I got to visit Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey on Monday. I had to go up to Newark to pick up my daughter who was returning from a student exchange in Germany. The park is centered around the old CNJ ferry terminal, where passengers bound for NYC would get off the trains here in the train shed...which is massive... and board ferry boats to cross the Hudson River into The City. Parts of the building are nicely restored... and inside is a moving display about the events of 9/11... this is right across the river from Ground Zero, where the flag shown was recovered from the rubble. The train shed, however, has been left pretty much to nature. I'm not sure if there's a plan to do anything back there, but it will sure cost a bundle to clean it all up! The lighted platform signs are a nice touch, but with the overgrowth and decay in the background, it makes for rather a ghostly scene... And of course, you can't have a train station museum without a stuffed and mounted caboose. Not sure what the lineage of this one is. If anyone knows, please add a comment to my gallery.
Liberty State Park, CNJ Terminal at Jersey City
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Posted - December 18 2008 : 10:38:48 AM
