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Jun 4, 2020 · Jersey City Hall was designed by Lewis H. Broome, who is considered one of NJ’s best architects. Photo via City of Jersey City. A project to restore Downtown’s historic City Hall revealed some interesting history last month and work is currently underway at the property to make the building safer amid COVID-19 and bring some long vacant space back into use.
Mar 16, 2023 · The City Hall of Jersey City is an elaborate granite and marble structure of mixed-Victorian and Classical architecture. It was designed by the architect Lewis H. Broome (1849-1927) and completed in 1896. A park-like setting and landscaping around the building, similar to that of the City Hall of New York, was planned for the city's second city ...
Not much historic information is available about the history of Jersey City’s 1897 City Hall. The original building, by architect Louis Henry Broome, met with a lot of criticism primarily because its design was to overworked and lacked a cohesive vocabulary. Beginning in the mid 1970’s, the City Hall benefited from the interest in preservation […]
May 4, 2020 · Jersey City’s City Hall was designed by Lewis H. Broome, city architect from 1880 until 1884 and future state architect of New Jersey. He entered a contest for the commission and his striking neoclassical design won. The cornerstone was laid on May 26th, 1894, and the mayor moved in to the new city hall in January 1896.
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What we now know is that Jersey City was originally inhabited by the Lenape, a collection of tribes (later called Delaware Indian). In 1609, Henry Hudson, seeking an alternate route to East Asia, anchored his small vessel at multiple points along the North River. By 1621, the Dutch West India Company was organized to manage this new territory and i...
During the American Revolutionary War, the area was in the hands of the British who controlled New York. In the Battle of Paulus Hook, Major General Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee attacked a British fortification on August 19, 1779. After this war, Alexander Hamilton and other prominent New Yorkers and New Jerseyeans attempted to develop the area th...
During the 19th century, former slaves reached Jersey City on one of the four routes of the Underground Railroad that led here. Jersey City was the last “station” on the route through New Jersey. Some escaped slaves traveled to Newark and used the Belleville Turnpike to get to Jersey City. From Five Corners (Newark and Summit Avenues), they were dr...
Today, the United States is still the land of opportunity. Jersey City represents the “Golden Door” to that opportunity. In 1994, 10 major firms relocated to Jersey City, bringing in more than 6,000 jobs. Many of them based their decision to relocate on the successful track record of the 1980’s which witnessed a renaissance in Jersey City. Nearly 3...
The Division of Architecture oversees city-owned parks and municipal building construction projects. Architecture has overseen project design, procurement, public bidding, construction documentation and project management of various City projects, including the Municipal Services Complex (LEED Platinum), the New West District Police Precinct ...
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Since Mayor Fulop took office in 2013, Jersey City residents have seen stable taxes four years in a row, alongside the expansion of public safety, affordable housing, public education, social programs, preservation of historic neighborhoods, and parks and open space development, among many other accomplishments.
