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Yvonne wrote:
I could also go to point A to B in traffic and not get stuck in traffic. I remember leaving downtown in a car and getting into Manhattan in less than 10 minutes. Yes, the good old days. Also, people did not have to wait hours in their cars to find parking spaces on their blocks.

I think this pretty much proves Yvonne is nothing more than a money grubbing b**ch. Every other city resident could suffer and she wouldn't care a damn bit if it meant she could pay $1,000 less in property tax in a year. What a disgusting human being you are. I truly hope the reval triples your taxes and you're forced to move to a place that culturally suits you better like
Alabama or Mississippi.

K-Lo2 wrote:
About 9 years ago, my son took swim lessons at Pershing with an unaffiliated teacher named Richard Lear. I watched him give lessons to children and adults, from beginner to team swimmer, before I approached him about lessons for my son. He is a terrific teacher. I don't know if he is still teaching, but I came across this link. He is also a Dive Master, and after getting my son swimming, sent us on a great dive vacation.

http://swim.isport.com/9468507302

His email address in those days was Richard@swimlessons.info.

jcguy05 wrote:
Hi, has anyone have experience with a scammer recently that walks up and down montgomery from the waterfront to grove path?

He has a fake story about just moving here from LA or some place, got lost and need money for ticket home.

He came up to me at least 5 or more times so far over the last 2-3 weeks repeating the same story, without realizing i am the same person (guess i am pretty forgettable). My wife also got harassed by him and said he was pretty forceful when asking for money.

The dude is late 20s/early 30s, african american, very muscular (like a body builder), average height ~5'11" and always wore a t-shirt when he came up to me.

Looks like he does this almost daily during lunch hour since i encountered him so many times.

Can police help here? or it's not considered a crime to lie to scam money.

Thanks

T-Bird wrote:
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GlitterQueen wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone have a plumber they can recommend? Our basement drain has been randomly backing up. It has happened twice in a month and I need to get it looked at.

Thanks!

Byron Hutchinson - I found him searching in other plumber-related threads on here and he came pretty well recommended. Good work, nice guy and gave a reasonable price.

201 888 4752

Dinger wrote:


PM if you want more info. Been a deck builder/designer for many years.

Dinger wrote:
Bison supports are extremely ($$$$$) pricey given how many you'll likely need and only work well if your roof slopes in a single direction. I only use bison where I am using joist supports for ordinary 2x and 4x frame material since I find the tiles are ugly and cost prohibitive for residential work. One good thing about their system is you can raise it fully loaded -- legos for builders.

Other option are sleepers if you have a one direction slope but put some rubber padding under the tapered sleepers.

Third option is a freestanding ordinary deck right over the roof. This is the best option if your situation allows.

What are you doing for railing? If you don't have a parapet wall you'll likely need at least a 2x8 rim anyway which eliminates use of the tiles.

RichMauro wrote:
Having the good fortune of being born and raised in Jersey City long ago, I have the pleasant remembrances of a nicer place than the one that haphazardly exists today.
Unfortunately urban renewal cut a senseless swath through quite a large area along Montgomery Street and ours and many other homes were lost.
I kind of note a similar situation today especially in the downtown area as NYC spreads across the river and destroys the remainder of a unique culture in a rapid fashion.
Soon little pockets of what once was will be all that remains as buildings of behemoth proportions and too expensive condominiums crowd out those who represent earlier generations and their ways.
Some see it as progress I term it violence.

Thanks to all for contributing to the thread.

jerseymom wrote:
If your case is not so complicated, try LegalZoom.com. They walk you through the process step-by-step and then mail you a copy of your will to be notarized. You can store it - and update it any time you want. The cost is extremely reasonable and I was happy with the outcome.

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Stringer wrote:

Jersey City unveils locations of 15 new Citi Bike stations

By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on July 20, 2016 at 12:54 PM, updated July 20, 2016 at 1:32 PM

Mary Ford loves Citi Bike Jersey City, but barely uses the bike-share station closest to her home.

Ford, 57, who lives on Garfield Avenue, would have to walk to Bayside Park to grab one of the Citi Bike bicycles stationed there and use it to get to the Downtown financial services company where she works.

Read more:  http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... _citi_bike_locations.html

The map is incorrect: it shows an existing station at the Marin Blvd. light rail station. There is no such CitiBike station. Are there other inaccuracies? The lack of a station at Marin light rail is a real head scratcher - Between 225 Grand, Gulls Cove, 18 Park and the Madox there are 1,200 residential units within a block of that spot and no CitiBike station anywhere nearby. Layer in the new development going in on Van Vorst along the St. Peter's Prep football field, Gull's Cove phase 2 and the high rise that is nearing completion south of 18 Park and this is a very dense, underserved area. Should have been included in the first round and somehow missed the expansion as well? And yet the photo-op site in front of City Hall (statistically the least used site downtown) remains?

