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

Power Generators

City in autumn

Shell Oil monopoly


Hackensack River

Old drawbridge at Port Newark

Premonition of a city on the Passaic River

Jersey City Factories

New Jersey Meadowlands

Overhead Power Lines

NJ Meadowlands

NJ Meadowlands

Industial beachhead at Port Newark

Factory Yard

Power Generators

Port Newark tire yard

After hours in Port Newark

Sunset on the Passaic River


Railroad Station

Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river

Hackensack River

Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands