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1. A journey into Jersey City's Journal Square
(Life/Style)

... Square, but it was the center of a world to many in Hudson County and beyond. Journal Square was created in 1923 when the city condemned and demolished the offices of the Jersey Journal, thus creating ...

2. Do states get a return on sports facilities investments?
(Sports/Professional)

... months after it was demolished. New Jersey joins places like King County (the Kingdome in Seattle) and Pittsburgh (Three Rivers Stadium) in paying off the debt of a place that no longer exists except on ...

3. A guide to New Jersey's lighthouses
(Life/Style)

... National Wildlife Refuge. It was designed and built in 1877 and is a classic example of a skeletal cast iron prefabricated lighthouse. Its companion Front Range light was demolished in the 1930s but restored ...

4. Real men not afraid to shed their image
(Life/Style)

... of solitude for the last 18 years, going through almost two decades of accumulated treasures, deciding what goes into the garbage and what stays, followed by the coup de grace when the shed itself is demolished ...

5. Preservation NJ names N.J.'s 10 most-endangered historic sites
(Life/Style)

... statewide -- Emblems of mid-20th century culture, classic diners are being abandoned, demolished, and relocated out-of-state at an alarming rate. Historic Windows, statewide -- threatened by misinformation, ...

6. N.J. hockey nostalgia: The original Devils were from South Jersey


(Life/Style)

... recently demolished). Those that had occasion to stop there said that the old arena was a strange place. For example, there were no showers in the visitors' locker room. Players had to change at their ...

7. Low income families facing a tougher affordable housing market in U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... to the shortage," Linda Couch, deputy director for NLIHC, told IPS. As previously reported by IPS, about 100,000 public housing units have been demolished under a controversial program called HOPE VI ...

8. It's 'dead man walking' for Riverfront State Prison
(N.J./State)

... just north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, is being demolished because it is considered an eyesore as Camden attempts to redevelop its waterfront with a concert center, an aquarium, luxury high-rise condos, ...

9. Federal stimulus funds could hasten cleanup at South Plainfield Superfund site
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of the property. The EPA had the industrial park's 18 buildings demolished in 2007. For more information on this and other sites funded through ARRA, please click here. For more information about the ...

10. ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ doesn’t fly high with Gina Gershon and John Stamos
(Entertainment/Movies)

... of Sam Mendes' "Cabaret" revival and the musical "Urinetown," the decayed building has been otherwise demolished for a modern venue constructed in its footprint. The 1,055-seat theater is somewhat unusual ...

11. New Jersey DEP honors state's recycling leaders
(N.J./State)

... Stadium and is planning to recycle 20,000 tons of steel when Giants Stadium is demolished next year. The company has pledged to recycle 75 percent of its construction waste and use recycled plastic and ...

12. new jersey stimulus money
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... city from kearny and harrison is being demolished next year but someone in the dot thought it would be nice to spend $9,000,000 to repair it with the stimulus money,who the hell is watching the person ...

13. Salvation Army citadel expands services in Montclair as need grows
(N.J./State)

... Bate said, declining to identify the caterer. The new Citadel was built on the site of the former Salvation Army center, which was demolished. The new center was in the works for more than a decade, ...

14. Rutgers partners with neighborhood citizens, groups to help “green” North Camden
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... but as more trees are planted, more abandoned land reclaimed, and the prison demolished and its land repurposed, you will have a vibrant, thriving community," predicts Gwendolyn Harris, associate director ...

15. First Presbyterian Church of Ewing slated for demolition
(N.J./State)

... the building demolished. The First Presbyterian Church of Ewing at 100 Scotch Road is a deteriorating brownstone structure surrounded by a graveyard from the 1720's. It is considered by preservationists ...

16. Group names N.J.'s nine most-endangered historic sites
(N.J./State)

... a site will be preserved. Emrich noted that the Forney House in Milltown, which was named an endangered site last year, was demolished soon after and replaced by a Valley National Bank branch despite the ...