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Newport's approved master Redevelopment Plan contains an 'as-of-right' entitlement to build 1,200 hotel rooms. A 187-room hotel known as the Courtyard by Marriott Jersey City-Newport opened south of Newport in 2000. A 429-room full-service hotel known as the Westin Newport, Jersey City opened in 2009. [12]
Skyscrapers in Jersey City, New Jersey (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Jersey City, New Jersey" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
The purpose of the new housing was to offer middle-income urban dwellers an opportunity to buy homes in a residential area with an "out of town" feel without the need for long commutes. In 1959 Jersey City Planning Commission rezoned the 42-acre (170,000 m 2) undeveloped industrial tract for residential use. Census figures for the city had ...
These include Jersey City Art & Studio Tour (JCAST), a city-sponsored visual art showcase founded in 1990, [331] Art Fair 14C, a non-profit juried exhibition for New Jersey artists and New Jersey's largest visual arts event, [332] [333] and Your Move Modern Dance Festival, which was founded in 2010 and continues to be produced by Art House ...
The Square was named for the Jersey Journal. The Labor Bank Building at 26 Journal Square was the city's first skyscraper.. Prior to its development as a commercial district Journal Square was the site of many farmhouses and manors belonging to descendants of the original settlers of Bergen, the first chartered municipality in the state settled in 1660 and located just south at Bergen Square.
The Marion Section was laid out in the 1870s and was developed in the early 20th century. The name is speculated to have come from either the old Marion Hotel or the founders of a watch company located near the city line. Marion Junction, an important rail junction in the 19th century is nearby.
The Heights or Jersey City Heights is a neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey, located atop the New Jersey Palisades, along the west side of the Hudson River. It is bound by Paterson Plank Road on the north, Highway 139 on the south, Hoboken on the east, and the Hackensack River on the west. [1] [2] and Penhorn Creek on the west. [2]
30 Hudson Street, also known as Goldman Sachs Tower, is a 781 ft (238 m), 42-story building in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is the second tallest building in New Jersey. Completed in 2004, the tower was designed by César Pelli, and was the tallest building in the state for 14 years. It houses offices, a cafeteria, a health unit, and a full ...