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Thousands of people commute weekly through these old Lackawanna Railroad tunnels in Hoboken, but none of them ever have a chance to really take a close look at the tunnels from a speeding train. (Feb. 2012)

Uploaded on Mar 6, 2012

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Right where the Grove of Remembrance in Liberty State Park is now, once stood the Central Railroad of New Jersey Engine terminal. Manhattan looks on as if from a different world. Jersey City. 1979

Uploaded on Mar 3, 2012

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National Docks Grain Elevator and old wooden barges surrounded by a bleak but stangely peaceful setting at Black Tom in Jersey City where the lower end of Liberty State Park is now. 1952

You can almost smell the salt air and feel the absolute stillness of the moment.

Uploaded on Mar 3, 2012

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Another Now and Then view. The very end of Greene Street in Jersey City looking toward the Morris Canal, Liberty State Park, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty....BUT... it didn't always look like this. (See the link to 1975)

Just another lazy summer Sunday by the park in JC. There was a time when you didn't necessarily want to hang out here too long.

Uploaded on Feb 29, 2012

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Now and Then view. Today, it's the Liberty Harbor parking lot with plastic palm trees by the Marina bar and a great view of Manhattan... BUT... it didn't always look this way. (see below). Jersey City, New Jersey

Uploaded on Feb 28, 2012

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How it looks now (with a link to 1951). The Pennsylvania Railroad's Harsimus Stem Embankment which people are trying to save as a linear park. No more railroad tracks, but a real forest! Looking west at 6th Street. Jersey City.

Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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The Pennsylvania Railroad's Harsimus Stem Embankment which people are now trying to save as a linear park looked mercilessly bleak in 1951. Looking west at 6th Street. Jersey City.

If you're curious how this scene looks today, (what a difference!) here's the link: www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/692 9703675/

Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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1940s cars hurry to Manhattan on top of the elevated viaduct leading to the Holland Tunnel with a Public Service trolley bridge overhead at Central Avenue. Jersey City. 1952

Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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A large coal powered Central RR of New Jersey railroad turntable once stood between Monitor Street, Maple Street and Communipaw Avenue right where the Liberty Science Center parking lot is now. Jersey City. 1883

Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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Aerial view of the Pennsylvania Railroad connection to its terminal and ferries on the Hudson River at Exchange Place in Jersey City. The Colgate plant at right. 1960

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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A little bit of the old Jersey City lives on at the end of the Morris Canal even as the rest of the world changes around it. Where vintage tugboats and red cranes go to die. Feb 2012

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

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Now and Then view: The viaduct for westbound traffic from the Holland Tunnel as it looks now with dumbed-down signs, and the Emerson Radio factory an abandoned relic. The art deco signpost is still the same, although the I-beam is now rusty. Jersey City

No more cool neon road signs like in the 1953 view.

Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012

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Weedy ruins of the Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal from 1913 graced by the elegant modernist forms of the World Trade Center. Jersey City. 1977

Uploaded on Feb 17, 2012

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Colgate Clock on top of the Colgate plant in Jersey City. At night it would glow with hundreds of light bulbs. A giant toothpaste tube stood to its right with a striped cap. This shows the very beginning of the factory's demolition in 1988.

Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012

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Erie Lackawanna train yards and float bridges in Pavonia. Yes, Newport residents, your neighborhood once looked like this. Jersey City, New Jersey. Jan. 1961

Uploaded on Feb 15, 2012

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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.

Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012

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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. 1883

Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012

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Daily 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. 1883

Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012

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Thousands of people commute weekly through these old Lackawanna Railroad tunnels in Hoboken, but none of them ever have a chance to really take a close look at the tunnels from a speeding train. (Feb. 2012)

Right where the Grove of Remembrance in Liberty State Park is now, once stood the Central Railroad of New Jersey Engine terminal. Manhattan looks on as if from a different world. Jersey City. 1979

National Docks Grain Elevator and old wooden barges surrounded by a bleak but stangely peaceful setting at Black Tom in Jersey City where the lower end of Liberty State Park is now. 1952

Another Now and Then view. The very end of Greene Street in Jersey City looking toward the Morris Canal, Liberty State Park, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty....BUT... it didn't always look like this. (See the link to 1975)

Now and Then view. Today, it's the Liberty Harbor parking lot with plastic palm trees by the Marina bar and a great view of Manhattan... BUT... it didn't always look this way. (see below). Jersey City, New Jersey

How it looks now (with a link to 1951). The Pennsylvania Railroad's Harsimus Stem Embankment which people are trying to save as a linear park. No more railroad tracks, but a real forest! Looking west at 6th Street. Jersey City.

The Pennsylvania Railroad's Harsimus Stem Embankment which people are now trying to save as a linear park looked mercilessly bleak in 1951. Looking west at 6th Street. Jersey City.

1940s cars hurry to Manhattan on top of the elevated viaduct leading to the Holland Tunnel with a Public Service trolley bridge overhead at Central Avenue. Jersey City. 1952

A large coal powered Central RR of New Jersey railroad turntable once stood between Monitor Street, Maple Street and Communipaw Avenue right where the Liberty Science Center parking lot is now. Jersey City. 1883

Aerial view of the Pennsylvania Railroad connection to its terminal and ferries on the Hudson River at Exchange Place in Jersey City. The Colgate plant at right. 1960

A little bit of the old Jersey City lives on at the end of the Morris Canal even as the rest of the world changes around it. Where vintage tugboats and red cranes go to die. Feb 2012

Now and Then view: The viaduct for westbound traffic from the Holland Tunnel as it looks now with dumbed-down signs, and the Emerson Radio factory an abandoned relic. The art deco signpost is still the same, although the I-beam is now rusty. Jersey City

Weedy ruins of the Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal from 1913 graced by the elegant modernist forms of the World Trade Center. Jersey City. 1977

Colgate Clock on top of the Colgate plant in Jersey City. At night it would glow with hundreds of light bulbs. A giant toothpaste tube stood to its right with a striped cap. This shows the very beginning of the factory's demolition in 1988.

Erie Lackawanna train yards and float bridges in Pavonia. Yes, Newport residents, your neighborhood once looked like this. Jersey City, New Jersey. Jan. 1961

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.

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. 1883

Daily 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. 1883

How it looks today.

Milford and Woodmont...

Various and Sundry

Statue of Liberty

Liberty State Park

New York City

Jersey City