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Re: TALDE JERSEY CITY

#31

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A bit more info.

The shuttering of the 2nd space formerly Carrino, most recently Bell & Gray has cost them an arm and a leg. Talde is getting a deal at a rather large boutiqu-ish hotel chain which will put Talde's in numerous locations. This one restaurant isn't worth the time to try and save. Finally there are some ongoing issues with the developers.

Posted on: 2016/3/3 12:43

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ProdigalSon

Re: TALDE JERSEY CITY

#32

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So is the restaurant. I heard from a couple of friends that work there that they were told the place was closing down, no time frame was given, but it will be closed shortly.

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Abe_Froman wrote:
ha. nice work. "website expired"

http://www.taldejerseycity.com

Posted on: 2016/3/2 20:40

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ProdigalSon

Re: Romantic restaurant, 1st date?

#33

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BROA is fantastic. I've been there 3 times in 2016 alone. Love the food and BYOB.

Posted on: 2016/2/24 21:12

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ProdigalSon

Re: Plan to lower parking minimums in Jersey City spurs anger

#34

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I can also tell you that I have gotten permits for two different homes that both had available parking for them. I don't think the parking authority is doing due diligence when someone applies for a permit.

Stop me if you've heard that one before, a rule is on the books in Jersey City and never enforced...

Posted on: 2016/2/23 21:49

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ProdigalSon

Re: Plan to lower parking minimums in Jersey City spurs anger

#35

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Is the developer going to give something back to the community for this release from the agreement? I don't understand how they can get so close to being finished and then asked for these roll backs.

Posted on: 2016/2/23 13:29

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ProdigalSon

Re: Homeowner's Insurance

#36

Home away from home

I got my homeowners from the Brownstone Agency in Hoboken I was referred to them by our mortgage broker. The insurance itself is through Chubb. They are competent and handled the service quickly and without issue.

That said I recently looked to combine our auto/homeowner's because I understood Chubb had a "premium" on it. When it was all said and done 2 other insurance companies offered premiums that were more then Chubb, and the auto discount was negligible. Our homeowners insurance was about $1200 a year and we too have a flat roof.

Posted on: 2016/2/22 16:07

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ProdigalSon

Re: fighting to keep existing height and density zoning in The Village

#37

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Any update on the proposed zoning changes in the Village?

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Erobinsonh wrote:
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ProdigalSon wrote:
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Erobinsonh wrote:

There are proposed zoning changes coming to the Village - no more R-1s, but what would be replacing the R1s in this case would allow 375 Fifth Street to be 8 units, with 4 parking spaces, instead of the 14 units, 0 parking requested. (Under current zoning it would be 4 units, 4 parking)

One of the reasons to re-zone the Village is to stop this game of escalating variances, but I don't know whether 375 Fifth Street would scale back if the City Council had already voted on this - asking for variances for height and density has historically been a successful strategy.

Can you go into the details on the zoning changes? Will all current R-1's be rezoned? I'm curious if my current R-1 will then allow me to build more/higher then is already existing.

At the moment the proposed changes are just for the Village - and details are still being discussed.

R-1 would become R-E, which would change the 1 or 2 family, 3-story with parking R1 into a 4-family, 4-story, no parking RE.
Also, on certain streets the former R1s would be allowed to have retail on the ground floor.

Posted on: 2016/2/19 17:24

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ProdigalSon

Re: Parking Too Close to Crosswalks

#38

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Don't forget stealing from the county.

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jerseymom wrote:
The councilman is NOT a LEO and should NOT have a PBA shield.

And he is still allowed to drive legally in light of his DWI?

Jersey City at its best!

Posted on: 2016/2/17 20:12

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ProdigalSon

Re: Bedroom zoning requirements

#39

Home away from home

I think there is more too it, as we only have one means of egress in our apartment, which is in a two family. We do however have sprinklers, but we are on the third floor(there are two floors beneath us including the ground floor). I'm sure someone here more familiar with zoning will give the inns and outs, but I'm curious as well what the egress and bedroom zoning requirements are.

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hero69 wrote:
i think every bedroom has to have a window, and every apartment has to have two means of egress

Posted on: 2016/2/10 14:38

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ProdigalSon

Re: Jersey City mayor-elect orders end to citywide reval

#40

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Does anyone have an idea of how fast the reval would get restarted? And once it is restarted how quickly it would be completed? I do think this is going to have a huge impact on the value of many homes downtown.

