Corner of Coles and Sixth Street, Downtown Jersey City.  Under $1,000,000.  Lot 19 x 50.  Hudson Harbor Realty Corp.

This facility is being constructed behind the Jersey City Medical Center at 355 Grand Street.

The sample on the left is a gray mosaic marble tile and can be purchased for between $18 and $22 a square foot.  The two samples on the right are two varying samples of blue mosaic marble tile and can be purchased for between $85 and $125 a square foot.  The surprising fact is the difference in price per square foot.  If you like to play with stone and make patterns and designs, you can have fun with these colorful tiles.  Here is a link to an assortment of blue marbles and other blue stones.

I stopped by Green Depot to get a first hand look at this cotton insulation made by Bonded Logic Inc.  The product is called Ultra Touch.  I like it.  I have never been completely happy with other insulation products.  Most insulation products have a drawback.  Fiberglass insulation can be hazardous to your health during installation and removal, and polystyrene insulation produces carbon monoxide when it burns. 

Answers.com - Polystyrene is classified according to DIN4102 as a “B3” product, meaning highly flammable or “easily ignited.” Consequently, although it is an efficient insulator at low temperatures, its use is prohibited in any exposed installations in building construction if the material is not flame retardant.

Made from cotton fibers recovered from blue jean and other textile manufacturers, UltraTouch insulation offers excellent thermal and acoustical performance.

Erie Street and 7th Street.

Erie Street and Sixth Street.

Erie Street and 3rd Street.

Recent install of bluestone sidewalk on York Street, Jersey City.

Liberty State Park looking towards Lower Manhattan.

A 650 (approx.) sq ft 1 bedroom apartment in this walk up brick rowhouse located in Downtown Jersey City sold for $385K second quarter 2008.

Just missed the open house for this recently constructed townhouse at 104 River Street, Liberty Harbor North, Downtown Jersey City.  Advertised by Weichert Realtors in the Jersey City Reporter as a 3,532 square foot brick building with 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and an elevator for $1,495,000.

Library Hall is a 19th century structure at 704 Grand Street undergoing a residential conversion in Jersey City, NJ. The conversion of this 140-year old structure will result in 12 loft style condominiums, 11 parking spaces and 2 street level commercial condominiums.  Library Hall is near Downtown Jersey City at the corner of Grand Street and Summit Avenue, and is only accessible by bus and car.  The building has some interesting floor plans.

Take a look at these similar adjoining Italianate row houses across from Library Hall.  According to the book “Bricks and Brownstones”, it is not always so common to discover a row of adjoining historic brick rowhouses preserved so well in their cooperative appearance.

Here are some rowhouses behind Library Hall directly on Summit Avenue.

An old article in the Jersey Reporter, ”Several New Hotel Projects Underway”, dated July 2006 makes mention of Tramz Hotel Group Condominium proposed development of a Hilton Hotel. Some information on the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency website includes the following description: a 16-21 story hotel consisting of 342 rooms under the Hilton flag.  A development map of Downtown Jersey City places this proposed hotel on the Morris Canal overlooking Liberty Sate Park just west of Marion Blvd (see below arrow).  Unlike most Downtown Jersey City Hotels located on the Hudson River with views of the Manhattan skyline, this proposed Hotel would instead overlook Liberty State Park and Liberty Landing Marina.  Building a hotel in this location is an indication that being close to Liberty State Park and a marina has its unique advantages unavailable in most urban locations so near to Manhattan.