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It's right next door. I really like the style of the furniture they have picked out and I am also REALLY curious about that tilted style bar. I too would love a place with Sunday morning soccer and maybe an English breakfast fry to go with it.
Posted on: 2014/3/14 12:52
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Opening soon, now accepting resumes. This is the bar going in the former Hudson Camera space on Newark Ave.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Montys-Public-House/163692473799989
Posted on: 2014/3/13 18:12
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Noise ordinances and permitting were changed but businesses still seem slow to catch on, with a few exceptions (i.e. Lamp Post). But White Eagle Hall is slated to open as a dedicated mid size music venue in the fall, so we'll see what happens.
Posted on: 2014/3/12 21:17
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Re: Question on Safety of Brunswick Btwn 2/3rd
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Once white eagle hall opens in the fall I expect that this area will start to get more foot traffic. It will be interesting to see what that does for existing and potential future businesses.
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Re: artist's studio in Lincoln Park area?
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Thomas from JC Art School has at least 2 artist studio spaces that are mostly but maybe not completely full. Both in downtown JC I believe. Jcartschool@gmail.com
Posted on: 2014/3/11 19:38
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Fights over whether beards are over or not yet?
Posted on: 2014/3/9 23:03
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Re: Loew's Jersey Theatre Project. An Insider's View.
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This is a good point. The response from FOL's is as if the city had seized property they owned via eminent domain. But the city owns the property and is their landlord and has therefore had a controlling interest all along, they just haven't asserted it until now. I was also remembering that Healy pledged to entirely defund the Loew's if he was reelected and it was Fulop who advocated to continue funding. Either way, the writing was on the wall re: changes to Loews and I'm surprised that they didn't strategize for different contingencies (their responses read as very defensive to me, not planned out in advance). I also would like to see what the FOL's alternative plan is for the theater, other than hiring a management company. "Come to me with solutions, not problems" is the line that comes to mind.
Posted on: 2014/3/9 16:45
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Re: Fulop to solicit proposals from for-profit companies to replace FOL in running the Loew’s theater
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander_of_title
If I'm reading this right, they are basically suing Fulop for shit talking leading to loss of income ,correct? Aren't all the untrue allegations they have an issue with ones published in articles by journalists, not words from Fulop himself? I was taught that you will never win a suit against someone whose pockets are much deeper than yours.
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Re: Columbus Drive between Jersey Ave and Barrow. Is it safe for a single woman to live there?
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I call them the "neighborhood watch." On that block they treat the sidewalks by the stoops as a sort of extended living room - card tables with card games going, sometimes blasting music from cars parked out front. They are boisterous but generally friendly and harmless. I wouldn't want to live on that exact block due to the noise but I'd rather have eyes watching the neighborhood than a desolate stretch.
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Re: Car towed for snow removal. WTF Jersey City.
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Ha! Well played. And well deserved on my part ;).
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Re: Car towed for snow removal. WTF Jersey City.
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Thankfully no charge (yet at least...who knows what will come in the mail). I figured it only had to be a matter of time until the "it's all your fault" chorus would chime in. Because, clearly my not moving my car nullifies any genuine need for the city to improve communication with residents. I'm not saying I am a perfect model citizen here (I don't even recycle consistently. Oh the shame). I guess I'd just rather someone see this thread and pay close attention to the snow clearing schedule so they can avoid the headache I dealt with.
Posted on: 2014/2/27 16:08
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Why not just limit music to the end of the pier and have a decibel limit after 10 PM? I get that the acoustics mean that loud sound does really weird things when it's by the statue, but 9 PM, really? I didn't realize that exchange place had been converted to a senior living community.
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Re: Car towed for snow removal. WTF Jersey City.
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I would have strongly preferred to have been given the option to finish digging out my car and moved it myself. The reason it was there so long in the first place was being buried in by the city's plows literally up to the windows of the car, which became a mound of mostly ice very quickly. It was very unnerving that my car was just gone, and Resident Response and the East Precinct had no idea where it might have been moved to at first. For all I knew it could have actually been stolen.
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I see both sides of this.
It is a shame that the FOLs efforts are being minimized and misrepresented. As restorationists, they have worked MIRACLES. Seriously. The theater has new lighting, a new soundboard, and so much work has been done - just look at the before/after pictures. On the other hand, when FOLs tries to act as program managers, it becomes clear that it's not their strong suit. I know at least half a dozen people who have worked with, or attempted to work with them and the common story is 1. unreturned phone calls and emails 2. no regular business hours 3. delays on contracts 4. major inconsistencies between the terms of the contract and how the theater is conducted in practice. I guess I would prefer that the city start by creating 2 full time positions: Grant Writer/Head of Fundraising and Program Manager. Let FOLs have a say in the hiring. Give them a year to secure funding and up their programming and revenue streams, before bringing in a big gun professional management team.
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You are right. Part of the insane bureaucracy of health insurance is that the hospital or doctor always bills much higher than they expect to be paid. The insurance then essentially negotiates what they will reimburse. I've had bills for say $1200 where the insurance negotiated it down much lower e.g. $700 or something. Medicare/medicaid has negotiating power to get lower costs per procedure but in some cases this means reimbursements so low doctors in small practices actually lose money, or make something insane like $15/hr. A standardized billing procedure that neither short shrifts providers or patients is sorely needed.
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Yep, about 10-14 days. Parking enforcement for street cleaning was suspended during that time. My car was buried in up to the windows and due to work I can only work on digging it out on weekends. I had dug out approximately 1/2 of it when I hurt my back and had to leave it for a while. I can manage without it (have been ordering groceries and taking the train/light rail). I do follow Fulop on facebook but there was no mention of this on his page that I can find.
