We now have videos highlighting the best of Hamilton Square! This video features the quality construction of our condos, the beautiful Hamilton Park, our amazing retailers and the incredible neighborhood around Hamilton Square! Click here to view the video!
Hudson Perinatal Consortium Awards Ceremony
Giving back to the community is just as important to SILVERMAN as developing the buildings that house its residents. The Hudson Perinatal Consortium is one of several Jersey City organizations that Paul and Eric are proud to support. And it is with tremendous pride and honor that they accepted the Executive Director’s Honor of Distinction …
Hound About Town Officially Open!
We are pleased to announce that Hound About Town’s Hamilton Square location is now open 7 days a week! Come by for all your pets’ needs! http://houndabouttownjc.com/2011/10/29/hamilton-park-location-now-open/
WSJ: Jersey City’s Hamilton Park Lifts Appeal
We are thrilled to have been featured in the Wall Street Journal. Click here to read the full article.
2nd Annual Hamilton Park BBQ Festival!
At SILVERMAN and Hamilton Square, it is our pride and joy to organize events for the Jersey City community, and more importantly by the Jersey City community. As our Hamilton Park BBQ Festival was a tremendous success last year, it gives us tremendous pleasure to bring you the 2nd Annual Hamilton Park BBQ Festival this …
Hamilton Square Responds to Power Outage
On the hottest, most humid day of the year- a day when temperatures would climb to a scorching 104 degrees- Hamilton Square and its surrounding neighborhood experienced a brutally ill-timed series of brownouts and power outages. We first began experiencing problems with the HVAC system in the early hours of the morning. The cooling tower …
Photos from ULI Event@HSQ
On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Hamilton Square hosted a tour, discussion and rooftop reception for the Urban Land Institute. The event was attended by about 25 architects, planners, engineers, community members and Hamilton Square residents. Hamilton Square developer Paul Silverman led the group on a tour of the condominium complex. Beginning in the building’s spacious …
Art at Hamilton Square
On June 3, 2011 “Laurie Riccadonna: Whisper and Scurry of Small Lives” will open in the Hamilton Square lobby. The exhibit, curated by Brendan Carroll, will be on view until September 2, 2011. Laurie Riccadonna is an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the Hudson County Community College. She earned her MFA at Yale University …
Hamilton Square Resident Featured in NY Times
Hamilton Square resident Aldona Daukantas was recently featured in The New York Times in “The Hunt” column. The article details Aldona’s search for a new home that ultimately led her to Hamilton Square. Having lived in Queens, Bergen County and Paterson, NJ, Aldona is making her new home in Jersey City, where she has fallen …
Urban Land Institute Event at Hamilton Square
On June 4th, 2011, Hamilton Square will host the Urban Land Institute of New York for a discussion on real estate development as a community builder. Focusing on Hamilton Square and its transformation of the historic Hamilton Park neighborhood into a vibrant and walkable community, the event will feature Robert Cotter, Jersey City Director of …
Paul Silverman honored by the Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center
On Tuesday, May 17th, Paul Silverman was honored at the 21st Annual Distinguished Service Awards Dinner of the Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center (HCCAPC). The HCCAPC serves Hudson County children with a wide array of programs that promote safety and well-being, nurtures positive development and prevents child abuse in all forms. The programs focus …
Cinco de Mayo 2011
Now in it’s sixth year, Cinco de Mayo 2011 was a tremendous success. Warm temperatures and abundant sunshine helped set a festive mood from the onset of the event. Festivities kicked off at 4pm with a parade down Grove Street, featuring CDM2011 honorees, local officials, neighborhood residents and the North Brunswick Township High School Winter …
Hamilton Square in the news!!
Hamilton Square has enjoyed a slew of great press recently. Alison Gregor, of The New York Times, wrote a piece last week that highlights Hamilton Square, its eco-friendly apartments, its great blend of retail, the park and the neighborhood. We are thrilled to see Hamilton Square presented in such a favorable light; but we are …
Smith & Chang It!
