Hoboken's Own: Jamal Patterson

If doesn't happen in Hoboken, it ain't happening.

Green Is The New Gold

As our planet's dwindling resources become more scarce, and the need to find alternate energy sources becomes more pressing, green investing has become like Madonna. In Vogue. Last I checked, Hoboken has four green projects underway. Not faux green. Not projects where they put some fake grass on the roof and advertise "environmentally friendly" building. Not that. We're talking certified green projects.

Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources. Resources like energy. Like water. Like materials. Increasing efficiency while reducing impacts on human health and the environment. This is done by utilizing better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal. Makes sense right?

Effective green building can lead to:

1) Reduced operating costs by increasing productivity and using less energy and water.

2) Improved public and occupant health due to improved indoor air quality.

3) Reduced environmental impacts by, for example, lessening storm water runoff and the heat island effect.

Increasing number of municipalities and corporations are beginning to demand and set internal standards for green buildings within their organizations. Growth in green building organizations, attendance at professional conferences, and consumer awareness grows exponentially. And it's about time. Find a green building near you. Tell 'em Mr. Dynamite sent ya!

Sinatra Idol Hoboken '08

If doesn't happen in Hoboken, it ain't happening.

Johnny Kucks

Hoboken born and Hoboken bred. Served his country from 1953-54. Served the New York Yankees in 1955. Served them real good like in 1956. American league All-Star in 1956. Served them real good like in the 1956 World Series too. Pitched a 3-hit shutout in Game 7 of the 1956 World Series. A 6'3" sidearmer, Kucks had a sensational sophomore year in 1956. He went 18-9 for the Bombers before his spectacular, three-hit shutout of the Dodgers in that Game Seven of the World Series. Only future Hall of Famer Whitey Ford won more games for the Yankees that season. Unfortunately, he never had another winning season. But hey, ain't that enough? Kucks: "I didn't have a long career but i did get into four World Series and won a game that a lot of people still remember."

Hoboken Waterfront

The Waterfront Corporate Center. You may know it as the Wiley Building. The Wiley Building is getting a third building. Two just wasn't enough. Not now. Not now that the Wiley Building is after "a major tenant." Not now that companies from Manhattan are just dying to get in. Mayybe the real estate market is slumping. A little bit. Maybe it is. But not the Hudson County waterfront real estate market. Not Hoboken. Not the Gold Coast. This is just further proof that Hoboken is your safeport in this economic storm. Hoboken is doing better than anywhere else in the Garden State. Anywhere else. If it doesn't happen in Hoboken, I don't want to know about it!

Hoboken FC 1912

Hoboken F.C. 1912. Hoboken, New Jersey. When men were men and the women were scairt. German athletes. German Merchant Marines. Organized the Germania Football Club. 1913-1914 season . Club initiates the first league games in the North Jersey Soccer League.

1916. New name. Hoboken Soccer Football Club 1912. Some name. The club won the championship of the North Jersey Soccer League in 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921. Champions. In 1923 the club was one of the founding members of the German American Soccer League, now the Cosmopolitan Soccer League.

1928 and 1930. Hoboken F.C. wins the Staats-Herold Cup. 1931. Team wins the first German-American Cup over Phoenix Philadelphia. 1942 and 1943. Hoboken F.C. wins the New Jersey State Cup. Back to back.

1945. Club moves to North Bergen. End of story. Actually, not really end of story. But if it doesn't happen in Hoboken, I don't want to know about it.

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