In an Oct. 18 letter, the New Jersey Historical Sites Council gave NJ Transit the go-ahead for its proposed rehabilitation, and Americans with Disabilities Act enhancement, of the historic Bloomfield railroad station. The accepted NJT proposal will destroy the existing concrete canopy and replace it with a steel canopy with 30 percent coverage at the […]
The recreation department is exhibiting, at the Ridgewood Avenue train station until the end of October, works by four Glen Ridge artists. The show is co-curated by Stephanie Kosbuka and Megan Giulianelli. It opened Saturday, Sept. 14. “This is our first group show,” Guilianelli said at the opening. “In the past, we’ve only had one […]
A public Zoom conference, conducted by the NJ Historic Sites Council, will discuss the future of the Bloomfield historic train station located on Raymond J. McCarthy Boulevard, on Thursday, Aug. 15, at 10 a.m. Once considered the “linch-pin” of downtown Bloomfield redevelopment, the locked and derelict underground pedestrian underpass connecting eastbound and westbound New Jersey […]
The Hilton Bus Garage on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood and the Watsessing Avenue Station in Bloomfield will receive money from the federal government to fund improvements. Gov. Phil Murphy announced last week that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded an additional $425 million in federal transportation dollars to the New Jersey Department of Transportation […]