Posted on: 2016/2/3 18:41

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ProdigalSon

Re: Urgent care clinics in JC??

#41

Home away from home

PromptMD in Hoboken right on 1st is great.

Posted on: 2016/2/2 15:45

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ProdigalSon

Re: Roof & apartment ceiling leak repair

#42

Home away from home

What is the general time a flat roof lasts? My current roof is about 4 years old and I'm just wondering if I should have someone look at it this spring?

Posted on: 2016/1/11 19:37

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ProdigalSon

Re: fighting to keep existing height and density zoning in The Village

#43

Home away from home

Quote:

Erobinsonh wrote:

There are proposed zoning changes coming to the Village - no more R-1s, but what would be replacing the R1s in this case would allow 375 Fifth Street to be 8 units, with 4 parking spaces, instead of the 14 units, 0 parking requested. (Under current zoning it would be 4 units, 4 parking)

One of the reasons to re-zone the Village is to stop this game of escalating variances, but I don't know whether 375 Fifth Street would scale back if the City Council had already voted on this - asking for variances for height and density has historically been a successful strategy.

Can you go into the details on the zoning changes? Will all current R-1's be rezoned? I'm curious if my current R-1 will then allow me to build more/higher then is already existing.

Posted on: 2015/11/30 16:21

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ProdigalSon

Re: Explanation of abatements

#44

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bodhipooh wrote: Now, let's look at DTJC abated properties that were recently sold: 305 Grand St Sold: 925 K Tax: $543.00 Effective rate: 0.06% (<- that's not a mistake!) 20 2nd St Sold: 1.15 MM Tax: $647.00 Effective rate: 0.056%

Would either of you care to explain what the L.H. Brownstone Charge of $4060-ish that is semi-annual on the Grand Street Property, or the Pinnacle Tower charge that is on all the 20 2nd Street locations? Unsurprisingly you are trying to obfuscate the facts, no one is paying $700 a year to the government to live in a 1 million dollar home.

Posted on: 2015/11/20 17:10

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ProdigalSon

Re: Explanation of abatements

#45

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jcwalkingman wrote:
Not to drift off topic too much, but does anyone know how an abated tax rate transfers to a new owner during a resale of an abated property? Are "taxes" reassessed when the abated property is transferred? I heard from someone that the abatement rate (generally 1.65% of assessed value) is applied to the property's sale price when the property is transferred to a new owner, but this doesn't seem to make sense since most assessments are below market value.

For a new abatement I believe it is 1.65% of the initial selling price, but every abatement is probably different. I live in a two family home, with a 5 year abatement and that number works out exactly to what our taxes were the first year. They have changed negligibly over the past 3 years, but it isn't enough for me to really care of figure out why.

Posted on: 2015/11/20 16:43

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ProdigalSon

Re: UBER - car service in Jersey City

#46

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They have increased their rates from the Airport for sure. I used to get home for 20-ish, last night it was 37. It was still a good deal as I didn't have to wait in line, and was home in 18 minutes. But Uber was previously keeping the prices lower to generate ridership. I suspect they will start to increase the cost of the rides now to the point where they are comparable to Taxi's.

Posted on: 2015/11/4 16:02

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ProdigalSon

Re: NJ school nixes Halloween celebrations, cites diversity

#47

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I'm a realist and I don't apologize for it. I am all about fun, but not on school grounds. Have it in your local community center.

But your tax dollars paid for those community centers too.

That said this is grade school, having these parties teaches important lessons in how to socialize and communicate. I spend 80% of my time managing my relationships with clients and vendors.

Posted on: 2015/10/20 19:06

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ProdigalSon

Local Control of Schools

#48

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I received this email from the Mayor today.

I think it seems like an accomplishment to regain control of these functions, but does it also start a clock on state funding that we receive for our impoverished district? I think the last time I saw JC residents were only paying about 25% of the full bill.

I'm very curious to get a better understanding of what will happen here, both in the near future and long term. We are trying to determine if JC is a place that we can actually make a go of raising a family.

Posted on: 2015/10/7 14:30

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ProdigalSon

Re: Winter Birthday party for 1-year old

#49

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We did Zepplin Hall for my daughters first birthday. She like a good German ale though.