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There is nowhere near adequate side street parking to accommodate all the cars that usually park on Columbus. A better option would be to have an emergency lot that residents could park in to clear the street. And again, there needs to be better communication about when a snow emergency is declared. My car was parked for almost 2 weeks without issue in the same spot prior to being towed. To clarify, I am very glad the huge mounds of snow were removed from Columbus, but I don't think it's at all reasonable that I should have to check a city website daily to avoid a tow. Many of the people on my block are older and probably not internet savvy and I really don't understand why they couldn't post a dozen or so flyers, or better yet put them on windshields. Additionally, after calling for more information it turned out that my car was not towed to a lot but was moved to a different spot on Columbus. It took a call to Residence response and 2 calls to the east precinct to get the correct information. They must have towed several dozen cars yet no one knew what was going on.
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I don't understand how there was not a single flyer or notice in advance of them towing cars parked on Columbus Drive for snow removal. I came home to find that all the snow mounds are removed from my street (good) but that is because they towed my car (and others) out of the way to do so (NOT GOOD).
I had seen a list of streets where they were doing this posted here last week but it didn't include Columbus. News articles indicated that Columbus was slated for a second wave of towings/snow removal as of last week (see here http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?sec ... cal/new_jersey&id=9437150). So why couldn't some flyers been put on windshields/in resident's mailboxes if there was a 5 day delay in the plan. Now I have to go get my car from a lot on Montgomery and Jorden which is highly inconvenient. Jersey City, you are wearing on me.
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I include culture, age, and socioeconomics in my diversity equation. I don't want to live in a majority poor neighborhood but I don't want to live in a wealthy gated community or condo either. I think it's good to have an influx of white collar "gentrifiers" but you also need mechanics, janitors, garbage collectors etc. and I find it depressing when everyone making under say 40K a year has to live on some outskirt of the "wealthy" area like it's a servant's quarters or ethnic ghetto or something.
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::raises hand:: There are still some of us who grew up here or around here, who don't want it to lose its diversity and character. I am all for certain kinds of change (safer streets, more interesting places to eat) but not others (rents so high only one demographic can afford to live here, Portlandia-type stuff like a juice bar on every corner).
Posted on: 2014/2/23 14:41
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Response from friends of Loew's re: Fulop's plans:
http://loewsjersey.org/loews-jersey-h ... lan-for-the-loew-s-jersey They are pretty obviously pissed. It isn't clear to me whether the objection is to how they are portrayed in the article, or to Fulop's plan overall. It does say that they feel "pushed aside" by Fulop and this is also very telling: "We defined the idea, which Mayor Steven Fulop now claims as his own, that the Loew?s is a cultural and economic resource for our community. " I don't know that it matters who "owns" the idea. If they want it to be a resource, and so does Fulop, it seems in their best interests to work together. Complaining about "The City" holding you back for 20 years, and then also complaining about the same city's mayor wanting to push you forward, leaves you no direction in which to move IMO.
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Yeah my suggestion was more about how to handle the situation diplomatically to try to minimize tension between the roommate and OP, and the landlord and OP. If the landlord sees both of them coming to an agreement it might assuage the concerns that led to the false "deal" he/she tried to strike with the roommate. A soured relationship with a landlord can affect living conditions (time it takes for routine repairs, response to complaints, etc.) so in my mind it's best to either try to keep everyone happy, or cut losses and move out.
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I would sit down with your roommate, explain that you want to stay in the apartment and legally you are both entitled to do so, so you'd like her to agree to approach the landlord with you and ask for a new lease with both of you on it. If your choices are stay there and deal with her, or move out, it seems like staying and continuing to avoid each other is the best option.
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Call regular taxi companies and see if they will take you and your dog? I have never heard of a specialized service for this but I also have a car so it's not something I've looked into.
Posted on: 2014/2/9 15:45
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This is a welcome addition. Ever since the place on Marin closed there's been nowhere to get a yogurt fix.
Posted on: 2014/2/9 15:44
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I remember reading that FOL currently puts on about 50 events a year, I think that includes private events like weddings. Assuming they stop offering the venue for rentals they should still be able to keep the majority of their programming. I follow their FB page and it seems to me like they only have public events (movies, performances, etc.) 1-3 times a month during their open season.
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I never took cabs in JC until it got so cold that a mile walk seemed awful and I couldn't drive because there was nowhere to park due to snow. Many of the companies seem unreliable with no transparency in pricing. A group of friends met at a location and all of us came the same distance but paid different amounts for cabs.
I like the *idea* of uber but one caveat is that if it gets popular, at high demand times the cost will soar. On NYE in NYC people were paying $200+ for what were usually $50 fares. Their algorithm charges more based on demand. Not an immediate issue in JC but maybe down the line.
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What is this nonsense. Don't you know we're supposed to abolish all businesses that do not cater to our exact tastes (dollar stores where the poors shop, restaurants with a wait over 6.5 minutes for service, juice bars selling $8/bottle juices)? ;)
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One of the condo development projects in Journal Square is kicking $7 million to the Loews as part of their deal with the city.
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My guess is that they will have an emphasis on ambiance, service, perks (like cocktails), and services like straight razor shaves which are less common. The market for luxury men's grooming exists. Some women cut their own hair or go to supercuts, that doesn't mean a master stylist charging $100/cut doesn't also have a market.
My partner has an unusual head shape and a bad cut on him is really, really bad. He gets his hair cut by Christina at Shampoo and I think pays $30 or $40. It's worth the extra 20 or 30 he pays compared to a barber shop, for him to like how his hair looks. I would probably buy him a straight razor shave from this place as a birthday gift.
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