Posted on 08/30/2004 7:27:40 PM PDT by Lorianne
Three decades ago, the Jersey City waterfront was a wasteland of abandoned rail yards and decaying brownstones, the worst of which were heroin shooting galleries.
Four waves of development later, the downtown historic districts boast some of the nicest brownstone blocks in the Garden State, wholly restored beauties that once couldn't be given away for $7,500 but now sell for up to $1 million. The waterfront has seen so much growth that Jersey City now has more office space than Denver, Cleveland or Kansas City, and young families are starting to rethink flight to the suburbs.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
Two words: Brett Schundler. It's a shame that the CORRUPT American is New Jersey's governor, not him. I blame it on the RINOs.
They don't even mention him. What a disgrace of a newspaper.
Think this'll help encourage more East Coasters to stay there, instead of evacuating and buggering up all the good states?
I noticed that, too. No mention of Brett --- the force behind Jersey City's turn around.
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