Saturday, October 10.

The JC Fire Department will be there with a fire truck; we’ll have a BBQ with hot dogs, soda, and chips. Come celebrate another Reservoir season with us!

The Jefferson Avenue gate will open at 9, with free fishing, and the BBQ festivities go from 11 til 2.

This is the Alliance’s last weekend at the Reservoir this Autumn, but Andy Gray and the JC Rec Department will have fishing gear for free at the Jefferson Ave. gate from 9 to 2 until the end of October. (Note that the Reservoir opening is weather permitting)

We look forward to seeing you!

From Kayaking, July & August 2007

Sunday is meant to be a stunning day, so join us for to Kayak the Reservoir! It’s from from 11am-3pm at the Jefferson Avenue gate.Thank you to our partners at the Hoboken Cove Boathouse and NYC’s Downtown Boathouse for helping make Kayaking happen!The Reservoir cannot allow personal boats due to liability, but we have one-person and two-person kayaks for use so come out and use them.We also would love your help with kayaking, and other events! Please  email jcreservoir@gmail.com with ‘kayak’ or ‘volunteer’ in the subject line and we’ll contact you.

Landscape Painting will happen again this Saturday, August 15th at 10:15 am at the Troy Street gate (off Summit and Pershing Plaza). It’s still free!

Landscape Painting, using oil paints, is this Saturday, August 8th at 10:15 am at the Troy Street gate (off Summit and Pershing Plaza).

from JERSEY JOURNAL

Friday, July 31, 2009

By AMY SARA CLARK

JERSEY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A plan is on the way for transforming Reservoir No. 3 into a park while preserving its historic structures. A $355,601 contract with the Pennsylvania-based John Milner Associates to produce the plan has been approved by the Jersey City City Council.

Journal File Photo

As part of the study, the firm will help the city apply to put the unused reservoir on the National Register of Historic Places, which will allow the city to apply for other grants to preserve buildings on the grounds.

Creation of the park - which will include hiking trails and amenities for boating and fishing - could take seven to 10 years and cost about $10 million, says Glenn Wrigley, the city’s chief architect.

The study will also provide the city and the volunteer Jersey City Reservoir Preservation Alliance with a report on current site and structural conditions, including site ecology, and will document the history of the reservoir, which was built between 1871 and 1874.

The Alliance fully backs the choice, saying the firm offers the perfect combination of price and experience, said Cynthia Hadjiyannis, the group’s treasurer.

John Milner Associates will be working with the Brooklyn-based landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, which has done Hoboken’s Pier C and Teardrop parks and New York City’s Union Square.

click here to read the Alliance press release

Meet us at Jefferson Ave. Gate for sunset and fishing until 8pm tonight!

We’ve been unable to clear up some glitches with our insurance, and we will not be able to open the Reservoir this weekend.  We expect to be open next weekend.

We apologize for any inconvenience!

Jersey City, New Jersey - July 17, 2009.   The Jersey City Reservoir Preservation Alliance, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and the City Council are pleased to announce that the City Council unanimously approved a resolution to hire a team led by historic preservation architects John Milner Associates (JMA) for the first Reservoir #3 project.  The work to be performed by the JMA team will provide the City and the Reservoir Alliance with the research, site analysis and conceptual design necessary to learn about and preserve the Reservoir’s past, understand the present and look to the future.  The JMA team, headed by Architectural Conservator Alfonso Narvaez, includes Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, a landscape architecture firm, Weidlinger Associates, a global civil engineering firm, and Robert Silman Associates, the premier structural engineering firm for historic structures, along with SESI and Princeton Engineering.

Read the full press release.

From dogday 0907 08

From dogday 0907 08

Dog Day was a great success! Special thanks to Organizer Mark Tursi, Jersey City Humane Society, Shampoochies and all the dog walkers and dog owners who made it a wonderful day at the Reservoir. To see more pictures go to our Dog Day photos.

From 0905 Mayor and City Council Fishing Derby

They got some big ones at the Derby!
Here’s two of the winners with Council President Mariano Vega and Department of Recreation Fishing Czar Andy Gray.

Complete List of our Amazing Winners 

Peewee - Anthony Senerchia, Gabe Schmidt

Junior - Paul Morella, Alexia Kaff

Senior - Pat Morella, Essam Shate

Most Fish Caught - Ian Gray, Kayla Perez

Most Honorable Mention - Nick Scopinski, Angel Rivera, Owen Kamirez, Hisham Shate, Angie Ramirez, Orlando Sanchez, Matthew Dietz, Tico Florencio, Emilio Florencio, Anthony H.

Good Job, guys and gals!