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Jersey City was a dock and manufacturing town for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Much like New York City, Jersey City has always been a destination for new immigrants to the United States. In its heyday before World War II, German, Irish, and Italian immigrants found work at Colgate, Chloro or Dixon Ticonderoga.
Downtown Jersey City. Coordinates: 40.7281°N 74.0776°W. View of the waterfront of Downtown Jersey City, dubbed Wall Street West, [1] at sunset. View of Downtown Jersey City from Liberty State Park. View of Downtown focused around the Goldman Sachs Tower. Downtown is an area of Jersey City, New Jersey, which includes the Historic Downtown and ...
1833 - American Pottery Manufacturing Company in business. [6] 1834. New Jersey Railroad terminal and Paterson and Hudson River Railroad terminal established. [3] Newark -Jersey City horsecar begins operating. [3] 1835 - Jersey City Gazette newspaper begins publication.
Forty-four individuals have held the office of mayor since the City of Jersey City was chartered on February 22, 1838. Dudley S. Gregory was the inaugural mayor of the city, and served on three separate occasions for a total of five years. The current mayor is Steven Fulop. He defeated former mayor Jerramiah Healy in the May 2013 election and ...
Website. www.njcu.edu. New Jersey City University (NJCU) is a public university in Jersey City, New Jersey. Originally chartered in 1927, NJCU consists of the School of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, and College of Professional Studies and is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education.
The Jersey City 9/11 Memorial is located on the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway at the foot of Grand Street in Paulus Hook near Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey.It comprises three components: a sculpture of steel girders from the original World Trade Center, an inscribed black granite stele, and Makeshift Memorial. [1]
Lincoln Park is an urban park in Jersey City, New Jersey with an area of 273.4 acres (110.6 ha). Part of the Hudson County Park System, it opened in 1905 and was originally known as West Side Park. The park was designed by Daniel W. Langton and Charles N. Lowrie, [1][2] both founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
The Powerhouse. The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, on the water front of the Hudson River.Its name derives from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, [1] [2] [3] a historic Victorian-era power plant that was renovated into an arts center. [4]