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Re: NJ transit to build pedestrian bridge from Hoboken to Newport
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Not one of those pedestrian bridges you link to accomodates for the type of major sea traffic on the hudson, nor is any one of them even remotely as long as the span between lower manhattan and the JC waterfront.

and trying to compare the economics of monuments (and gifts) to transportation infrastructure is an apples and zebras game.

oh, and ask the South Dakota tourism board if there are any positive economic effects of Mt. Rushmore.

Posted on: 2007/9/13 20:47
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Re: Bergen Lafayette -- Cops: Man shot in the back without warning
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devbeep wrote:

City boundary map can be found here.

MLK & Claremont is in Bergen Lafayette.. sorry if this takes your property values down a notch buddy.


The boundaries described by CubanMark in his first post are (more or less) the boundaries of the "Lafayette" neighborhood, but not the entirety of what has come to be known as Bergen-Lafayette, which is (pretty much) accurate on the city district map listed above.

The Northern edge of Greenville doesn't begin until the NJCU area. It was its own municipality for a long time before become a part of Jersey City. The rest of the area of Bergen-Lafayette that doesn't fall within the boundaries of the traditional Lafayette neighborhood is pretty much considered to be "West Bergen". Thus it makes sense that it's called "Bergen-Lafayette".

Regardless, Claremont and MLK is definitely not in Greenville. Ask Councilwoman Viola Richardson, that's her ward.

Posted on: 2007/9/10 17:47
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Re: Downtown: Ferris High School, another 'wolf pack' attack by gang of at least 15 boys
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stepanstas wrote:

harsimoose, the incident (according to the article) took place durring lunch



granted, the article is poorly written, but Ferris High now has lunch at 3.20pm? Me no think so.

Posted on: 2007/9/8 4:22
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Re: Downtown: Ferris High School, another 'wolf pack' attack by gang of at least 15 boys
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GrovePath wrote:

They need to ban kids who live far from school from going out at lunch time and they need more police and more cameras -- remember from just before summer the Ferris students brick attack on a funeral worker. They need to arrest all the kids involved!


1.) This attack you're reporting on took place after school. What does it have to do with school lunch policy or the "brick" incident?

2.) What exactly would justify "banning" those who live "far" from school (and how far?) yet not "banning" those who live "near"?

3.) If by "far" you mean "Montgomery Gardens" then why not just man up and say what you mean?

Posted on: 2007/9/7 23:57
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Re: Lincoln Park Area Crack Down on newly built homes: Fines for over 200 illegal apartments city wide
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Can't people just look at a map if they don't recognize a street name? because the editorialization of the neighborhoods in the thread titles seems to more often be inaccurate than accurate.

Despite the geographic proximity to Lincoln Park, Oxford Avenue and everything south of communipaw is most definitely considered West Bergen. The title of this thread would be akin to suggesting that an event happening in Hamilton Park is going on in Newport.

all that aside - the article clearly states that 5 properties on oxford avenue were found to have illegal apartments, which leaves 195 illegal apartments citywide.

why can't news stories speak for themselves?

Posted on: 2007/8/16 3:02

Edited by harsimoose on 2007/8/16 3:33:14
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Re: parking
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Quote:

freedom wrote:
How about home owners being able to paint your LIC#
on the curb, and that is your spot from 6pm to 6am 7 days
a week. this would really make sence after a reval, and
our taxes double or triple. Resident taxpayers should come
First!


hogwash.

you do not OWN the curbside space in front of your property. and you should not expect something of ENORMOUS value (private, deeded parking in a densely populated urban area) without PAYING for it.

When you bought your house or your condo, you knew it didn't come with parking. Now that your hindsight is 20/20, you clamor that you should be GIVEN something you did not pay for? NO WAY BUB.

It's like the new dog-owning residents who move here and then complain about the fact that there isn't a dog run every 2 blocks, or the yuppies who think having a Whole Foods within walking distance is some sort of fundamental right. The "i'm here now, here's my list of entitlements" phenomenon. And it's everybody's fault but their own that the time they spent drooling over the stainless steel appliances in the kitchen they just bought should have been spent doing simple, basic research.

