bluekollar wrote:
I'm sure this topic has been beaten to death but I'm new on this forum and I need to vent. I woke up on Tuesday morning and went out to move my car @ 8AM and I found my drivers side window and the center console of my car laying on the sidewalk (the window was still mainly together due to the light tinting I had on it) my stereo had been savagely ripped out leaving nothing but wires sticking out of my dash. They used a flathead screwdriver to "pop" the window out which left a nice gash in the window pillar. And yes, my GPS was taken as well but I have a feeling I was targeted because I take down the mounting hardware AND I clean the suction mark that it leaves and I put everything under the rear seat, so they must have seen me before. Yeah, I have customized my car a little bit to make it look nice (not like a hood rat-wanna-be-rapper) but just a bit of class, not chrome. Lesson learned - drive a POS and you'll be fine. I went over to Communipaw and had the glass replaced, no lie, 4 OTHER PEOPLE were there for THE SAME REASON, it all happened on the same night. This happened on 4th and Erie, right on the corner of my block! and it had to have taken place between 2AM and 8AM, I work very late and this hood seems so peaceful, so I never really worried about this sort of thing happening. One guy I spoke to at the glass place said he heard his alarm go off but he couldn't get outside fast enough, all he saw was 2 African-American males jump into a gold colored BMW that was double-parked a few spaces up from his truck on Wayne St., he didn't SEE them break into his vehicle but they sure did leave in a hurry. Anyhow, this infuriates me to no end, I love downtown JC and I'm not going anywhere. I'm gonna fix my car, invest in a state of the art alarm, and park in the space left for the hydrant in front of my house every night from now on and just get up extra early and move it. Check out the stats for car theft and auto vandalism in JC @ the JCPD website, big numbers. The cop told me that it is getting worse and worse in our area. Need to start a neighborhood watch thing.....

vanitasboy wrote:
ok genius, how do you propose an elevator be built? That stop is approx. 200 yards from the cliff? Maybe the neighborhood assoc. should have fought for a chair lift?

In fact, the neighborhood assoc. fought for and secured the replacement of a jersey city landmark, "the 100 steps". The developer there has to rebuild a 100 step stair case up the cliff (starting at the base of mountain road) in order to obtain his final cert. of occupancy. They did that almost 4 years ago. In my opinion, they are one of the more active and respected neighborhood assoc. in the city. You should check your facts before you speak out of turn.....

UrbanRenewal wrote:
I'm hoping that one of our local artists gathers all of the lost shopping carts from our neighborhoods and creates some sort of massive sculpture with them.

Maybe the Fish With Braids Gallery on Jersey Avenue would be game? I've been reading recently about their unique toilet seat art in the Jersey City Reporter.