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Going green is trendier than ever, and for good reason. Each eco-friendly choice you make over the course of your construction project helps lead to a healthier living and working environment and ensures energy and resource efficiency. Not only is a “green” space greatly beneficial for the environment, it can also save you lots of…
DetailsThe key to a successful design is its built-in flexibility. Environments are ever-changing these days and thriving offices are focusing on: Flexible Layouts…. Such a Modular Soft Seating, Desk Pods & Meet Point Tables Future-Proof Designs…. Such as Modular Benching Furniture with Integrated Technology Design for Product Well-Being…. Such as Sit/Stand Desks Bringing the Great…
DetailsDid you know that 10,000 “Baby Boomers” will turn 65 until the year 2030? That is something. Baby Boomers are the largest and most affluent group in American history. Baby Boomers Value…. Education and what it adds to their lives. Are more in tune with their emotions then the Silent Generation that came before them.…
DetailsColor therapy, or chromotherapy, is part of a branch of creative healing therapies that can be used to help seniors create the perfect living space. Simply, chromotherapy uses color in therapeutic ways. The effects of color have been studied in a wide range of disciplines, from physics and options to psychology and metaphysics. Why and…
DetailsStanding proudly atop Liberty Island in the middle of the Hudson River, overlooking beautiful New Jersey, is perhaps our state’s most iconic structure of all. That is, unless you ask a New Yorker. Or a devout historian. Yes, the Statue of Liberty technically belongs to New York. Long story short, New Jersey’s original colonial charter…
DetailsThis one was worth the wait. Although it took 40 years to garner approval for construction and another 55 years to complete the project, when the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart finally celebrated its dedication in 1954, visitors to the church quickly excused the lack of haste and immediately appreciated its monumental beauty.…
DetailsYou either love New York City, or you hate it. But regardless of your opinion of the Big Apple, we’ve got to give credit where credit is due. If it weren’t for the merchant community of New York City springing into action in 1761, we may never have gotten the pleasure of enjoying the awesome…
DetailsWhen you think of Bayonne, N.J. – nestled comfortably between Newark, Jersey City and the Hudson River – are bras the first things that come to mind? For many folks they are. Maidenform, the pioneer of the modern brassiere, opened up shop at Avenue E and 18th Street in Bayonne in 1929 (the building was…
DetailsNew Jersey is home to some of the most famous people in the world, including Bruce Springsteen, Buzz Aldrin, Frank Sinatra, Grover Cleveland and, of course, the inventor of the light bulb himself, Thomas Edison. Although he was born and raised in Ohio, Edison set up shop in Menlo Park in the mid-1870s, and it…
DetailsYes, indeed. That is a giant elephant standing along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in beautiful Margate, New Jersey. She overlooks the water with her big, curious eyes and has an ornate seat – called a howdah – perched atop her back. These days Lucy the Elephant is pretty well known around the Jersey…
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