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
New Jersey Meadowlands
Jersey City Factories
Shell Oil monopoly
City in autumn
Port Newark tire yard
Old drawbridge at Port Newark
Power Generators
Industial beachhead at Port Newark
Hackensack River
Factory Yard
Power Generators
Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river
After hours in Port Newark
NJ Meadowlands
NJ Meadowlands
Sunset on the Passaic River
Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands
Premonition of a city on the Passaic River
Overhead Power Lines
Railroad Station
Hackensack River
Left to right: Broad Street Station, Polhemus House, YWCA Building, Newark Museum, Ballantine House,
A Goliath made of corporate logos fights a tiny David dressed as Uncle Sam.
