Glocally Newark

Newark’s Riverfront: Rust, Rivets, & Rebirth

Newark's Riverfront is being redeveloped. Take a $5 tour and be one of the first residents to experience it first hand!

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The Latest in the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District.

Developer Baye Adofo-Wilson's latest project in Newark is a "green," a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified collection of affordable one-, two- and three-bedroom rentals produced, in part, with local labor trained in sustainable energy - 66 homes at four locations in the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District in Newark.

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From Badu to Bad-Ass.

The vibe of the Jypsea line went from Badu to Bad-Ass. And they love it. A quick narrative on how the show went - from the Designer, Meca McKinney.

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Making it Home

We’re Brick City Love

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Cafe Side Dish Inspires Poetry

When will Cafe Side Dish open? Are there four asinine haikus in this post? The answers to these questions are I don't know, and yes, respectively.

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Bus # 31 Leads to Great Places

For students living both on and off campus SHU definitely offers the best of both worlds. Smack dab in the middle of the quaint, historic village of South Orange but just a bus ride from the sights and sounds of downtown Newark, Pirates are able to enjoy a variety of attractions.

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Expand the NDD!

The Newark Downtown District has brought millions of dollars of improvements--paid for by downtown property owners--to the commercial core. It's time to expand its boundaries.

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An Early Start for Sounds Of City

It is 5:24, and the local fans from the City of Newark are giving the DJ a warm dancing welcome.  Young parents are setting up their blankets with baby in carriage;  and kids do cartwheels across the New Jersey Performing Arts Center red brick Theatre Square.  The crowd starts to roll in.  DJ Joey Mazza is warmed up the [...]

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Championship Plaza Under Construction

Walking home today I noticed some construction underway around the north tower of the Prudential Center.  Looks like they’re breaking ground on the new Championship Plaza, which will replace the current patch of asphalt and random trees which currently resides in that spot.  I actually first heard about this plaza at the Devils Draft Day [...]

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Summer Coolers: Je’s Got Soul

The best place you've never been to in Newark is Je's, which is like Cheers minus Sam Malone, plus soul food. And the reason its the best has nothing to do with eating, but grub's not bad either.

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