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Atop embankment at eastern end Retaining wall Stone support pier of viaduct which carried the line westward to what is now Journal Square. The Harsimus Stem Embankment, also called Sixth Street Embankment, is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, disused and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of the historic downtown of Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States.
This is a list of newspapers in New Jersey. There were, as of 2020, over 300 newspapers in print in New Jersey. Historically, there have been almost 2,000 newspapers published in New Jersey. [1] The Constitutional Courant, founded in 1765 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, is the earliest known New Jersey newspaper. [2]
Harsimus (also known as Harsimus Cove) is a neighborhood within Downtown Jersey City, Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The neighborhood stretches from the Harsimus Stem Embankment (the Sixth Street Embankment) on the north to Christopher Columbus Drive on the south between Coles Street and Grove Street [3] or more broadly, to Marin Boulevard.
In Jersey City, four cemeteries, namely Saint Peters', Holy Name, Jersey City, and New York Bay all provide the surrounding areas with long vistas and green open spaces as well. [2] Finally, several burial grounds exist in Hudson County, some of which date back into colonial times are lost and possibly removed or built over. [5]
Holy Name Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. [2] [3] It was established in 1866 and at the end of calendar year 2002 has accepted 264,984 burials. The cemetery parcel is 63 acres (250,000 m 2) and all but 0.3 acres (1,200 m 2) has been developed and sold for ...
Jim McGreevey (born 1957), 52nd Governor of New Jersey (B) [183] John Gerald Milton (1881–1977), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate in 1938 (B) [184] A. Harry Moore (1877–1952), 39th Governor of New Jersey who was elected to serve three separate non-consecutive terms and also served in the U.S. Senate (B) [185]
Various projects have been proposed for the abandoned track bed: for a four-lane or six-lane highway that would connect the New Jersey Turnpike and U.S. Route 1/9 bypassing traffic headed along New Jersey Route 139 for the Holland Tunnel, [4] extension of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail, or in conjunction with the Harsimus Stem Embankment, a recreational greenway.
The Jersey Journal was a daily newspaper, published from Monday through Saturday, covering news and events throughout Hudson County, New Jersey. The Journal is a sister paper to The Star-Ledger of Newark, The Times of Trenton and the Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by Advance Publications, which bought the paper in 1945. The ...