Posted on: 2015/10/5 20:36

Edited by ProdigalSon on 2015/10/5 20:59:39

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ProdigalSon

Re: Letter: Hamilton Park music events too loud for nearby residents

#50

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On_The_3rd wrote:
Maybe we can just turn back the clock to when Hamilton Park was a run down drug dealers paradise. You can put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Don't forget the hookers with mattresses too. They were very noisy.

Posted on: 2015/9/29 14:50

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ProdigalSon

Jersey City Public Library Wifi?

#51

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I need to get out of the office to do some work and need solid wifi and a quiet place. Has anyone used the wifi at any of the branches, does it work sufficiently to do work or is it spotty?

Posted on: 2015/9/28 16:10

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ProdigalSon

Re: Four months on Hudson County payroll gets Jim McGreevey lifetime benefits

#52

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Can some one clarify this, his daughter does not get lifetime benefits, but can be on his benefits until she is 26 or whatever the age is these days. I really hope this is the case, I cannot see any reason that his daughter deserves to freeload for her lifetime as well. This entire thing reeks.

Posted on: 2015/9/23 18:59

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ProdigalSon

Re: Vacant Buildings

#53

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What are you trying to accomplish by actually making this BS up?

You are honestly a cancer and this entire thread should be deleted it is nothing but propaganda and lies.

Posted on: 2015/9/15 19:03

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ProdigalSon

Re: New Private School DTJC $16,500 tuition

#54

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I am curious, where can I go to learn more about the public schools in Jersey City. I have a quickly growing child and my wife and I are trying to figure out our next step, or if it is even feasible to think about staying in JC for even longer.

Posted on: 2015/9/3 19:11

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ProdigalSon

Re: Pants Alterations

#55

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Tailors Touch on 7th and Brunswick, they do a great job, I've had them reattach the bottoms of my jeans and they do a great job with that as well.

Posted on: 2015/9/2 20:39

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ProdigalSon

Re: Bike Share System

#56

Home away from home

I can't believe this won't be integrated with Hoboken.

That said the stations look to be in placed well. However, is anyone ever going to bike up to the heights on one of these bikes? That climb would be ardous.

Posted on: 2015/8/5 18:12

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ProdigalSon

Re: Ice cream cake?

#57

Home away from home

I've purchased numerous ice cream cakes from Torico's and they are superior to Carvel.

Posted on: 2015/7/30 17:01

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ProdigalSon

Re: Friendly User Budget

#58

Home away from home

If you think about it, Newark Avenue has gone all the way back to the original with no cars on it?

Posted on: 2015/7/27 17:55

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ProdigalSon

Re: New Cafe Ordinance - Call to Action

#59

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Wishful_Thinking wrote:
I'm sorry, Squeeg - both as a homeowner and someone who enjoys outdoor cafes I have to support the new ordinance.

Living in the Heights, we don't have a lot of stylish dining spots - and the only ones with outdoor space I can think of are The Trolley Car and BBQ at Legal Beans (although that may actually be in the Village). The crowds outside on the patio are always pleasant and I've never heard it get so noisy as to be objectionable. These are wonderful amenities, that bring a nice, urbane vibe to the neighborhood - sidewalk and garden cafes, whether ritzy or down home, are super popular in cities all over the world, and I welcome more of it in JC. I'm sure if these businesses want to keep their licenses and the good will of the neighborhood, they will monitor their customers.

And not everyone has a house - you shouldn't assume we all have huge places and private backyards. I live in an apartment - our building has no outdoor space - so these places are where I can take friends and family in nice weather to enjoy a drink and food outside.

I'm just echoing much of what has been said, but this ordinance is overly broad. You are probably right about the Heights and the need for more dining options. But that doesn't mean that the entire city needs to be impacted. They can designate specific areas that would benefit from this kind of thing. It should be focused and brought about by the neighborhood that will house and support these places.

The way this is being done is shady and back handed to the constituents that Osborne and Fulop purport to be working for.

Posted on: 2015/7/20 18:37

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ProdigalSon

Re: Dinner/Bar-hopping advice

#60

Home away from home

Same boat with the terrible twos, I wonder if we know each other?

If it is nice out and you are going on the earlier side, the Taphaus Beirgarden down in Crystal Point has a nice view and is on the water, it's a bit of hike from Newark, but it's a cheap Uber. Then I'd hit 30 Acres which in my mind is the best spot in JC. I'd swing over to Barcade/Dullboy for another drink and have a nightcap at 3rd and Vine, although Union Republic has some fantastic cocktails these days.

Posted on: 2015/7/16 17:54

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