City of Jersey City & Friends of Loew’s Community Group to Jointly Issue RFP for New Operator with International Reach; Ends Years of Litigation and Opens New Chapter for Journal Square Jersey City – Following decades of slow progress, Mayor Steven M. Fulop joins the Friends of Loew’s (FOL) to announce a new joint endeavor […]
JC Spot: Cafe Peanut
Cafe Peanut is a really cute cafe that opened recently in Journal Square across from the courthouse. I’ve heard many great things, so when I was summoned for jury duty – which I wasn’t chosen for and totally lucked out – I had a little break and checked them out. They were super busy, but […]
Journal Square: Then and Now
Photos by Jushin Gonzalez Journal Square is the diverse transit hub of Jersey City smack dab in the middle of an ever-changing skyline. Before the major commercial and business district was titled Journal Square (in 1923 after the Jersey Journal), it was laden with farmhouses and manors from the original Bergen settlers of the 1660s. […]