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Long retired, the Colgate Clock in Jersey City sits in a weedy field by the Morris Canal. Life goes on in Lower Manhattan on a dreary winter day as the World Trade Center grows taller. Feb 2012.Lane For U!Delaware Lackawanna train yards in Hoboken on the right before the terminal was built in 1907. The tracks were elevated then on tall piles. Erie railroad yards and Pavonia Avenue on the left. Jersey City. 1883Daily life on the Morris Canal small and large basins with lots of sailboats, coal barges, horses and wagons, factories, trains entering the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal. Jersey City. 1883Lower Manhattan and the new World Trade Center as seen through the railroad yards of Hoboken from Observer Highway. A contrast between old technology and the new. Feb 2012Jersey City

Jersey City Fireworks at Liberty State Park

[ July 4, 2008; 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

UPDATE (July 2, 2008): Want to know the weather forecast for July 4, 2008? Click here.

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Original Post: June 29, 2008

Looking for Fireworks display on July 4th here in Jersey City? Well, our city offers more than that. We’re going to have one big celebration at Liberty State Park, with concert featuring the following singers [...]

34th Annual Cultural Arts Festival at Liberty State Park

[ June 8, 2008; 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]

Who loves to go to an arts festival? This Sunday, despite the scorching heat, Jersey City will celebrate the 34th Annual Cultural Arts Festival to commemorate Morris Pesin — known as the “father” of Liberty State Park. He spent 18 years spearheading the crusade to create an urban state park, which is now the Liberty [...]

Punk Rope and the Guinness World Record

This event happened 11 days ago (May 17, 2008) during the annual Families with Children From China Culture Day at the Liberty State Park.
Over 300 people joined Punk Rope’s activity, which was playing Chinese rope!
…Merryl Reichbach, Punk Rope’s director of outreach, led over 300 people in an attempt to set a world’s record for the [...]

Free Asthma Screening at LSC

[ May 17, 2008; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Emily Vicker of American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) emailed me yesterday of their upcoming Asthma Screening event at Liberty Science Center.
Hello, I wanted to let you know the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology is going to be conducting a FREE asthma screening in Jersey City on May 17. The [...]

Global Green Expo 2008 @ Liberty State Park

Looking for Jersey City activity this weekend? There’s one that started yesterday April 25, 2008 at Liberty State Park. It’s called Global Green Expo 2008, and it will run until tomorrow (April 27, 2008).
As it appears on the website, PSEG seems to be the major sponsor of this event. This is aimed for people [...]