Re: OPEN JERSEY AVENUE TO LIBERTY STATE PARK!!
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The bridge being put into place this morning. All they have left is to grade Jersey Ave to the base, which they said would be completed by the weekend, weather permitting.
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Re: Cocoa Bakery & Cafe
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Posted on: 2013/5/23 0:54
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Re: Jersey City will get $349,580 from state to help fight litter
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Are these funds going to Public Works, an agency that answers to the city, or to the JCIA, an autonomous one that does not?
Posted on: 2013/5/16 3:22
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Van Vorst Park Farmers' Market 2013
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Despite the gray weather, our farmers? market is open today, and both farmer Ed and Shannon are back, to join the other vendors for the season. Fresh vegetables, cheeses, breads, baked goods, and flowers are just some of items for sale. You can also get your knives and scissors sharpened while you shop.
See you there, parkman
Posted on: 2013/5/11 15:40
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Re: Time to grow your own fig tree!
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Brewster, who knows what you have started here, the entire box of cuttings found a home (must have been at least 35 pieces). Thanks for taking the time to trim them up and bringing them to the park. Looking forward to getting to the figs before the birds do, in Van Vorst Park.
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Posted on: 2013/5/4 19:34
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Re: OPEN JERSEY AVENUE TO LIBERTY STATE PARK!!
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Posted on: 2013/5/2 17:06
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Re: OPEN JERSEY AVENUE TO LIBERTY STATE PARK!!
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Your new pedestrian bridge is now sitting on two trucks at the south end of Jersey Ave. Not the color we had discussed with the city engineers, but white works too? with instillation hopefully by Memorial Day, lighting and landscaping to follow.
Posted on: 2013/5/1 20:59
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Re: OPEN JERSEY AVENUE TO LIBERTY STATE PARK!!
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According to the city?s time-line, the prefab footbridge will be on the southern end of Jersey Ave for your review (possibly due to political expediency) on May 2nd, and be in place for use by June 1?I love an election year.
Posted on: 2013/4/29 1:56
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Re: Garbage collection suspended tonight?
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I was just told by the JCIA dispatch to leave your refuse on the street if it was your collection day last night...they will pick it up this afternoon. Recycle will be picked up tonight on the regular schedule.
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Posted on: 2013/3/7 14:47
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Re: Vintage Photo of Van Vorst Park Neighborhood
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Posted on: 2013/3/7 2:53
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Re: Lafayette Redevelopment
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If it had been handled properly, this project would have transformed the area years ago?what a boondoggle.
Posted on: 2012/12/23 2:15
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All city parks are closed until further notice
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I have taped off the perimeter of Van Vorst Park; please observe the city?s closing of all public parks until further notice. There are a number of trees in VVP that will shed large limbs under sustained high winds.
Please be safe and stay out of the area until the tape is removed. Thank you, parkman
Posted on: 2012/10/29 3:46
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Re: Jersey City's Big Dig aims to plant more than 30,000 bulbs this fall
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We are still looking for suggestions for this year. The location must have high visibility, be on public lands, and contain suitable soil for planting. If you have such a spot, please go to http://jcpcbigdigproject.wix.com/thebigdig#!contact , provide the information, and fill in your contact if you?d like to help plant that area. I will check out the location to see if it works, and get back to you either way. parkman Ps. we are also planting most of our gateways into JC.
Posted on: 2012/9/20 19:28
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Re: Jersey City's Big Dig aims to plant more than 30,000 bulbs this fall
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Also, please visit our web-site at: www.jcparks.org to check out our mission and members. Join us for this wonderful community event (we are up to 50,000 bulbs).
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Posted on: 2012/9/20 3:14
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Re: Lafayette Redevelopment
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Posted on: 2012/8/23 3:26
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Re: Hippies in Van Vorst Park?
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When you start seeing the lost boys and Mary Poppins in VVP, we need to have a talk.
Posted on: 2012/8/21 2:17
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Re: yet another reality-TV show being taped in Jersey City
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If for nothing else, we do have one hell-of-a view.
Posted on: 2012/7/6 0:52
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Re: 26 arrested in Jersey City 'Summer Shield' police sweep of high-crime areas, cops say
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How about giving credit where it is due?
I?m not pleased about their response to ?quality of life? issues (litter, graffiti, dog waste), but this is effective and meaningful police action. If they would just have some physical presence on the street (besides construction sites), I?d feel there was a more balanced approach to enforcement.
Posted on: 2012/6/30 1:33
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Re: Autonomous Incinerator Authority hasn't been paying its trash bills, Jersey City Council told
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Why is the city of Jersey City bailing out an autonomous agency, and what obligation does it have to do so? Why is the JCIA not required to cut expenses as a condition for this bailout? It is my understanding that these past due amounts are for the collection of recycle refuse, which should produce a profit for the JCIA?why is there a shortfall? Why doesn?t the city or the JCIA have recycle bins throughout Jersey City, in its parks, high traffic areas, and schools in order to increase revenue? When does the JCIA stop becoming a cash cow for political favoritism? Jersey City continues to base its financial decisions on politics instead of sound business?we will never achieve being a first class city until the council as a whole has the intelligence and fortitude to do the right thing.