If you own a car, and you didn't buy a property that comes with parking, and you are too cheap or lazy to garage your car, you have YOURSELF to blame, not other drivers, not people who frequent the nice businesses in our neighborhoods and come from all over the place to do so (therefore keeping them afloat), and NOT the city.

Poor you.

Posted on: 2007/8/10 14:08
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Re: Parking problems getting out of hand
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I have to agree with ian here. Street parking is not a right, and you are no more entitled to the space after the sweeper drives by than any other person, regardless of where their plates are from. If they don't have a permit, and it's during permit hours, and they stay more than 2 hours, then they get ticketed. If it's after permit hours, they don't. Your permit gives you the right to stay there all day, which, considering what you pay for it, is a pretty hefty value. But i don't think overnight permit-only parking will solve any problems in the long term.

Like it or not, the neighborhood is getting more and more crowded. The crowding brings a lot of good things, such as gentrification, restoration, new shops, etc. You have to learn to accept that all aspects of gentrification and development are not going to have a positive impact on everybody. The parking situation is an example of this - it's the price you pay for the return on your investment.

In the grand scheme of things, i think it's an entirely reasonable price.

Posted on: 2007/8/9 21:01
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Re: The Upcoming RE Market Plunge
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Quote:

elmagnifico wrote:

In other words I'm a f@cking MODEL citizen and most of you reading this are probably not even close to my standards or qualified to judge me. ...


um, sure you are.

Posted on: 2007/8/9 2:49
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Re: MTA chief sees new hope for Staten Island bus service to Jersey City Light Rail
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Quote:

JSQ wrote:
So, to go from staten island to manhattan will involve Bayone, light rail and PATH? I don't know their options now, but this project should be an astounding success.
I propose a bus to the Newark airport, then take the airtrain, and NJTransit train to midtown Manhattan. Or a bus to PerthAmboy and then the NJT train. Or a bus to the airport, then a flight to JFK. You got the idea.


you think taking a bus to a ferry to a subway, or a bus over the verrazano into brooklyn, and then over the east river crossings, and then to a subway, is a piece of cake?

take a look at a map before assuming that the Bayonne Bridge/Light rail/PATH commute makes less sense than the other options available to the majority of SIers who don't live near the ferry terminal.

Posted on: 2007/7/24 14:59
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Re: Living in Paulus Hook Questions
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There is no "night life" in Jersey City. If you want that you should move to Hoboken.


i find this post to be a little disingenuous. not the type of nightlife some folks might prefer? okay. but to say there is "no 'nightlife'" in jersey city is, IMHO, an overstatement, and presupposes that there is any one set definition of 'nightlife'. from the original posters recent posts, i think he/she has the differences between Hoboken and Jersey City down pretty well.

plenty of bars and restaurants in downtown stay open late into the night, a comfortable walk from my place. 'nightlife' to me means being able to spend a late evening with friends at a bar, which one can certainly do in paulus hook (light horse), in hamilton park (white star), or near grove path (merchant/majestic).

if 'nightlife' means only the puke-lined Washington Street in Hoboken, on tragic nightclubs filled mostly with out-of-towners who don't give a shit about the neighborhood, then yes, jersey city has no nightlife. and thank god for that.

Posted on: 2007/7/22 19:30
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Re: Ward F: Richardson opposes low-income housing - No "more projects for poor people bunched togeth
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Sure, there have been affordable housing developments in Ward F, but there's also a lot of market rate housing going up in that area. The Morris Canal Redevelopment Plan will have some. The Beacon is perhaps the most prominent luxury project going up right now (although that's just on the Ward F border).


it has always been my understanding that the western border of Ward E (Fulop's ward) was Baldwin Avenue, and that the entirety of the Beacon complex was within Ward E's borders, which i thought extended south on Baldwin to the intersection of summit and grand. I have heard Fulop himself specifically say this at community meetings.

Posted on: 2007/7/20 2:59
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Re: New In-Fill Housing, future blight to our neighborhoods?
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Quote:

mia wrote:
New In-Fill Housing, future blight to our neighborhoods?
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Take a tour of the new in-fill housing, those pink and white houses, scattered all over the city. Learn that they do not comply with the zoning laws nor fit in with their neighborhoods. Charlene Burke, President of the West Bergen - Lincoln Park Neighborhood Coalition educates us on the zoning laws and points out all of the non-compliance with the zoning laws. Who's minding the store here?
This show is streaming off our website..

