Sidetracked in Harrison: Warehouses North of the PATH Station

Harrison, NJ - Peter - Friday, May 22nd, 2009 : goo

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The third post in this Sidetracked in Harrison series, these photos cover the structures and
warehouses immediately to the north of the Harison, NJ tracks of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson
(PATH) commuter light rail

The pink region on the map is a quick overview of this area. And again, here's
an overview map of Harrison, for context

First, we begin in Newark, NJ and walk directly east into East Newark, NJ across the
Bridge Street Bridge (Newark), and straight to the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 80

The view south... a sliver of Newark's skyline, as well as the drawbridge that allows
the PATH, NJ Transit and Amtrak rail services to cross the Passaic River

The Newark skyline to the west, across the river

Just to the north of the Bridge Street Bridge are the NJ Transit and Interstate 280 (New Jersey)
bridge crossings

I hung a right on S. 1st Street and headed south into Harrison, where a scattered string of warehouses,
workshops, abandoned spaces and brownfields melt into condominiums and tons of new construction,
which is mostly parking for the stadium as well as modernized infrastructure to support it

On the other side of the river, in Newark, is the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. I've been
to a few shows there, and the space is really amazing, both visually and acoustically. Given the size of the
venue and its proximity to so many public transit options, its sad that they don'f offer more variety in their
programming. www.njpac.org

Now we arrive in Harrison proper

Not 50 feet from the above abandoned factory building are these new townhouses. You can't really
see it in this resized photo, but that sign on the office-trailer at the right says "Waterfront townhomes
in a vibrant urban village". Given the people I saw there, and their cars, I would imagine that these
homes were built to appeal to the drones that work 18 hour days across the river in the vast corporate
and financial towers in Downtown Newark

Municipal Garage

Overhauling a tractor trailer rig at a loading dock

Burlington Street

In the foreground is new commuter/stadium parking. In the background, a double-decker NJ Transit
commuter train slips through the Harrison PATH Station, NYC-bound

What remains of the old parking areas, which are currently being reconfigured. It appears they're
building a parking building nearby, and if the size of the foundation they're pouring is any indication,
it's going to be really tall

A Newark-bound PATH train heads up onto the ramp that leads to the bridge

The string of abandoned warehouses that run directly parallel to the train tracks start here

A westbound Amtrak train passes in front of one of the warehouses covered in this post

There's some really great graffiti in the area, too. Here's a piece by Savior

SGod

A dissed Faro ADHD

The deeper you get, the better the graf gets

Rime MSK

Ceaze MSK

Draft & Saper above the abandoned loading-area

The warehouses from atop the elevated transit railbed

I'm always a sucker for the overhead lines of the catenary wires

Heading back to the PATH station to go home, I passed a few in-use buildings, of course.
Here is Harrison Equipment and Industrial Supplies www.harrisonindustrial.com

And the gaping maw of the PATH station takes me home... or, closer to home, as it were

Part of the Sidetracked in Harrison series
Harrison, NJ

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