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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

Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Catholic School, Closing?

Our Lady of Victories School on Ege Avenue, JC
The magic number is 225 to keep the school open for the another school year. Right now, the current enrollment for Our Lady of Victories School is 176, more than half below of its number a decade ago.
Almost yearly, there are reports of Catholic school closing or [...]

Mugging at Walgreens Parking Lot

Somewhere in this parking lot, a woman was mugged by 3 women.

Walgreen’s makes the crime news again.
A week ago, a lady was successful in preventing an attempted carjacking. Yesterday, however, one woman fell victim to three women/muggers at the same location. Reports said that the 22-year-old was getting into her car when the muggers [...]

Late Night Carjacking: Failed

Streetview of Walgreens at Communipaw and JFK Blvd.

I frequent Walgreen’s at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard — and since it is open 24/7, I even go there very late at night. I guess I have to be extremely vigilant the next time I buy something from there.
Last Sunday, Eliza Guevarra, a 21-years [...]

Walter B. Law Coffee Balloon

Walter B. Law Coffee Balloon on top of BP gas station, Jersey City

Have you seen this big balloon on top of the BP gas station at the intersection of Communipaw Avenue and West Side?
It’s from Walter B. Law Coffee, a New Jersey based coffee company. I heard they’re having a promotion in their Communipaw branch, [...]

Abandoned? Union Street and JFK Boulevard

Union street and JFK Boulevard

I meant to post this 2 months ago. Since I couldn’t take a snapshot then, I decided to postpone it, thinking things might be different as the months progress.
Well, 2 months had passed, the place still looks the same.
At the corner of Union Street and Kennedy Boulevard, you will find [...]