Posted on: 2012/6/18 2:15
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Re: Toxic air in Jersey City
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A representative from the EPA will be coming to downtown in about an hour to check out this odor and try to trace it back to the source. Will keep you posted.
Posted on: 2012/6/2 14:41
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Re: Toxic air in Jersey City
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I just called the EPA at 877 927-6337, they took a full report, and said they would check out the odor and follow up with a phone call report of the findings.
Please do the same and let them know we want something done about this horrendous smell.
Posted on: 2012/6/2 13:32
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Re: Films in Van Vorst Park
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Please check our web-site at: www.filmsinvanvorst.com for dates, times, and selection (should be updated within the next two weeks). These showings are presented through our non-profits, and cost approximately $2,500 for the licensing to show the movies. We are pleased, to again, bring this event to the Van Vorst Park neighborhood?hope to see you there.
Posted on: 2012/6/1 18:36
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Re: Life was so much easier before security cameras..or was it?
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Though you may not agree with the Mayor on many things, this is one issue he should have your support.
The CCTV system, which I think should be expanded, has been a deterrent and an added tool in finding pockets of crime, needs to be continued with state funding. When I moved my business from Manhattan to Bergen/Lafayette 27 years ago, the UEZ was an economic incentive that brought me, and other business to my building, as well as making it possible to obtain a mortgage that would otherwise be rejected in such a neighborhood. As strongly as I am against abatements downtown (for the last 15 years), the UEZ is an important and useful program in bringing new enterprise to our depressed sections of Jersey City. I encourage the Mayor and residents, to let Governor Christie know how valuable the UEZ can be, in stimulating employment, growth, and making it financially viable to bring new businesses into neglected sections of our town (and in turn, added revenue to the state.) parkman
Posted on: 2012/5/7 2:36
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Re: Please clean up your dog poop...
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I also did not limit saying something exclusively to dog owners?it?s parents, litterbugs, graffiti ?artists?, and thieves (flower). You may either continually complain about the situation or calmly let the individuals know that what they are doing is not proper, and why its not. Saying something is not for everyone but I personally have too much invested in this community (and not mainly financial), not to try.
Posted on: 2012/5/2 1:39
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Re: Please clean up your dog poop...
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Twenty-six years of the same old dog shit? 70,600 and counting views (now surpassing our departed urban legend ?the pimp?).
Over the years this has been one of the most contentious quality-of-life, and ?us VS them? issues I?ve encountered in downtown JC. Though I still have problems with a few dog owners in VVP, I must say that the vast majority obeys, not only what are the ordinances on the books and what is right for their community, but have started to challenge those that do not. You may complain all you want and expect others to deal with your objections (e.g. the police), but until the residents of each community verbalize their outrage directly to the individuals who don?t care about others, certain individuals will continue to perpetuate this behavior. This encompasses not only dog owners, but also those that steal flowers in our parks that have been donated by volunteers, parents who let their children destroy public property, individuals who throw trash on the ground when there is a trash can within five feet. Minor in the grand scheme of things ? yes, but for me- makes one place livable over another, as well as giving a sense pride in the community in which we live. See something-say something. The ?Broken Window? philosophy works. Rant over.
Posted on: 2012/5/1 3:26
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Re: Thirty Acres Restaurant- Jersey Avenue
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Re: Thirty Acres Restaurant- Jersey Avenue
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Fifty-eight posts with assumptions, innuendo, and attitude, without one person having dined at the restaurant?aint JClist great?
Four of us had dinner there this last Friday and for a first week, we were very pleased to be there. Right now the menu is limited but varied enough that most will find something to choose from. The feel of the restaurant is comfortable, well-lit, good music level, and with a welcoming staff. The flavors of each dish was unique, with combinations of spices and sauces that were new to me but pleasurable. The food portions were small but filling. Not inexpensive, $68 per couple for an appetizer, entree?, and one dessert. It?s BYOB for now, which offsets the relatively costly food. Minor complaints are a lack bread for the table and our wait-staff did not know who ordered what, when the food was presented. All in all, this is a great addition to Jersey City and continues to increase the choices of quality dinning?we will be back.
Posted on: 2012/4/10 3:25
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Re: Signs / Billboards in Downtown
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FYI
Article V sec 345-68 B 4a The following signs are prohibited: No billboards or other off-site advertising signs shall be erected, used or maintained within the City of Jersey City except in the CBD Central Business District.
Posted on: 2012/4/2 2:18
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