Our friends and neighbors at Smith and Chang General Goods recently hosted a photo contest. Customers were invited to submit photographs of their favorite Smith and Chang products for a chance to win a $500 gift certificate. Of the photos submitted, six were chosen for Facebook fans to vote on. The response was overwhelming! It …
Eco-friendliness at Hamilton Square
Hamilton Square is committed to building with environmentally friendly, sustainable and renewable materials and systems. Condo units are built with Low-E Glass Double Thermal pane windows. Low-E, or low-emissivity glass is coated with an invisible microscopic metallic oxide layers that reduce the amount of heat that pass through the windows. The effect is two-fold. In …
Antheia Floral Design Grand Opening Party!
Antheia Floral Design had its grand opening party on April 9th, 2011! The event was well-attended by neighborhood residents and featured music from Steele Hillier & Steve Teti. We are thrilled to welcome Antheia to Hamilton Square, and continue to be immensely proud of the rich blend of services and amenities that our boutique retail …
New York Posts Highlights Jersey City Living
The New York Post highlighted the Jersey City’s attractiveness and quality of living. New developments, such as Hamilton Square, are attracting young families looking for value and children-friendly neighborhood. At Hamilton Square, our family-friendly retail, the newly renovated 5-acre Hamilton Park, and beautifully designed apartments are all features that feed this trend. We are pleased …
Coach Hurley of St. Anthony’s on CBS’s 60 Minutes
Coach Bob Hurley of St. Anthony’s, our neighboring Roman Catholic secondary school, was featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes. The segment highlights Coach Hurley’s extraordinary and accomplished career, which boasts over 1,000 career wins, 24 state championships, 3 national championships and a spot in the basketball hall of fame. An excellent basketball program is just one …
Downtown Food Coop
There is a quote that goes: “decisions are made by those who show up. ” While the original quote referred to the democratic process, the Downtown Coop at Hamilton Square has embraced it as a fundamental philosophy for their food co-operative, where members are encouraged to participate, contribute and collaborate in the operation of the …
Real Estate Weekly
In December 2010, Real Estate Weekly published an article highlighting some of the best features of Hamilton Square: quality construction, rich blend of retail, family-friendliness, and SILVERMAN’s commitment to the community. Here is an excerpt: In the middle of the last century, a period Silverman considers Jersey City’s heyday, the streets surrounding Hamilton Park were …
Functional Diversity
A prominent theme in Jane Jacob’s Death and Life of Great American Cities, the unofficial bible of urban planning since it was published, is the idea of “functional diversity.” The various elements of a neighborhood should be diverse (as opposed to having a ‘residential district’ or an ‘industrial district’ or a ‘commercial district’), and each …
Walkable Living- Jersey City’s “Sidewalk Ballet”
Jane Jacobs, urban activist and author of the acclaimed Death and Life of Great American Cities, described the vibrancy of her neighborhood as akin to a “sidewalk ballet.” A term coined partly to combat the Robert Moses pedagogy of top-down urban planning, Jacobs used the phrase to highlight the wonderful daily interplay of commercial, residential …
Grand Opening Parties!!
We are thrilled to announce the grand opening parties for Antheia Floral Design on Saturday, April 9th, Downtown Coop on Thursday, May 12th, and Hamilton Health and Fitness on Thursday, May 19th! Come join us in celebrating the fantastic retail at Hamilton Square! From past grand opening parties:
NJ Symphony Orchestra
On January 6, 2011, we invited a string quartet from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to perform at Hamilton Square. A highly acclaimed orchestra, the NJSO performs for communities across New Jersey, enriching lives through beautiful music. It was a pleasure to host this string quartet and their performance of selections from Ravel’s String Quartet …
Spring is in the Air
As the temperatures begin to rise, we are seeing an energetic buzz at Hamilton Park. The snow from an relentless winter has completely melted away, revealing our beautiful lawns, tennis courts and basketball courts. To welcome the rapidly approaching spring season, let’s take a look back at the renovation and re-opening of our proud park! …
NJ Monthly
Paul and Eric Silverman were featured in NJ Monthly! Excerpted from the article: “Here is downtown Jersey City, where he and his brother, Eric, through Silverman, their property-development company, are transforming the former St. Francis Hospital into Hamilton Square, a sleek 11-story building with 125 loft-style condos, along with a wine shop, home boutique, health …