tunaboy wrote:
Thanks everyone, i've decided to pass on this apartment for a few reasons:

I don't want to have to watch my back everywhere I go
I don't want to have to hide my phone or worry about getting robbed
I don't want to be scared to walk to the bodega at night to get some munchies
I don't want to deal with the longer commute to midtown
I want a walkable neighborhood with more stores and restaurants

Monroe wrote:
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Prismatic wrote:
honestly I would prefer another line running through the inner portions of the city. The Heights, J.sq, Westside, and North Bergen could use a line. From where I am now it take a 20 minute walk to the closest station in the Heights.

Much of the existing Light Rail was done on existing rights-of-way; starting from scratch in the middle of a city would be incredibly expensive, hence the common use of buses to serve that purpose.

Jumba72 wrote:
The only Jitneys I know of go to Port Authority. Why not get off the 33rd st train at Christopher and grab a cab or walk to subway?

Trivia wrote:
I don't understand where all the money for these things are coming from. I dunno, I would like to see something finally happen with the embankment.

Stringer wrote:
Jersey City Wants to Transform Loew's Into Concert Venue

Officials are Seeking Operator That Could Attract National Music Acts

The Wall Street Journal
Feb. 2, 2014

Jersey City is moving forward with turning the historic Loew's Jersey Theatre into a concert venue.

Officials are seeking an operator that could help attract national music acts to the city-owned movie house as well as help reinvigorate the surrounding Journal Square neighborhood, which has seen far less development than the city's eastern sections.

The city would engage in a profit-sharing agreement with a management company, said Mayor Steve Fulop.

Built in 1929, the ornate theater was set to be demolished in the 1980s but was saved through the efforts of a nonprofit organization, Friends of the Loew's. The group holds revival movie screenings at the theater, which seats 3,021 but isn't fully used because it needs safety upgrades.

The request for bids is set to be issued Monday and the deadline for submissions is March 19. A copy of the request viewed by The Wall Street Journal calls for the operator to book at least 20 music concerts, 10 theatrical productions, 10 comedy performances and 50 community and other types of events.

The Friends of the Loew's will be able to hold 20 performances, according to the document. The group had raised concerns last year over an outside firm taking over management of the Loew's.

?Heather Haddon

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/S ... 04579359221532462240.html

07310 wrote:
One lane of Washington Blvd has been cordoned off from the PATH station to the Westin Hotel. Cars that were parked in that area have been towed. The "Eye in the Sky" has been placed across the street from the Westin Hotel but it looks like it have been shortened and is not as high off the ground.

Yvonne wrote:
For those who think this is a good idea, where do we put these new people? If you haven't notice traffic does not move in JC, especially downtown. I lived on Van Vorst Park, close to Jersey Avenue and sold after 40 years partially to the traffic congestion that I faced every day. Several days ago, I was on Jersey Avenue, near the Library, it took 10 minutes to travel 2 blocks. Unfortunately, it was around 3:00 PM when schools (there are 4 in that area) dismissed. Other parts of the city also have their jams but Jersey Ave, Newark Avenue, and other parts of downtown comes to a screeching halt. There is too much development in Jersey City.

kencares wrote:
This is a stupid waste of money. There is no point in an ad campaign to trick people into thinking JC is a nice place to live. Spend that money actually improving Jersey City. We don't need marketers to fluff us up.

JCishome wrote:
"There are going to be hundreds of thousands of people in Jersey City. There will be billions around the world watching the Super Bowl," Fulop said. "We want to make sure we're as ready as possible. It's important to do these things."

Really? Hundreds of thousands in Jersey City? Doing what??