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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

National Poetry Month at Five Corners Library with Elma Martin and Other Poets

If you don’t know it yet, April is National Poetry Month. Jersey City Public Library Five Corners Branch and Dove Gathering Of Arts will celebrate it on April 19, 2008. The event will be led by JC poet Elma Martin. She will be joined by fellow poet Jose Rodriguez and story teller Hector Ray.
In case [...]

Women’s History Month @ 5 Corners Library

If you are into writing and poetry, then this event is for you.
Dove Gathering Arts will be presenting a special program called “Celebrating Women’s History Month” at the Jersey City Public Library Five (5) Corners Branch this March 15, 2008.
Two poets will be participating: Elma Martin (will present “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – Reminiscences [...]

Have You Been to Jersey City Public Library Five Corners Branch Lately?

I was at the Filipino Store on Newark Street one day so I decided to take a picture of the Library which is just right across the street. I opted to go in since I haven’t been there for years. I was wondering what’s new in this place.
Seems like nothing much has changed. The black [...]