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

Overhead Power Lines

Port Newark tire yard

Factory Yard

Old drawbridge at Port Newark

Premonition of a city on the Passaic River

Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river

City in autumn

Shell Oil monopoly

New Jersey Meadowlands

Railroad Station


Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands

Power Generators

NJ Meadowlands

Hackensack River

Industial beachhead at Port Newark

Power Generators


Hackensack River

Sunset on the Passaic River

Jersey City Factories

NJ Meadowlands

After hours in Port Newark