weehawken, nj
less than a square mile, one of america’s densest cities, with wildly divergent neighborhoods due to the palisades cliffs + being cut up by the lincoln tunnel, this is weehawken, nj…with a ‘lil bit ’o union city & north hoboken thrown in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weehawken,_New_Jersey
*also thx to:
http://www.weehawkenhistory.org/
take a ferry ride over
as seen from manhattan below w42nd st & the weehawken ferry ride
lincoln tunnel vent nj side
gutenburg, nj -- only 4 blocks wide and america’s population density king, is to the north,
but none of these just over the hudson nj cities are any density sloutch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttenberg,_New_Jersey
hudson-bergen port imperial light rail station
& steps up the palisades cliffs (not as bad as it looks)
http://www.njtransit.com/ti/ti_servl...TicketsTo&DP=0
nice new terminal
http://www.nywaterway.com/PortImperi...nTerminal.aspx
flashback -- the 1914 ferry terminal was surrounded by industry and had a trolley loop
santacon!
+ those steps
http://nycsantacon.com/
new construction between the ferry terminal & light rail station
up in town
rare in weehawken -- something new on the old blocks
technically this side of the street is union city
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_City,_New_Jersey
iconic weehawken water tower (1883)
http://rogershepherd.com/WIW/solution11/wwt.html
note the architect also designed the jefferson market courthouse library in greenwich village
not too much has changed since 1908
lincoln tunnel (1937)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Tunnel
underneath the tunnel approach
the helix -- 1965
west jersey bridge aka the bridge that never was -- circa 1930
and this one is the victory bridge proposal -- circa 1920
a cornice and a…giraffe?!
an excellent satellite dish salesperson!
24th st reservoir
you cannot get near it, its like triple fenced off
no one will mind a union city detour to see st. michael’s will they (1869)?
it closed in 1981 and is a korean hudson presbyterian church now
…i opened up my eyes and saw the sign…sorry!
you can see these spires from manhattan
historic view from 1881
financial
jc
troy oh boy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWCZMw-PNF8
views from mountain rd
the deck is a park + more steps
fka union city doric park, the deck is now a 9/11 firefighters memorial park --
great views, but kinda scary being up on posts -- it has a pool, playground, etc.
the old weehawken waterfront neighborhood below the palisades is called the shades
here is a view of the busy waterfront in 19 and ought 7 --
and zoinks check out midtown manhattan -- it‘s all um, quite different today!!
now looking south over hoboken below with the manhattan financial
district on the left and jersey city on the right in the distance
sheesh -- some parking space!
shippen street is the east coast version of sf’s lombard street
i hope you enjoyed the…tHe…THE…!
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