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Council Awards $6.7M Pedestrian Plaza Contract

by Jersey City Times Staff February 11, 2021September 8, 2022

Last night, in a 7-1 vote, the City Council awarded a $6.7 million contract to upgrade the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza to Rahway based J.C. Contracting Inc.

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Council to Vote on Pedestrian Plaza Upgrade

by Jersey City Times Staff February 9, 2021September 8, 2022

Mayor Fulop’s long awaited plan to upgrade the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza will take a big step forward this week.

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Hotelier Details Plans for Boutique Hotel Downtown

by Jersey City Times Staff February 6, 2021September 8, 2022

We thought it would be interesting to sit down with Frank Cretella, the developer of the Albion Hotel and adjoining Felina restaurant planned for the Capital One Bank building at the corner of Jersey and Newark Avenues. Cretella and his wife came to Jersey City after running a hospitality company in New York City.

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Grewal and ABC Charge Popular LGBTQ Bar

by Jersey City Times Staff January 1, 2021September 8, 2022

Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control are seeking an 85 day suspension of Downtown LGBTQ nightclub Six26’s liquor license.

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Holland Gardens Housing to be Razed, Reimagined

by Ron Leir November 23, 2020September 8, 2022

Jersey City’s Holland Gardens public housing site is to be reshaped into a mixed-use, mixed-income development that will accommodate a new public library branch and businesses.

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Council Approves 50 Story Downtown Project with New School

by Aaron Morrill November 13, 2020September 8, 2022

A 50-story building with 810 rental apartments and a new pre-K-5 public school are coming to two blocks of Downtown currently occupied by 38 deteriorating single family homes.

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Queen Latifah Returns to JC to Shoot The Equalizer

by Jersey City Times Staff November 9, 2020September 8, 2022

Rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and producer Queen Latifah was seen today on Jersey Avenue shooting a scene for her upcoming crime drama “The Equalizer.”

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East London Comes to Jersey City

by Aaron Morrill October 16, 2020September 8, 2022

A London-syle curry house is coming to Downtown Newark Avenue. Brick Lane, which has locations on East 6th Street in Manhattan and in Montclair, is now building out the 136 Newark Avenue space formerly occupied by Pasta e Vino and before that Raval.