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From Third Street, the two faces of this building are evident: a modern glass and metal facade on the right and the faux historical addition to the adjacent building. The fourth floor of the brick building is entirely new. The proportions seem strange, as though missing a set of windows, and also on the Newark Avenue side is a tumor protruding vertically that breaks with the sloped rooflines. The

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The Muscle Maker Grill is to be making a soft opening tonight beginning at 5pm. Muscle Maker replaces Camille's Cafe in the northwest corner of Harborside Plaza 4A.

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Across the street from the mostly well planned Liberty Harbor North is a new medical office building. The uninspired design which would easily feel at home in a suburban office park circa 1992 is just south of the Jersey City Medical Center.

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Crescent Court, the low rise, block wide residential complex under construction in the western fringe of the downtown is rapidly nearing completion. The complex hides the parking garage buried behind the building. The structure does stand out in the neighborhood; unlike other historic neighborhoods in the downtown, the Village (or Italian Village) lacks the symmetric rows of brownstones, giving

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The tallest part of the building from the corner of Grand and MarinThe western end of the buildingBrick and glass along Grand StreetFrom Grove Street, the tower rises over brownstones

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We've been working on a handy little Grove Street area shopping guide, sort of like a mall directory, but without all the insipid elevator music or build-a-bear workshops. Not only does Grove Street have some great restaurants, but a number of unique and independent retailers worth patronizing. We're still working on adding a few previously overlooked businesses, but that doesn't mean you

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This weekend, local Jersey Artists will open up their homes and galleries to the public to show off their artwork and their studios. The event kicks off Friday night at Grace Church on Erie Street. Then on Saturday and Sunday, between noon and 6pm, galleries and studios are opened to the public throughout the city. This is the 19th studio tour. On Saturday there will also be the 4th Street Art

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Enos Jones Park plays host to the softball team. Just like in the real Jersey City, everyone is drunk while playing softball. The rear of PS 5 pretends to be the exterior of Mercy Hospital.

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The Field's Development project on Newark Avenue just west of Jersey Avenue is set to auction several units, according to the NY Times. The 76 unit low rise building, to be named The Saffron, will auction between 9 and 15 units to jump start traditional sales. The Saffron sits on what had been an empty lot for several years. With several spaces for retail shops, the new construction could provide

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Tonight is the premiere of NBC's Mercy, a hospital drama set in a fictional Jersey City hospital. Although the hospital interiors of the show are shot in a vacant Paterson hospital, many scenes from the pilot have been shot in and around downtown Jersey City. The drama focuses on three nurses. The show opens with Iraq veteran nurse Veronica enjoying a cup of coffee in local cafe, Basic, on the

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Newark Avenue, the long beleaguered shopping district in the downtown, is getting a new store: a convenience store. TwentyFour 7 is replacing Gas, a men's boutique store that had a shelf life of about three weeks. Don't tell 7-Eleven corporate though, because the store's signage looks remarkably similar. Across the street, adjacent to the former Ox restaurant is another convenience bodega grocery

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Jersey Journal blogs Hoboken Now and Hudson County Now recently received a facelift. The previously cumbersome design has been replaced with a more modern look and feel, and the biggest change has been converting the byline's into links, allowing users to find pots by particular reporters, just like a real blog. Also more prominent are social networking features such as comments, previously stuck

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Tomorrow is the not-yet- getting-you-out- of-work- holiday, Park(ing) Day where intrepid urbanites turn a parking space into a bit of park space. Jersey City is getting its own 120 square feet of heaven tomorrow at Newark Avenue and Baldwin. The Jersey City Independent has a bit on all that or read more at ParkingDayNYC.com.

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Crystal Point, the luxury residential tower on the tip of Second Street is nearing completion of its exterior work. When the tower was originally planned, the asking price was one of the highest in downtown Jersey City; the assurance of unobstructed views more or less in perpetuity had helped bolster the building's prospects. Two sides of the tower abut the Hudson River. More exciting for the

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One of the long vacant retail spaces in the base of the Waldo Lofts on Second Street is finally filling up. K9dergarten, a dog day care and boarding facility is setting up shop offering the usual in puppy pampering for absentee moms and dads.

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An overview of the project from Grand Street looking south towards Gulls CoveThe western side of the building.The low rise section of the building along Grand StreetThe meeting of the low rise segment and the taller section of the tower.The corner of Marin and GrandWindows are being installed at the lower levels at the corner of Grand and MarinLooking south down Marin Blvd towards Gulls Cove and

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The Monaco Towers, a double tower residential project going up in the former parking lot of the Doubletree Hotel on Washington Blvd and Sixth Street, is finally taking shape above ground. This project has had a long history of breaking ground and than vanishing altogether. Last year the city granted an amended tax abatement with the caveat the project break ground or risk losing the sweetened

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The Long Slip Pedestrian bridge and connecting segment of the waterfront walkway in front of Newport opened to foot traffic, at least unofficially. The bridge links Hoboken to Jersey City. Surprisingly, no red ribbons were injured in the opening of the bridge.

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During the renovations of Hamilton Park, soil samples revealed lead and other contaminants in parts of the park. Before renovations are completed, the contaminants need to either be capped under a protective layer of clean soil or entirely removed. The Hamilton Park Neighborhood Association is holding a meeting tonight to discuss the issue. Capping is faster and cheaper, and will preserve many

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United Water posted an alert advising Jersey City residents to boil water before consumption due to their inability to provide clean drinking water.

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PATHSux.com has launched a survey gathering feedback from riders, and promising to post the monthly results. Survey says: 100% of PATH Riders who create websites about the PATH have a complaint.

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