats to Sterling, Carol, and Valentin!

And ....you're not too shabby....Mr. Fulop! hahaha!

Steven, seriously, thanks for coming out and supporting these folks with every ounce of your blood. I know you and the volunteers worked so hard for them.

That goes for you too, One Jersey City! Congrats on the win!

Oh that's right DanL....how can I forget the teachers who crossed over and also JC Moms, Rolando Lavarro, and that John T guy who is just on top of it all! And of course, thanks to you DanL for keeping the movement going! YOU GUYS ROCK!

Board of Education - Jersey City
97/100 97.00%
Vote Count Percent
- Hiral Patel 2,151 6.56%
- Arthur Zigman 667 2.04%
- Sterling Waterman 6,946 21.19%
- L. Terry Dehere 2,199 6.71%
- Carol L. Lester 3,848 11.74%
- Aura Ordonez 422 1.29%
- June A. Mulqueen 519 1.58%
- Angel Valentin 6,453 19.69%
- Anthony Sharperson 995 3.04%
- Gerald Maurice Lyons 676 2.06%
- Gerald McCann 2,199 6.71%
- John R. Muniz 451 1.38%
- Evelyn Farmer 910 2.78%
- Marimer Navarrete 252 0.77%
- Sebastian D'Amico 3,391 10.35%
- Kevin Armstrong 663 2.02%
Personal Choice 33 0.10%
Total 32,775 100.00%

I'll confess I don't pay much attention to school board elections (yes, I voted yesterday) and the budget process for the schools is a complete mystery to me. So, can someone please explain to me the rationale for voting "yes" on the tax levy? I ask this sincerely and am not looking to get into a fight. Since we're all fed up with property taxes and wasteful spending, it just seems counter-intuitive to me to vote to raise taxes on the rare ocassion when we do have a direct say in the matter. Or is there something I'm missing about the process. I want good schools, too, but they've got to learn to live within their means like everyone else. Everytime one of these levies gets approved, we're stuck with it. For good. Taxes never go down, they only stay level or they go up.

Good luck to the winners and let's see if they actually do anything positive with the way things are run.

Fulop, remember this feeling because there will be more where that came from if you continue on this path and don't veer from it. Thousands voted because of the candidates beliefs and message but also because of your determintion and outspokeness to get them elected.

This landslide victory is proof of just how incensed we have become with the status quo in our educational system. If anyone has bothered to looked at the preformance and stats of the Jersey City public school system over the last decade+ then you know just how dismal and unacceptable the scores are.

Voting-in this accomplished, tenacious, passionate group of candidates is the first step in finally making our public schools respectable.

Well done candidates, well done Fulop and well done voters!