The New Jersey Meadowlands, nestled between New York City and Newark, is a strange sort of in-between zone. It belongs neither to nature nor to man. The grasslands and birds of nature are abundant. So, too, are the derelict factories and warehouses. The unwanted detritus of civilization is cast off into the Meadowlands, ranging from garbage piles to noxious-smelling industries.
Millions of commuters to and from the suburbs to New York City pass through this region of indeterminate identity. Many look out the windows of passing trains, planes, and cars. Yet few care to observe the lapping tides and bizarre beauty of this unwanted strip of land. These views show various scenes from my daily train ride through the Meadowlands between Newark Broad Street and Hoboken Terminal.
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In Memory of Jimmy Hoffa

After hours in Port Newark

NJ Meadowlands

Power Generators

Overhead Power Lines

Old drawbridge at Port Newark

Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands

Jersey City Factories

Shell Oil monopoly

New Jersey Meadowlands

Sunset on the Passaic River

Factory Yard

City in autumn


Premonition of a city on the Passaic River


Hackensack River

NJ Meadowlands

Port Newark tire yard

Power Generators

Railroad Station

Hackensack River

Industial beachhead at Port Newark

Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river