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ianmac47-

i don't see any reference in this thread to legislating "taste". i agree that's not very american, and could easily result in unanticipated consequences. Rather, i think the bigger issue with these houses, as you'll see by the passages i bolded above, is the fact that they almost uniformly do not comply with existing zoning laws in JC. We have a plan, we have zoning restrictions. It just seems that we have zero enforcement coming from the zoning/planning/building offices. That seems to be what mia's program is about.

the way i look at it, so long as you are observing all applicable zoning ordinances that i am forced to abide by as well, you are free to build as ugly a house as you like across the street from me. that won't make me stop calling that house ugly, but i won't argue with your right to do it, so long as you do it within the laws that govern us all.

Posted on: 2007/7/19 15:05
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Re: New In-Fill Housing, future blight to our neighborhoods?
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Quote:

newlafayette wrote:
I call them italian specials. the brick ones right?


the best name i've seen for them, on another website i think, was "bricktorians".

what exactly is "italian" about them, newlafayette?

Posted on: 2007/7/18 20:49
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Re: Is it safe for two single women to live in this neighborhood? Please help!
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Library Hall Lofts is on the corner of guess which streets? That's right boys and girls, Summit Ave and Grand Street. Or, 0.2 miles (3 blocks) from the property the original poster asked about.

Google Map

Quote:

MrWolf wrote:
Quote:

Justiceiro wrote:

If I were you, I would buy in a place like this- its cheaper than renting in hamilton park, and its about to pop, so you could not only have a sweet pad, but a nice moneymaker as well.



+1

Those who invest in this neighborhood should do well in the coming years, as the the area has caught the attention of the investment community. You can bet the city will push hard to facilitate further development in this area and bolster their tax base. See recent NY deal mag article below:


http://www.therealdeal.net/issues/JUNE_2007/1180555691.php

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June 2007

In Bergen-Lafayette, a canal runs through it
Jersey City neighborhood sees developer interest

By John Celock

A 14-unit mixed-use project called Library Hall Lofts will have residences replacing old bookshelves. Some New Jersey developers are banking on a downtrodden neighborhood next to Liberty State Park to become the latest hot spot in booming Jersey City.

Gentrification of the Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood, an enclave just west of the park and south of the Morris Canal, known for its concentration of 19th century residential and industrial architecture, is picking up speed. A number of new projects as well as conversions of old factories and warehouses are under way.

The streets of Bergen-Lafayette lack the polish and flash of nearby Paulus Hook or Hamilton Park, other waterfront Jersey City quarters that are growing at a furious pace. Indeed, many of Bergen-Lafayette's frame homes still have bars on the windows and front porches.

But seven projects containing more than 1,000 units are under construction or almost ready to start amid the area's many blocks of elegant old brownstone townhouses.

The scale of new projects is slowly beginning to alter the look and demographics of this once blue-collar and slightly run-down area. This redevelopment may quicken as industrial areas around the Morris Canal get rezoned. It's a dramatic U-turn for a neighborhood that lost much of its vitality when nearby rail yards closed in the 1960s.

Landmark Developers is among the neighborhood's biggest builders. It has three projects under way: 180 loft condos in a six-story conversion at 125 Monitor Street, 245 units at 101 Monitor Street, and 265 units at 100 Monitor Street. Affordable housing will account for 57 units.

"I feel there is a natural course of development and felt this neighborhood is the next wave," said Frank Cretella, founder and managing partner of Landmark Developers. "I am vested in this area. I own the restaurant in Liberty State Park."

To draw customers who otherwise might be inclined to buy property elsewhere in Jersey City, Cretella is including swimming pools, weight rooms, meeting rooms, wireless Internet access and even a climbing wall. He cites some of the neighborhood's features -- the park, its light rail station, the nearby Liberty Science Center -- as other strong selling points.

"We are playing to that active person," Cretella said.

On the western edge of the neighborhood, a 14-unit mixed-use project called Library Hall Lofts will have residences replacing old bookshelves. Larry Brush, the project's managing director, said the project will be completed by the fall, and that he has four contracts out on the condos already.

