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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

Jersey City Observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Today, we observe the historical day of one of the most important figures in American History – Martin Luther King, Jr. Below is the shortened version of his speech “I Have a Dream”

JC Official Website has this on their homepage:

City Hall Closed on Dr. King’s Birthday
All Municipal Offices will be closed in observance of Reverend Dr. [...]

Fantastic Video: Meteor in Canada

Amazing video captured by a cop in Canada! A shooting star/meteor tearing up the atmosphere, burning, as it falls to Earth! For a brief moment, it lit up like it was daytime.
Watch this 16-second video and tell us if you have seen anything like this:

What are the chances of seeing similar phenomena in Jersey City? [...]