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The Square was named for the Jersey Journal. The Labor Bank Building at 26 Journal Square was the city's first skyscraper.. Prior to its development as a commercial district Journal Square was the site of many farmhouses and manors belonging to descendants of the original settlers of Bergen, the first chartered municipality in the state settled in 1660 and located just south at Bergen Square.
Map of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1848. 1802 - Population of Paulus Hook: 13. [1] 1804 Land bought from Cornelius Van Vorst by the Associates of the Jersey Company. [2] Streets of the Hook laid out. [1] [3] [4] 1812 - Steam ferry begins operating. [3] 1820 - "City of Jersey" incorporated in Bergen Township. [5] 1824 - Jersey Glass Company ...
26 Journal Square is a 190 ft (58 m) [1] high-rise in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It was originally known as the Labor Bank Building. It was completed in 1928 and has 15 floors. As of 2009, it was the 23rd tallest building in the city. It is often considered the first skyscraper in Jersey City.
On April 18, 1946 — opening day of the International League season — Robinson, the 26-year-old second baseman, took the field for the Montreal Royals against the Jersey City Giants, a Class AAA affiliate of the New York Giants, thus becoming the first African American player to break the baseball color line in the modern era of segregated professional baseball.
The Columbus statue at Journal Square) in Jersey City was dedicated on October 15, 1950. Originally situated in a traffic island across from Loew's Jersey Theatre in 1998 it was moved to a pedestrian plaza. The ten-foot bronze statue is mounted on a white marble shaft and depicts Columbus "in a militant pose, holding a cross in his left hand ...
Historic Districts in Hudson County, New Jersey; List of neighborhoods of Hudson County, New Jersey; Neighboring towns in Hudson County: Bayonne; North Hudson. North Bergen; Weehawken; Hoboken; Union City; West New York; Guttenberg; Secaucus; West Hudson
The Stanley Theater at Kennedy Boulevard and Pavonia Avenue is a historic theater in Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Stanley Theatre was opened on March 24, 1928 with the feature film “The Dove” starring Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland.
25 Journal Square, known as Pathside, is a former HCCC building slated to become Jersey City Museum [2] [3]. The school's main campus is located in Jersey City, with several institutions tapered throughout Journal Square and nearby Bergen Square. [4]