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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

Peregrine Falcons at 101 Hudson Street

Four chicks were born on top of Mack-Cali building (101 Hudson St)

Here’s a nice story that happened in downtown, JC and was captured on tape by a WNBC reporter: A family of Peregrine Falcons has been living on top of Mack-Cali Building. The adult falcons originally had four chicks, but only two females chicks survived. [...]