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  :wink2:

 

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_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LightRailTicketsTo&DP=0

 

 

 

nice new terminal

http://www.nywaterway.com/PortImperialWeehawkenTerminal.aspx

 

flashback -- the 1914 ferry terminal was surrounded by industry and had a trolley loop

 

santacon!  :laugh:  + those steps  :-P

http://nycsantacon.com/

 

 

new construction between the ferry terminal & light rail station  :clap:

 

 

 

 

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)  :clap:

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?!  :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an excellent satellite dish salesperson!  :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)?  :wink:

it closed in 1981 and is a korean hudson presbyterian church now

 

…i opened up my eyes and saw the sign…sorry!  :-D

 

 

 

 

you can see these spires from manhattan

 

historic view from 1881

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

financial

 

jc

 

 

troy oh boy!  :-o

TROY TOWERS - FILM I: PARTHENON ON THE PALISADES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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…!  :laugh:

 

path train home

 

 

That whole "Gold Coast" area is some of the most comfortable "density" in this country.

Incredible tour -- thanks. I was there 20 years ago, but for some inexplicable reason did not have my camera.

Hey Awesome pics you have posted. I really like the all pics  and yes the pics shows that you had a great trip .

 

 

"I saw the sign. I hope you like the thread." ha ha ha ha ha

Thanks for posting.

thx - since someone revived this thread, here is something else interesting about weehawken:

 

 

 

The Weehawken Viaduct and elevators being demolished (Source: "End of a Big Viaduct" (New York Tribune, Monday, March 5, 1900)).

The North Hudson County Railway had another elevated structure to connect the Weehawken ferry terminal with the Pallisades and the Guttenburg racetrack. Three large elevators carried passengers from the ferry terminal up to the viaduct. Blue noses shut down the racktrack. The company abandoned the elevators and the viaduct and replaced them with a snaking trolley line up the Pallisades. Read about the viaduct being demolished in 1900.

 

hoboken had one too.