Holiday Lights Group Asks City To Take Over For 2021

Uptown Park Ridge is illuminated for the holiday season with string lights carefully wrapped around trees and hanging from branches during Winterfest. (Journal file photo) Park Ridge’s Winterfest celebration, traditionally held the Friday after Thanksgiving, combines the kickoff for the holiday shopping season for the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce, […]

Jersey City housing developers have chance to honor historic church’s past lives | Legends & Landmarks

Editor’s note: This is the first article in “Hope in Preservation,” a special Jersey Journal series about centuries-old buildings that are currently being adaptively reused in considerate and creative ways and which stand as symbols of hope for historic preservation in Jersey City and Hudson County — an area increasingly […]

Bally’s Atlantic City betting on a revival

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Phil Juliano was looking at Bally’s casino through rose-colored glass. Or more accurately, rose-colored glass flecked with jarringly out-of-place blue squares. Walking along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, he looked up at the glass-encased tower of what once was the hottest and most successful casino in […]

Proposed addition to notable bank building will get Rochester City Council review

Capital Ventures LLC, which is managed by Rochester Realtor Melissa Niichel, has appealed a decision by Rochester’s Heritage Preservation Commission, which put conditions on proposed plans. “The developer appeals HPC’s conditional approval and requests the council approve the project for the ‘certificate of appropriateness’ pilot program,’ so long as the […]

Costa Mesa murals draw national spotlight as city is named top destination for outdoor art

The national Men’s Journal magazine recently listed the city of Costa Mesa among its “top destinations for outdoor art,” alongside well-known metropolitan areas — Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia — and some under-the-radar spots, where murals encourage art appreciation al fresco. “Nicknamed the ‘City of the Arts,’ it appears no canvas […]

Casino City Times – Weekly Newsletter 18 January 2021

The Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO, Sheldon Adelson, a long-time opponent of online gambling, died last week from complications related to non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  read more Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak issued a statement on the passing of legendary illusionist Siegfried Fishbacher, who changed the Las Vegas entertainment world as […]

Falling for Nepal | Restaurant Reviews | Salt Lake City

At first glance, you wouldn’t think that Utah would be home to the diverse cuisines of Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal—but that’s what makes it fun to explore. For example, Everest Curry Kitchen (68 E. 10600 South, Sandy, 801-571-4015, everestcurrykitchenutah.com) has a menu that dovetails with traditional Indian dishes like tandoori […]