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Yvonne wrote:
A person live where they receive his/her mail. So ask the mail carrier if he gets mail. According to the newspaper, he lives in an apartment above his former store. In the meanwhile, many JC politicians have summer homes and no one questions their residency.

That is one of the most idiotic things that you've ever posted. If true, it would be a huge loophole for proving residency.

corybraiterman wrote:
not sure that meets the criteria for assault. any actual legal types care to cite a statute?

penumbra wrote:
A friend of my wife was assaulted last night, around 10p, near Van Vorst Park. He touched her inappropriately and, when she screamed, ran off down Bright. Shorter guy in a track suit with an orange stripe. She and her husband were off to the police this morning to look at photos. She got a reasonably good look at the guy, so there is hope of him being found.

Remain vigilant as summer crime is back again.

eggzbenedict wrote:
If it was about "LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION", how did this spike in development and increase in population not happen 20 yrs ago? Did JC just recently get closer to NYC?

anonymess wrote:
Once again, I am imposing on you for dinner suggestions. I'm looking for a simple restaurant with at least some healthy options. Something a bit above a diner if you will. I was thinking Marco & Pepe or Madame Claude or something along those lines, though I don't think either has any or many healthy options. Downtown or Bergen-Lafayette are preferable. Thanks.

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Sutherland wrote:
I can't agree with you on the Marco Pepe comment. I was a big fan and patron of M&P for my first few years in town. However, about 4 years ago my experiences deteriorated dramatically. I still return once a year with some hope and invariably I'm disappointed.

Regardless. I do hope Talde survives. However, I think the formula may be to more of a restaurant and less of a night club with the loud music. Also, perhaps change the menu to high end Italian, not Italian American. Over all my suggestion is to appeal more to an adult market. Not the vomit set.
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Meanwhile, Marco & Pepe, Taqueria, Beechwood, Park & Sixth, Roman Nose, Orale, all well regarded and seem to be doing OK. I'm sure there are others.

FWIW, I don't need some "restaurant scene," I don't care about the opinions of snobby foodies. Good restaurants will do the trick.

Same experience with M&P. I used to feel like their brunch was genuinely good while being one of the few options in the beginning. Now there are so many other choices and they seem to have stopped giving a shit around four years ago. Sucks because I think there is room for M&P even with all the restaurants because they offered items/atmosphere no one else has but it's like they just got comfortable and decided to stop caring about the food and as a result I stopped tolerating the terrible service. I have no idea how people can continue to spend money there- I try to give them a chance like once a year and I always regret it.

asny10011 wrote:
it's awful that restaurants are shuttering... they always seem busy whenever I walk by...perhaps the rent was too high? Might the landlords be asking for more than is reasonable in jersey city?

Yvonne wrote:
And the two tax abatements are being transferred. Can you imagine when you see your home, you could also transfer your mortgage? This is a state law that should be eliminated. When you sell these properties the tax abatement should be done.

cbg wrote:
It's a blog about Jersey City, written by someone who once declared on twitter "I am Jersey City". So residents of JC have every right to critique it. Especially on a message board about JC. It may not be nice or productive to make fun of her looks, but that's the way the internet works, so...
The blog does showcase perhaps the worst writing I've ever seen.

HamiltonParker wrote:
I can't seem to find a dedicated topic for this building and with each drive by I find myself asking, "why hasn't this place been further developed?" Midway between Jersey City and Hoboken, with easy access to Manhattanites, the location may even qualify as a UEZ (reduced tax rate) zone.
It would seem to be a perfect location for a Whole Foods, Trader Joes, etc. and when Carlo's Bakery moved into a 30,000 square foot facility there was considerable media attention and I thought that he might be the "anchor" to draw other tenants to the location. I'm not married to either of those grocers...we've exhausted dedicated topics on there're before...but how about any sort of retailers?
Some would argue that the lack of car ownership in JC/Hoboken might be a deal breaker for grocer management number crunchers - but then we witnessed Acme move right into the vacated A&P location and Target doesn't ever seem to have empty parking spots.
IKEA moved into Red Hook, Brooklyn and added a dedicated ferry to provide transport for the car less masses - perhaps the cost of development might have to factor in a bus/jitney that shuttles around town in a 30 minute loop or something.
One might also argue that when the grocer's are crunching numbers before pulling the trigger on development, our household income is on the lower side (when compared to say, River Road in Edgewater, which has both a Trader Joes and a Whole Foods) but with population density here dramatically rising each year in the downtown area of JC particularly (5000 new units this year, I believe) the zip codes may need to be sliced and diced a bit to reflect the household incomes within say a 2 mile radius of this building.
Not much available online about this "mysterius" building but here's an old read:

http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/fu ... giant-structures-revealed

Any thoughts?