Jersey City

American history, from the landing of Columbus onward, is about individuals and how their efforts impacted our brand new country. Jersey City played an important role in this history. One Jersey City resident in particular, Peter Henderson, is known as the father of horticulture and ornamental gardening. Here’s his story.

A century-old building right in Jersey City's The Heights is being re-imagined into loft-style rental apartments with a sustainable component, spaces that will start leasing very soon.

Updates on food & drink happening around Jersey City. Van Hook Cheese to open, a sneak peek at Atlas Public House's menu, 9th and Coles is up for sale, Ani Ramen to open soon.

Our weekly news roundup of New Jersey stories you may have missed. This week, thoughts on gentrification in Hoboken, Jersey City's main library set to reopen next week, Curbed maps 31 developments along the Hudson waterfront, and more.

A restaurant overlay zone has been proposed for Bergen-Lafayette that hopes to spur retail development along one of the areas most neglected corridors.

Concierge Confidential is our new column where we talk with concierges to get the low down on what goes on in luxury buildings around the city. These folks work the front lines and often know the intimate details of their residents.

A building that formerly housed a waterfront restaurant with spectacular river views will soon be reimagined into a new event and eatery space, a welcome development that will fix up one of the few remaining Hurricane Sandy-damaged structures along Hudson county’s coastline.

Coldwell Banker Jersey City is officially up and running at their new home on the Newark Ave Pedestrian Mall. They celebrated the move yesterday with a ribbon cutting attended by Mayor Steven Fulop as well as officials from NRT, Coldwell Banker’s parent company.

Jersey City’s western expansion is showing no signs of slowing down, with the city’s Lafayette neighborhood the latest to reap the rewards of revitalization.

A reader sent us a tip that the popular NYC healthy lunch chain, Just Salad, is coming to Newport.