What's going in where the old Occasions Party Store was at 180 Newark Ave?

If you're looking for nice places to run that are only a mile or two from your home, and LSP is too far, it does limit options. Depending on where you live, your best bet is to find a track.

If all else fails, I've been known to just run in circles around Van Vorst Park. Each loop is a quarter mile. Boring as hell though. Hamilton Park is just shy of a half mile around.

I'm glad they're making accommodations for folks. If your mobility is severely impaired, 100 ft is a LONG way, no matter what kind of assistive device you're using. The difference between being dropped off in front of the door vs. walking/rolling 100ft can be a deal breaker for some.

The demolition guys wanted $500 for the old Borinquen Hardware Indian Head. I liked it, but don't have that kinda cash lying around for old indian heads.

I've seen pictures of the prints of the exterior. I can't remember now what material for the fa?ade, but I think brick? Retail ground floor. Will be an "L" shaped building with frontage on both Jersey Ave and Christopher Columbus. No word on what the retail will be. Apartments up above. Apts on 2nd floor will have decks with higher floors set back from the street. Penthouse suites on 7th floor. 76 units total.

Saw this on seeninjerseycity.com

But it looks like US Masters has picked up the beautiful church and parish house on Mercer St between Coles and Monmoth.

I was always kinda sad that this beautiful building has just been sitting there, burned and empty, since 2007 so I'm hoping this turns into to be something good.

LHS has been operating as a kill shelter for a while now, hasn't it?

Pretty much what everybody else said.

I'm a 30-something lady and have walked those two blocks on my way home from the PATH every night for the last two years. Never ultra late at night - but 8PM-9PM - I feel very safe.

No, JC is not the suburbs. Yes, the block is noisy.

I lived in Center City Philly for a year and truly did fear for my life some nights, but I've never felt like that here in JC. A lot of it has to do with the activity on the block - there's almost always people around, cars passing, busses passing. And I've never felt uncomfortable or gotten cat-called walking down the block.

I think Porta Pizza is going in at 135 Newark, the location next to Two Boots.

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My husband went to "International Styles" once and came back looking like Lloyd Christmas.

I don't know if it's his hair or if he just has an oddly shaped head - but it's been a challenge finding a place to get a decent haircut/beard trim.

He hasn't cut his hair since June so $50 will be worth it if it makes him look a little less like Wolf Man.

Virile opens Friday.

But - if the discount stores go away, where am I going to get my Whip-Its?

I recently used UberX from downtown to the Heights a few Sundays ago. Two mile trip was $8, and that included tip.

Driver was pleasant, picked us up in a nice SUV.

Uber uses GPS data to determine the time/distance of your ride and calculates your fare from that. Your credit card is charged and no money is exchanged with the cabbie.

It was rediculously convenient. I know Uber's gotten some flak for it's "surge" pricing lately, but, apart from that, I thought it was pretty great.

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A little bird told me that it was going to be a fresh pasta place - with possible ties to Eataly in the city.

Disclaimer, I'm not a JC authority, just a map geek.

A lot of these neighborhood boundaries are not really "official", but based on all of the stuff I'm looking at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Section

www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Marion-Jersey-City-NJ.html

I'd say Corbin between Sip and Stuyvesant is definitely in Marion.

This is my favorite, unofficial neigborhood map. Couldn't tell you how accurate it is, but it's purdy.

Courtesy of http://wardensandroosters.blogspot.com/