Showing 10 of total 70 videos on tvjerseyLast days of the Steel Pierlength: 1:44 Source: Youtube Author: tvjersey
Once the Nation's Showplace, the Atlantic City Steel Pier is literally on its last legs, after more than 100 years of operation. The big acts are long gone, and after this summer, even the amusement park will be gone due to casino redevelopment.tags: tvjersey star-ledger new jersey atlantic city steel pier amusement park casino development ocean jumping horse Newark Walking Tour 1: Historylength: 4:19 Source: Youtube Author: tvjersey
Built to handle herds of livestock on their way to market, Broad Street has proved wide enough to sustain three centuries of growth. The city's Puritan founders shoved other religions to the periphery for decades, dictating who could worship on Broad Street. Yet they also were foresighted enough to anchor the town at either end with parkland. (Slideshow by Scott Lituchy)Newark Walking Tour 2: Ironboundlength: 5:23 Source: Youtube Author: tvjersey
In the Ironbound, new immigrants come to grow and prosper, then leave after several generations. Neighborhoods that used to have Irish, German, Italian, and Polish residents now feature Portuguese, Brazilians and Ecuadorians. With the passage of each group, the Ironbound continues its long ascent from "the wrong.... moreZero Gravitylength: 1:34 Source: Youtube Author: tvjersey
The Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery program is designed to inspire students to pursue science and technical careers by inspiring their teachers first. Practicing classroom middle school teachers and future middle school teachers have the opportunity to participate in hands-on science.... moreThe USS Intrepid arrives in Manhattanlength: 2:12 Source: Youtube Author: tvjersey
After almost two years of renovation, the USS Intrepid traveled from Staten Island to her home berth in Manhattan to reopen as a floating museum. The Intrepid served from WWII to 1974 and opened in 1982 as a museum. It will reopen to the public on Nov. 8.tags: tvjersey star ledger new jersey nj uss intrepid manhattan aircraft carrier museum renovation WWII Newark Walking Tour 3: Branch Brook Park and Forest Hilllength: 4:50 Source: Youtube Author: tvjersey
Newark's strength as a center of industry made it prosperous - but also crowded, noisy and dirty. By the closing decades of the 1800s, residents yearned for a place to which they could escape. They found it on the city's northern end: Branch Brook Park, and the Forest Hill neighborhood. (Slideshow by Scott Lituchy)Newark Walking Tour 4: Art Scenelength: 4:45 Source: Youtube Author: tvjersey |