The Harsimus Stem Embankment, also known ad the Sixth Street Embankment, is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, now abandoned and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of Jersey City's historic downtown. It runs along the south side of Sixth Street, west from Marin Boulevard to Brunswick Street and is the border between the Harsimus and Hamilton Park neighborhoods. The portion west of Brunswick Street was previously demolished.
A local citizens' movement is lobbying local governments, chiefly Hudson County and the city of Jersey City, to acquire the land and convert the Embankment to a public park. The developer who owns the land that the Embankment sits on is opposed.
This elevated stone structure once carried seven Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to the Hudson River, where they met ferries to Manhattan at the Exchange Place Terminal. The Embankment is listed on the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places, is eligible for the National Register, and is a Jersey City municipal landmark.[1]
See also
References
- ^ New Jersey Register ID #131 "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. January 8, 2009. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/hudson.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
External links
- Harsimus Stem Embankment Preservation Coalition
- "6th Street Embankment". http://www.jclandmarks.org/6thStreetEmbankment.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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- Conservation Resources Inc
This article was adapted from the BusyTonight article Harsimus Stem Embankment on June 25, 2007 under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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