An area called the Morris Canal Redevelopment Area has several new residential projects. The area takes its name from the adjacent Morris Canal, a 40-foot-wide, 107-mile-long waterway built in 1832 to connect New York's harbor with the coal fields of Pennsylvania. Traffic on the canal stopped in the 1920s.

Whitlock Mills is a two-building development near the canal. It combines a small new apartment building and the loft conversion of a three-story historic industrial building. The 330-unit rental project includes 198 affordable and 132 market-rate units. The development will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units to families making between 35 and 40 percent of the area's median income, which is $30,306 a year. By comparison, a waterfront resident's median income is $74,016, with the median income for the entire city being $41,639.

A third building in the area will grow out of the rehabilitation of another historic structure at 170 Lafayette Street. That four-story building, to be called Fresh Pond, will provide housing and work space for 45 artists.

More rezoning is planned for the industrial areas bordering the Morris Canal. The reclassification is expected to be completed within the next four months, and current property owners will be designated as the redevelopers of their sites. The rezoning is aimed at creating a community feel with more mixed-use residential developments. Robert Cotter, Jersey City's planning director, said the area may be granted historic designation as well, which already exists for Paulus Hook and other waterfront neighborhoods.

"We want to be inclusive and have real neighborhoods," Cotter said.

Crime remains a worry for prospective buyers. The steel-barred facades of some houses look menacing. One of the last residential projects the neighborhood gained was a row of federally subsidized Section 8 townhomes. Agents say until recently, married couples shied away from the area and that young single men, mostly first-time homebuyers, represented a large segment of potential buyers.

Others say the area's reputation for crime is overblown. New lights and playgrounds were recently put into Liberty State Park. But a 2005 report by the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation notes that perceptions about crime pose a problem for future residential development in the area. Landmark Developers is including space for a police station in a new building.

Cotter notes that the area is perceived as high in crime, but that Jersey City has a low crime rate for an urban area.

"There is a perception about criminal activity and the bottom line is that Jersey City's crime rate is low," he said. "We are the second-largest city in the state, but our crime level is the 17th [highest]."

The first residential project to come to the neighborhood was the Foundry, a three-story warehouse-to-condo conversion across the street from a light rail station. Developed by David Silverstein, the Foundry's first phase was completed in 2005.

Sales have been slow. Staff said it could take 18 months to sell the remaining units, which are a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments. Prices run about $400 per square foot. Similar apartments in downtown Jersey City are between $450 and $750 per square foot.

"Buildings like the Foundry and other new developments in Bergen-Lafayette compare favorably with new developments in downtown Jersey City," said Christoph Schluender, the Foundry's sales director.

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Copyright ? 2003-2005 The Real Deal

Posted on: 2007/7/13 21:35
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Re: Award-winner and pals keep Liberty State Park blooming
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Quote:

GrovePath wrote:
Award-winner and pals keep Liberty State Park blooming

Thursday, July 05, 2007
By BERNETTE PEARSON
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Agnes de Bethune would walk to Grove Street's PATH station on her way to work and admire the beauty that is Liberty State Park.

Except for the state park's flowerbeds.



just wondering where someone lives that they would walk past Liberty State Park on their way to the Grove Street PATH station on their daily commute. Am i missing something, or is Agnes the powerwalking champion of NJ?

Posted on: 2007/7/5 14:25
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Re: $ky $craper deal! -- Votes add up: Goldman gets its abatement
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At one time architect I. M. Pei was slated to design Goldman Sachs' second tower. Anybody know if this is still the case?

Posted on: 2007/6/29 18:49
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Re: Lincoln Park Area: Robbed while in shower, he tells cops
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Quote:

TaZMaNiO wrote:

Freudenschade.


might you mean "schadenfreude"?

Posted on: 2007/6/22 2:18
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Re: Lincoln Park Area: Robbed while in shower, he tells cops
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Quote:

fat-ass-bike wrote:
From my understanding it was a NON event and the intruder laughed his ass off when he saw his 'manhood'!
The $200 was a payment to keep his mouth shut and not tell anyone what he saw!

But gee, the next time I take a crap I'll first check all the windows and doors!


maybe i'm missing something, but why is somebody being burglarized while they're in their apartment funny?

Posted on: 2007/6/22 1:06
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