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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.
26 Journal Square is a 190 ft (58 m) [1] high-rise in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It was originally known as the Labor Bank Building. It was completed in 1928 and has 15 floors. As of 2009, it was the 23rd tallest building in the city.
The site of the project is adjacent to the Journal Square Transportation Center on Summit Avenue across from the Hudson County Administration Building, the county seat of Hudson County and the Newkirk House, the oldest extant building in the county.
The county seat of Hudson County is located near Five Corners on Newark Avenue in Jersey City, northeast of Journal Square. The Hudson County Courthouse , and the adjacent Hudson County Administration Building , at 595 Newark Avenue, are home to various courts, agencies and departments.
The Loew's Jersey Theatre, the Stanley Theater, Hudson County Community College, Journal Squared, One Journal Square, 26 Journal Square, Hudson County Courthouse, and Hudson County Administration Building are in the immediate vicinity. [35]
The Hudson County Administration Building is home to the seat of government of Hudson County, New Jersey, US.It is located at 595 Newark Avenue in the Journal Square section of Jersey City in the abutting Five Corners and Hilltop neighborhoods The building houses government administrative offices, the hall of records, and courts for the county and state.
A proposed development between the Journal Square Transportation Center, and neighbourhood called Journal Squared would include the city's tallest residential buildings. [9] [10] [11] In 2012, the city approved a proposal to build a 42-storey residential tower adjacent to the Newkirk House, [12] the oldest surviving structure in the city.
The North Hudson Center. In 1992, the county of Hudson committed to reorganize Hudson County Community College, with plans to improve services, expand enrollment and provide an urban style campus; this included a renovation to the former Public Service Building at 25 Journal Square, which was converted into classrooms and a library. [4]