A couple of weeks ago there was that event in VVP for kids. I saw the couple staggering from that direction, with their faces painted to look like cats, holding balloons shaped like flowers. lol
it really made me chuckle.

I'd be a little surprised if it was those two 'near-homeless' couple. They are always really high/drunk and hobble around jersey city with a shopping cart, looking like they will fall over any second. That said, there's no telling what people will do to feed their habits.

Well i walk down christopher columbus almost everyday and it seems like it is actually accumulating more trash, if that is possible. Last i saw, there were 3 toilets on the actual road itself (near Varick) with weeds growing in them. Totally Awesome!!!

I think my biggest littering beef is with the freakin flyers, menus and other paper trash that is left outside every building. The wind blows and before you know it, the whole block is covered in these damn flyers.

That all said, who is the older lady who I see patiently picking litter up off the street? I see near city hall and also near shop rite. Kudos to her for being so persistent.

Was the poor cat just randomly walking past at the wrong time in the wrong place? It also mysteriously disappeared.

If i picked up a cat to hit someone with, that cat would do more damage to me. Maybe she is trying to explain her boyfriends scratches before the cops see them. : )

Sorry, i just have so many questions in regards to this story

how do you beat someone up with a cat?

I feel like so many of us agree, except the powers that be. Getting them to actually do something or set the ball in motion is the real challenge.

Worth a read:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article766908.ece

That would be awesome!! Some outdoor seating with umbrella tables, street performers, etc.......Very cool.

Most of the time those dollar van bus drivers are just going to the bathroom. They don't exactly hide and on numerous occassions I have seen those vans pulled over, and they are basically either peeing into a bottle or ...er..doing whatever else they are doing.

All the work that goes on appears to lack someone who can oversee the greater vision, not so much technical aspect but even the aesthetic one. Nothing seems to work together at all. It feels like one guy was in charge of finding whatever traffic lights he could find...another guy was in charge of just finding traffic signs....etc...Now lets just throw these all together and see what happens.

I have always hoped that downtown 'historic' jc might actually sustain or promote some character, charm and appeal, that Newport & Exchange Place does not have. Those hopes are gone and in their place now i'd be happy to just see a cleanly paved street with some trees. Would even this be too much to hope for?

This is more of a vent than anything, but Christopher Columbus, between Varick and Grove is like a warzone. The construction and garbage is just so so excessive. Hopefully, if and when the construction is all done, it will look a little better.

I also do find it amazing that people will sit on their stoop for hours at a time, without even considering picking up the trash that surrounds them.

And lastly, what's with the dark concrete that is being used to replace the sidewalks (this is on Newark Ave as well). Might be just me, but it really does not appear to add any aesthetic value to the street and just looks kind of messy.

i find them very convenient. However, try and stay away from the back seats though - Alot of times, when you see them pulled over with no passengers, the driver is busy taking care of necessary business in the back : (

Ahh..So THAT'S where the attractive people go! I've always wondered where they disappeared to on saturday nights : )

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That would be simply 'awesome' if they did that too - It'll be like living on the turnpike.

Why are these 'decision makers' eager to do something that surely they realize is not the best plan? What else is going on here? Someone must be gaining something from this wild plan and it surely is not the residents.

And leave these mysterious 'vaults' in. Let the trees keep growing around them.

Probably something to do with the brakes. Remember the train that slammed into the 33rd st station?

oh no!... not another streetscape project. They say they will replace the trees and then plant 3 little bushes in some planters and call it a day.

I doubt Columbus between Grove and Monmouth could look any worse anyways.

Maybe they are trying to discourage short people from using the train during rush hour. I completely agree with you. It is very annoying. Those new trains are too fancy for their own good. There is ALWAYS some kind of problem with them.

Here's my 2 cents on JC trash - What annoys me as well is the flyers and sale magazines that are left outside all the buildings. They start to blow away and eventually end up all over the street. I've started picking up all of them and any other papers outside my building and putting it in the trash - so if anyone was looking for the cheap flyers and never found them, it's probably my fault.

Also, the bedroom of the apartment i just moved into, overlooks the back of the basketball court on Wayne St. (between Jersey ave and Barrow). I was seriously shocked to see the back side of some of those buildings and amount of trash there. It's all over the ground and fire escapes, like people have been chucking their garbage straight out the windows.

Just trying to look around before I give in, and go to H&R Block

It must have been around 2 a.m. and there is no telling where that fighting reached. Like you said, cars were actually pulling up out of nowhere and people jumping out to join the fight. So that then initiated a bunch of honking from other cars. It was a circus.

I have also been told by a guy that grew up in JC, that apparently Missy Elliot occasionally stops by there : )

That's pretty much how this fight was. There were clusters of people running and screaming down Newark...some away from the action, some towards it. The whole area including the car park next door was just full of people in various stages of fighting. I was wondering when the bullets would start flying.

I'm not even quite sure what the overall appeal of this 'lounge' is.

Just got home and there was a huge street fight pouring out of Jordan's. Honking cars, screaming girls, fists flying....ahh...good times in JC.

i used to live in the heights and take them to NYC. Does that mean there is now no bus (or jitney) that runs down Palisade Avenue to go into the city?

i play in two leagues in NYC now, but one of the leagues is outdoors so I would definitely be interested in something more local, especially for the winter.

I was so optimistic about this streetscape thing until...
more trees were cut down than planted, and the sidewalk started looking worse than before

The only positive thing might be the nice orange sidewalk ramps - which they haven't even taken out of the plastic wrapping they came in.

now i'm curious, yet apprehensive, to see what they will build in that open area on Jersey and Newark where the trees were. Something that involves more concrete i'm sure.

i was walking down the west side of manhattan when i saw these clouds.

Within five minutes I saw two aggressive homeless people ask me for money, then moments later i noticed this loud preacher on the corner going.."REPENT! REPENT!!" I swear that plus the alien clouds was like some bad Tom Cruise movie.

hmm..i guess the choice is we either have a new pavement or trees.

was the pavement ever that bad to begin with?

one step forward, two steps back.

what the heck? they seem to be cutting down trees everywhere.
that little tree standing outside skinners appears to have survived and i think it'll be the only tree left standing in downtown jc at this rate.