Sidetracked in Harrison: Stadium and Bridge

Harrison, NJ - Peter - Monday, May 18th, 2009 : goo

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Just east of Newark, across the Passaic River likes the first east-bound stop on the PATH,
Harrison, New Jersey. The Port Authority Police were of course none too pleased to have me
toting a camera on their otherwise very boring platform, so I was quickly dispatched to street-level
by a sympathetic officer who took me as "just another railfan", and sent me on my way.

The Harrison PATH Station

Established in 1840. Apparently, they also have a Lions Club and the Knights of Columbus

They've been rather aggressively and systematically demolishing all of the giant, old brick
warehouses that lined the PATH/NJ Transit/Amtrak tracks. Apparently, this is because they needed
to build a new stadium in Harrison... despite having the Meadowlands Sports Complex nearby,
as well as being literally steps from Newark's Prudential Center. I heard that this is going to be
a professional soccer stadium, and that the design was somehow derived from some of the stadiums
designed for Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympics

The PSEG brownfield by the Passaic. Those rods on the pallet in the right foreground are streetlamps.

And a hint about why the brownfield is there. Former Harrison Gas Plant Remediation Project...
www.pseg.com

The Jackson Street Bridge, which connects Harrison to the Ironbound section of Newark.

A quick back-lit view of downtown Newark from the Jackson Street Bridge, spanning the Passaic River.

More bridge porn

Nowhere, NJ... the perfect place for giant graf

Another gratuitous stadium-construction photo. Just as I snapped it, a Coast Guard work-boat
darted into the frame. I usually see these guys out there up and down the river, doing something on
barge platforms as I'm commuting by on the PATH train.

This guy's truck had US Government license plates. I asked what he was doing and he replied
"You know, just some GPS shit" and then tried to ignore me taking photos of him.

I always love how bridge-pilings like this always resemble barges in the river.

A few of the remaining warehouses are posted in the Warehouses South of the PATH Station post

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Harrison, NJ

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