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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

Last Chance to Watch J CITY’s Passion

[ October 3, 2009; 8:00 pm; 8:00 pm; 8:00 pm; 8:00 pm; ]

I’ve read good reviews about J CITY Theater’s PASSION (by Peter Nichols), so if you have time, tomorrow night is your last chance to see it. Although PASSION sounds like a religious play (not to mention the location at St. Michael’s Church!), Executive Producer Clay Cockrell said that it is not an adaptation of the [...]

Jersey Shorts – Bad Luck and Good Luck

Enjoy your Friday the 13th tomorrow night by attending this event at the Underground Theater in Hamilton Park. J CITY brings together prominent local figures for readings of funny and inspiring short stories, and for good measure they throw in the best of the best of local musical acts. The resulting mix is a [...]

Last Day: “A Tuna Christmas”

Tonight is the last showing of “A Tuna Christmas” at J CITY Theater. (The show actually started December 4)  So if you don’t have any plans this evening, head over there tonight and watch the show. I just do not know if there are tickets left or if they are selling at the door.
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Festival Today at Hamilton Park!

[ June 14, 2008; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]
Hamilton Park photo from craigemorsels.

Festival starts in 10 minutes! The weather looks very good so don’t miss it!

Here’s the reminder from JCList:
Just a reminder, the Hamilton Park Festival is TOMORROW – Saturday June 14, 2008!

-Sell your stuff! Buy a space tomorrow morning – it’s not too late!
-Watch live entertainment – break dancing, martial arts demonstration, [...]

Newsweek: McNair Makes The List of America’s Top Public Schools Again

Not a real cover.

McNair Academic (123 Coles St., Jersey City 07302) has been ranked 30th nationwide in 2008 survey. McNair is the only public school in New Jersey that made the list.
How Does Newsweek Rank Public Schools?
…Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate [...]