Fall/Winter 2007-2008 |
Volume XXVI Issue 3&4 |
Partnering to Protect a Jersey City Landmark
Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Branch Embankment
The Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Branch Embankment is a half-mile-long massive stone structure that for nine decades brought interstate freight into the Harsimus Yards covering the Jersey City waterfront. The Harsimus Yards were a major component of the west bank of the Hudson railhead supplying the New York region and the Port of New York and New Jersey, and thus were vital to the growth of the port. The Yards are now virtually erased by skyscrapers and big box development.
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Executive Director's Column
Ron Emrich
It’s been an amazing, challenging year for historic places, preservationists in New Jersey, and for Preservation New Jersey! The constantly changing status of endangered places makes us feel like coaster riders at Great Adventure:
• the distinguished Classical Revival-style Sears Building in Camden (10 Most Endangered 2000), once thought saved, then endangered again in 2007 by an ill-considered and state-supported redevelopment plan, had another reprieve recently
• Eerio Saarinen’s Bell Labs in Holmdel (10 Most Endangered, 2007), internationally significant for its architecture, landscape and scientific history, has been threatened by a redevelopment proposal that may, for the time being, be delayed by a buyer withdrawing their purchase offer
Both of these, and other endangered sites stories, can be found in this issue of Preservation Perspective.
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Inside PNJ
David Frizell, Esq. and Marc Coleman, Tactile Design Group
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PNJ Gala 2007
The Park Avenue Club, Florham Park
It was a beautiful autumn evening on Saturday, September 29th when Preservation New Jersey hosted the 2007 Preservation Gala at The Park Avenue Club in Florham Park.
Lead sponsorship generously donated from Schtiller & Plevy and Masonry Preservation Group, Inc. helped make the elegant fundraising event possible.
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PNJ Thanks Gala Supporters
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10 Most Endangered Sites Update
Bell Labs, United States Life-Saving Station #5, Sears Building
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Commission Corner
Citizens Group Wins Seven-Year Struggle to Protect Plainfield Historic District
Members of Plainfield’s Van Wyck Brooks Historic District are celebrating their victory in a zoning case with broad implications for historic preservation in New Jersey.
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PNJ Members
We would like to thank our members for their support
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