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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

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 [...]

Video Presentation: Introduction to Samarpan Meditation

A lot of JC activities are happening this coming Saturday, April 19. The big one is Pope’s motorcade in NY. But if you can’t go, this video presentation about Introduction to Samarpan Meditation at Five Corners Branch Library on Newark Avenue is a good alternative.
After that, you can eat lunch at Big Cheese Deli (Bergen [...]

Learn To Promote Your Art In The Digital Age

“Doll’s House”, A sample work of Ellen Baryshev, instructor of Computer and Studio Art at the Borough of Manhattan Community College

Are you an artist struggling to promote your work of art online?
There will be a workshop about this at Jersey City Museum that will address the following needs:
1. Digital documentation of work
2. Online presence
3. [...]