DescriptionJournal Square serves as one of the major transportation hubs in Jersey City and was once its commercial heart. Similar to Times Square in New York, Journal Square was named after a daily newspaper,...
DescriptionThe Passaic River runs approximately 90 miles from its source near Mendham (Morris County) to its delta in Harrison where it joins with the Hackensack River and empties into Newark Bay. As shown in...
DescriptionShifman Brothers is a bedding manufacturer established in Newark in 1893. The company moved to the location depicted in the photograph (One Mott Street) in 1918.
DescriptionThe Hudson County Courthouse, designed by architect Hugh Roberts, was built in 1910. Its design is Renaissance Revival with a copper cupola that supports a victory torch crowning the structure. The...
DescriptionThe Jersey Journal is the primary daily newspaper serving New Jersey's Hudson County. Its main offices (shown here) are located at 30 Journal Square. The newspaper began publication in 1867 and...
DescriptionThe Hudson County Boulevard Bridge crosses over the rail lines of the PATH trains in Journal Square. The bridge was constructed from 1924 to 1926. Hudson County Boulevard has since been renamed John...
DescriptionThe Sevilla is an apartment building on the southern edge of Journal Square. With a Spanish architectural influence it is one of many classic styled multi-family residential buildings in the area. It...
DescriptionThe Second Reformed Dutch Church, located on the corner of Ferry and McWhorster Streets, was built in 1848. Designed by architect William Kirk the Catholic Church eventually assumed control of the...
