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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

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 [...]