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Liberty State Park: With Dollar Signs in Their Eyes
For 43 years, developers have floated proposals for commercial exploitation of Liberty State Park ranging from luxury condos to a Formula One racetrack.. Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Brendan Byrne, Chris Christie, CRRNJ, developers, Ellis Island, Jersey City, Liberty State Park, Manhattan skyline, New Jersey, parks, public lands, Statue of Liberty, travel
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Liberty State Park: Nature Reclaimed
A park crafted from an industrial wasteland. Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged CRRNJ, Ellis Island, ferries, Jersey City, Liberty State Park, Manhattan, New Jersey, railroads, state parks, Statue of Liberty
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Homies with Grammys
From the Grammy Museum Experience in Newark. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Count Basie, Dionne Warwick, Frank Sinatra, Grammy Museum Experience, Grammys, jazz, museum, museums, music, New Jersey, Newark
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Guns in America: Smart Guns and the Folks Who Keep ‘Em Dumb
The NRA has fought against every attempt to research, manufacture or sell a smart gun
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Posted in guns
Tagged gun control, gun lobby, gun violence, guns, location gun, LodeStar, Loretta Weinberg, New Jersey, NRA, smart gun
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‘Put your make up on, fix your hair up pretty, and meet me tonight in Atlantic City’
A virtual tour of America’s oldest boardwalk Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Atlantic City, beaches, boardwalk, Boardwalk Hall, Bruce Springsteen, casinos, Jersey shore, New Jersey, resorts, Steel Pier, travel
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TILT! The History of Pinball
With photos from Asbury Park’s Silverball Museum. Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized
Tagged amusements, Asbury Park, Bally's, boardwalk, Fiorello LaGuardia, Gottlieb, Jersey shore, New Jersey, pinball, Silverball Museum, Williams
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Housing Policy and Segregation: New Jersey, a Case Study
40+ years after the landmark Mt. Laurel ruling, New Jersey remains a segregated state.
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Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged affordable housing, courts, Fair Housing Act, housing, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, segregation
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Headless Art and Scary Stuff from Asia
A walk through the Newark Museum Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, Asian art, museums, New Jersey, Newark, Newark Museum, sculpture, travel
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On the 50th Anniversary of a Summer of Urban Warfare in America
Are we really better off now than we were 50 years ago? Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 1967, cities, Detroit, film, Michigna, movie reviews, New Jersey, Newark, racism, Revolution '67, urban affairs, urban riots
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