Graffiti Removal in Journal Square

Wall being cleaned up on Vroom Street

Yesterday (April 27, 2011) while I was driving around, I saw a group of people removing graffiti from the walls. Not really sure which agency was responsible, but I first spotted them cleaning up the building walls at the corner of Newkirk Street and Bergen Avenue using high-pressure [...]



Journal Square Farmers' Market Starts Tomorrow

Tomorrow, June 16, 2010 (Wednesday), Farmers’ Market will start here in Journal Square. It will run weekly throughout the summer until Fall. There are good news and bad news, though.

We start with the bad news. Starting this year’s market, we will not be hearing any more Live Music on the square, as the city cut [...]



St. Joseph School for the Blind Going Down

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St. Joseph School for the Blind – at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Baldwin Avenue – is being demolished for a garden.

Susan Sims of Cusack Care Center on Pavonia Avenue said on the news that it will be a “beautiful place”. She said: “Our intent is to create [...]



Vito's Arcade Barbershop: Gone?

Sign is gone, shutters are down.

Seems like Vito’s Arcade Barbershop on Summit Avenue near Five Corners is gone. Earlier this week, I saw the sign on the ground in front of the closed shop. I drove by the other day, saw the sign gone. Barbershop still shut.

What kind of Jersey City business will replace [...]



Bergen Square Wayfinding Sign: Moved

The sign has been relocated a few feet away from its original spot.

The sign/direction map on Bergen Square has been moved away from Hudson County Community College’s Cundari Center on Bergen Avenue. The “wayfinding” sign is now erected by the benches of the square, closer to the corner of Academy Street.