Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The new custom framing store will be located at 1108 Washington Street.
Right Angle Picture Framing will open a second Hoboken location uptown at 1108 Washington Street. It will also continue to operate out of its downtown location at 320 Washington Street. The custom framing business has been operating in Hoboken since 1983, first on 13th Street before moving downtown in 1993. Current owner Pablo Godoy bought the business when founder Toni Sullivan retired in 2007. He had been managing a restaurant in New York when in 1999 he saw a help wanted sign in the Right Angle window. Having a lifelong interest in carpentry, Godoy applied and was hired. He started part-time and then increased his workload to a full-time and supervising position. “Carpentry was always a part of my life,” Godoy said. “I walked in and saw…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The publishing company will build an office for 900 employees on the empty lot next to the W Hotel on the waterfront.
Pearson Education announced on Tuesday it will build one of its offices on the empty lot next to the W Hotel by the Hoboken Waterfront. In the office building across the street, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, local officials and Pearson representatives announced the 15.5 year lease Pearson signed. SJP Properties will be developing the property. "This is a fight," said Guadagno about attracting large companies to New Jersey. "We came to the table and aggressively pursued them." The construction of the building will create about 600 construction jobs and 900 Pearson employees will work inside the building. "This is exactly the kind of green, smart development that Hoboken needs to support the continued economic growth of our local economy …
V's Barbershop will open at 1114 Washington Street sometime in the spring.
Coming this spring, a new barbershop will recreate an old feel. National chain V's Barbershop will open its 16th and first east coast location at 1114 Washington Street. Jamie Emma, owner of the Hoboken franchise, said the shop will set to recreate the feel of a classic barbershop with renovated vintage seats and services such as shoe shines and hot lather shaves. Emma said he hopes the location will serve as a gathering spot for regulars and neighbors to talk sports and other things, and also a place where fathers can bond with sons. “We want that father and son experience,” Emma said. “This is where a son can feel like a big boy.” The chain began in Arizona in 1999 when founder Jim Valenzuela wanted to give his young son that very same …
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Intrepid Gym will be located at 51 Harrison Street.
Residents and workers in the southwest corner of Hoboken will soon have a new convenient place to exercise. The Intrepid Gym is expected to open in two weeks on the second floor of 51 Harrison St. Owner Adam Kant said he wanted to open his own gym after working as a personal trainer. Originally from Colorado, he studied exercise science at Rutgers and later earned accreditation through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. "I'd been picking up clients in Hoboken and I just decided I'd rather start working out of my own gym," Kant said. Kant said the Intrepid Gym will specialize in offering high intensity interval training that focuses on functional and body weight training exercises. Along with a handful of other expert …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The list of great places to watch the game is, pardon the pun, gigantic.
Finally, the Super Bowl is here! Time for the epic rematch between Eli Manning and Tom Brady. Can the Giants' pass rush pressure the Patriots' potent passing offense? Will the New England defense rattle Eli? Will Ahmad Bradshaw break a big run? Will Rob Gronkowski heal in time to play? Will Wes Welker catch his usual 25 two-yard passes per game? Will either Bill Belichek or Tom Coughlin crack a smile, once, even just a small one? You'll want to watch all that, plus the halftime show with Madonna and all those commercials in a lively place. Here then are just a few of the best places in Hoboken to watch the game. Or rather, here are a few of the best places in Hoboken to watch the Giants put a huge hurtin' on the Patriots. So, there you …
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The clothing boutique will move upstairs in its current building at 728 Washington Street.
Clothing boutique Midtown Authentic is moving from the basement to the penthouse. Sort of. The store will soon move its luxury consignment merchandise from its current location in the basement of 728 Washington St. to the second floor of the building. Modern Nails & Spa will continue to occupy the ground floor, while an apartment exists on the third and top floor. Owner Rory Chadwick said the reasons behind the move are to increase Midtown's presence and to also take advantage of a significantly larger floor plan. “A lot of people were coming up to me saying I didn't know you were here,” he said. Up until now customers have had to walk down steps behind a white wall to enter the Midtown front door. The store's only sign visible on the …
Friday, January 27, 2012
The downtown bar became a Hoboken landmark during 15 years in business.
Hobson's Choice, a neighborhood bar that became a downtown landmark, will close for good Sunday after 15 years in business. Belinda McCullagh, a manager who has been with Hobson's since shortly after it opened, said that the owner, Judy Hobson, aged 71, has sold the bar and will retire. McCullagh said she expects the new owners to establish another bar. Hobson bought the bar with her son Wayne Hobson in 1996. They named the bar after their own last name, and also for the ironic expression Hobson's choice, which is a choice where only one option is offered. Tragically, Wayne Hobson, who also worked for the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. McCullagh said that after deliberating …
The clothing boutique has been located at 503 Washington Street since 2006.
Jessie James, the women's clothing boutique at 503 Washington Street, will close its Hoboken location for good on Sunday, January 29. The store has been open since 2006. According to one of the managers, who asked to remain nameless, Jessie James is closing its brick and mortar location in Hoboken to focus on its other location in the West Village in New York City, and to also grow its online business, which started last fall. The Hoboken location predates the one in New York by two years. “The owner was just looking to consolidate,” the manager said. “We want to focus our energy on one brick and mortar and our online business. We really think it's at a place where we can grow.” The Hoboken Jessie James has seven employees. The manager …
The jeweler, which has been in business for over 25 years, is closing its Washington Street location.
Vicki Jewelers, which has been in business in Hoboken for over 25 years, is closing its midtown location at 722 Washington Street and will consolidate its operations in its newer location at 1300 Grand Street, which opened in 2010. Co-owner Lou Aligo, whose wife Vicki is the namesake behind the business, said that they were asked to close the midtown location when the landlord of the building said he needed the space to accommodate a new tenant. Aligo said business has been split between the midtown and uptown locations, including selling merchandise such as diamond and silver chains and rings, and services such as watch repair. Now everything will be consolidated uptown. Aligo said the midtown location has always had more foot traffic …
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Candy Shoppe on Fourth and Washington Streets is closed.
The Candy Shoppe, a boutique candy store on Fourth and Washington Streets, has closed its doors. After a little less than two years of kids' birthday parties and offering the Mile Square its specialized candy—from chocolate covered gummy bears to Swedish fish to everything in between—Hobokenites will have to go elsewhere to satisfy their sweet tooth. (For a serious Valentine's Day chocolate emergency, you can always cross Washington Street to Lepore's Chocolates.)
RedHaven
6:34 pm on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Actually the change in the law ending the right to referendum was entirely Dawn Zimmer's fault and she needs to be held accountable. It was pushed through the NJ state senate by Bernie Kenney who was best friends with Mike Lenz who controls Dawn Zimmer through the use of the nefarious Lenzian mind meld. So you see its allZimmer's fault even if she was living on the side of a mountain in vermont … more ›