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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![Meadowlands Pulaski Skyway with Cemetery In Memory of Jimmy Hoffa](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/Meadowlands-Pulaski-Skyway-with-Cemetery.jpg?w=946&h=731&ssl=1)
In Memory of Jimmy Hoffa
![Industrial Zone Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf015-1uqzhsm.jpg?w=566&h=434&ssl=1)
Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands
![meadowlands 4 Jersey City Factories](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-4-10gbdgz.jpg?w=376&h=216&ssl=1)
Jersey City Factories
![meadowlands 3 NJ Meadowlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-3-1uxslj3.jpg?w=376&h=214&ssl=1)
NJ Meadowlands
![meadowlands 1 Power Generators](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-1-2fjgw46.jpg?w=343&h=197&ssl=1)
Power Generators
![Old Industry Old drawbridge at Port Newark](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf010-1aqketq.jpg?w=343&h=260&ssl=1)
Old drawbridge at Port Newark
![Buried Secrets Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf011-1fwlppy.jpg?w=599&h=461&ssl=1)
Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river
![meadowlands 7 meadowlands 7](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-7-1gdefda.jpg?w=524&h=303&ssl=1)
![meadowlands 11 Factory Yard](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-11-1nrtdz6.jpg?w=418&h=303&ssl=1)
Factory Yard
![City in Autumn City in autumn](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf007-z9r57d.jpg?w=471&h=362&ssl=1)
City in autumn
![Industrial Beachhead Industial beachhead at Port Newark](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf004-1gx9teb.jpg?w=471&h=362&ssl=1)
Industial beachhead at Port Newark
![The Journey NJ Meadowlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/03/The-Journey-1y06vl8.jpg?w=402&h=310&ssl=1)
NJ Meadowlands
![Premonition of a City Premonition of a city on the Passaic River](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf008-1ze54zj.jpg?w=402&h=310&ssl=1)
Premonition of a city on the Passaic River
![Sunset on the Passaic Sunset on the Passaic River](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf000-1uxos02.jpg?w=402&h=309&ssl=1)
Sunset on the Passaic River
![meadowlands 8 Overhead Power Lines](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-8-2ge1m2r.jpg?w=540&h=937&ssl=1)
Overhead Power Lines
![meadowlands 9 Power Generators](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-9-2b80ebg.jpg?w=340&h=194&ssl=1)
Power Generators
![Meadowlands New Jersey Meadowlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf022-1xzwbih.jpg?w=340&h=262&ssl=1)
New Jersey Meadowlands
![Corporate Christmas Shell Oil monopoly](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/03/Corporate-Christmas-rstdwx.jpg?w=602&h=460&ssl=1)
Shell Oil monopoly
![12-24-14 tire yard in port newark Port Newark tire yard](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/12-24-14-tire-yard-in-port-newark.jpg?w=609&h=450&ssl=1)
Port Newark tire yard
![meadowlands 5 Hackensack River](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-5-saw2n9.jpg?w=333&h=190&ssl=1)
Hackensack River
![After Hours After hours in Port Newark](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2013/09/2014_02_22_22_59_54.pdf002-2ekeazz.jpg?w=333&h=256&ssl=1)
After hours in Port Newark
![meadowlands 10 meadowlands 10](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-10-241eg0e.jpg?w=415&h=299&ssl=1)
![meadowlands 2 Hackensack River](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-2-1vqiaff.jpg?w=527&h=299&ssl=1)
Hackensack River
![meadowlands 6 Railroad Station](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/08/meadowlands-6-1b2deor.jpg?w=946&h=537&ssl=1)
Railroad Station