New Jersey
Jersey City Waterfront & Downtown
Jersey City was not merely New York's neighbor; it was one of the systems that made New York Harbor work. This guide follows Liberty State Park, Ellis Island's rail gateway, Black Tom sabotage, the Morris Canal, Paulus Hook, factories, rail tunnels, machine politics, historic neighborhoods and the Holland Tunnel to show how an industrial transfer city became a high-value waterfront metropolis.
Stories in Jersey City Waterfront & Downtown
- CRRNJ Terminal: The Other Side of Ellis Island
- Black Tom: The War Reached New York Harbor Before America Entered It
- Liberty State Park: New Jersey Reclaims an Industrial Shore
- Morris Canal Basin: The Coal Route That Helped Build a Harbor City
- Paulus Hook: A Revolutionary Attack in a Future Financial District
- Colgate Clock: A Factory Disappears and Its Advertisement Becomes a Landmark
- Exchange Place: Jersey City Learns to Go Under the Hudson
- Van Vorst Park: The Residential City Behind the Waterfront
- City Hall: Frank Hague and the Machine That Ran Jersey City
- Harsimus Cove: The Neighborhood the Railroad Nearly Erased
- Holland Tunnel: Cars Enter the River Age
- Hamilton Park: From Industrial City to Residential Capital