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Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Atlantic City is a resort city in New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk and beach. In 2010, it had a population of 39,558, incorporated on May 1,1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township, the city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City, West Atlantic City and the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic City inspired the American version of the board game Monopoly, especially the street names, since 1921, Atlantic City has been the home of the Miss America pageant. Because of its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, Atlantic City was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a resort town. In 1853, the first commercial hotel, the Belloe House, was built at the intersection of Massachusetts, the city was incorporated in 1854, the same year in which the Camden and Atlantic Railroad train service began. Built on the edge of the bay, this served as the link of this remote parcel of land with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That same year, construction of the Absecon Lighthouse, designed by George Meade of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, was approved, by 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to Atlantic City by rail. In Boardwalk Empire, The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, the hotel was owned by the railroad. It was a sprawling, four-story structure built to house 2,000 guests and it opened while it was still under construction, with only one wing standing, and even that wasnt completed. By years end, when it was constructed, the United States Hotel was not only the first hotel in Atlantic City. Its rooms totaled more than 600, and its grounds covered some 14 acres, the first boardwalk was built in 1870 along a portion of the beach in an effort to help hotel owners keep sand out of their lobbies. Businesses were restricted and the boardwalk was removed each year at the end of the peak season, because of its effectiveness and popularity, the boardwalk was expanded in length and width, and modified several times in subsequent years. The historic length of the boardwalk, before the destructive 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane, was about 7 miles and it extended from Atlantic City to Longport, through Ventnor, the first road connecting the city to the mainland at Pleasantville was completed in 1870 and charged a 30-cent toll. Albany Avenue was the first road to the mainland available without a toll, by 1878, because of the growing popularity of the city, one railroad line could no longer keep up with demand. Soon, the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway was also constructed to transport tourists to Atlantic City, at this point massive hotels like The United States and Surf House, as well as smaller rooming houses, had sprung up all over town. The United States Hotel took up a city block between Atlantic, Pacific, Delaware, and Maryland Avenues. These hotels were not only impressive in size, but featured the most updated amenities, in the early part of the 20th century, Atlantic City went through a radical building boom. Many of the modest boarding houses dotted the boardwalk were replaced with large hotels
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Bayonne Bridge
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The Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge spanning the Kill Van Kull connecting Bayonne, New Jersey with Staten Island, New York City. It carries NY440 and NJ440, the Bayonne Bridge is the fifth-longest steel arch bridge in the world, and was the longest in the world at the time of its completion. Starting in 2013, there has been a project to raise the roadbed from its old height of 155 feet to a new height of 215 feet above mean high waters. This provides increased clearance for shipping to accommodate neo-Panamax ships, a new roadway, completed in November 2016, spans the length of the bridge, and opened to traffic on February 20,2017. The new navigational clearance is expected to be achieved in late 2017, the original roadway carries two lanes of motor traffic in each direction, as well as a walkway that is temporarily closed for reconstruction. The roadway deck could accommodate an expansion for two traffic lanes or two light-rail lanes. The new roadways will each carry two lanes of motor traffic, in addition to a walkway. During construction, all traffic uses the new northbound roadway with one lane in each direction, in 1921, the Port of New York Authority was created to oversee transportation in the Port of New York and New Jersey. At the time, bridges in New York City were being built at a brisk pace, not long after, in 1928, the Port Authority opened its first two bridges between New Jersey and Staten Island, the Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing. There was plans for a bridge to Staten Island near Bayonne, New Jersey. All three bridges were built to complement the traffic from a fourth bridge or a tunnel from Staten Island to Brooklyn. This required a longer span than if the bridge had been built perpendicular to the Kill Van Kull. In particular, the Port Richmond viaduct was 2,010 feet long, the total length of the bridge is 5,780 feet with a mid-span clearance above the water of 150 feet in order to make room for the United States Navys tallest ships at the time. The arch resembles a parabola, but is made up of 40 linear segments, the design of the steel arch is influenced by the Hell Gate Bridge designed by Ammanns mentor, Gustav Lindenthal. It was the first bridge to employ the use of steel for the main arch ribs. Construction on the began in 1928. At the time, it was supposed to be open in early 1932 and was supposed to cost $16 million, the bridge had to be built without blocking shipping traffic on the Kill Van Kull. Afterward, prefabricated pieces of the support structure were hung from cables connected to the arch
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Beattystown, New Jersey
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Beattystown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Mansfield Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDPs population was 4,554, Beattystown has been listed as one of the 10 most endangered historic sites in New Jersey by Preservation New Jersey. The area is located in the region of the Lehigh Valley. Beattystown was started because of a built a man named Beatty. According to the United States Census Bureau, Beattystown had an area of 3.036 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 4,554 people,1,848 households, the population density was 1,512.3 per square mile. There were 2,091 housing units at a density of 694.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 84. 12% White,4. 94% Black or African American,0. 13% Native American,4. 79% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,3. 82% from other races, and 2. 17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14. 69% of the population,29. 0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the family size was 3.09. In the CDP, the population was out with 24. 4% under the age of 18,9. 2% from 18 to 24,30. 5% from 25 to 44,26. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37.1 years, for every 100 females there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and old there were 92.2 males, as of the 2000 United States Census there were 3,223 people,1,218 households, and 862 families residing in the CDP. There were 1,253 housing units at a density of 160. 7/km2. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91. 75% White,1. 64% African American,0. 03% Native American,1. 86% Asian,2. 64% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 6. 52% of the population. 22. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.16. In the CDP the population was out with 28. 4% under the age of 18,6. 1% from 18 to 24,36. 9% from 25 to 44,21. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 96.3 males
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Blackwells Mills, New Jersey
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Blackwells Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDPs population was 803, Blackwells Mills is on the east side of the Millstone River in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. A mill was built in 1746 by Peter Schenk and his daughter married a Mercer and the mill passed to her family. The mill was purchased by William Blackwell in 1804 with his uncle Capt. Jacob Blackwell and these men were from nearby Hopewell Township. William Blackwell built a fine Federal period house on the land across the road on the Hillsborough side, following Hurricane Floyd, the house was moved westward to higher ground. Following the death of William Blackwell in the 1850s, his son John came into possession of the mill, John Blackwell died early in life, and his widow sold the mill to Augustus VanZant in 1872. On May 31,1771 the west bank of the Millstone River became Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, the mill burned down in 1885 and was rebuilt. A major restoration was done in 1943, according to the United States Census Bureau, Blackwells Mills had a total area of 1.296 square miles, including 1.222 square miles of land and 0.074 square miles of water. As of the census of 2010, there were 803 people,238 households, the population density was 657.1 per square mile. There were 241 housing units at a density of 197.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 69. 12% White,10. 96% Black or African American,0. 12% Native American,17. 93% Asian,0. 37% Pacific Islander,0. 00% from other races, and 1. 49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4. 48% of the population,3. 8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the family size was 3.43. In the CDP, the population was out with 32. 6% under the age of 18,5. 6% from 18 to 24,23. 0% from 25 to 44,34. 4% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40.9 years, for every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and old there were 96.0 males, the Blackwells Mills Canal House, located at Blackwells Mills Road and Canal Road along the Delaware and Raritan Canal, was built c. 1830s, at the same time as the canal. It was constructed to house the tender, who would open the swing bridge when canal boats came through. It is a property of the Delaware and Raritan Canal historic district
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Blair Academy
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Blair Academy is a private, coeducational, boarding and day school for students in high school for ninth through twelfth grades. The schools campus is situated on 463 acres in Blairstown Township, in rural Warren County, New Jersey, United States, as of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 460 students and 89 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 6,1. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 454 students and 59.6 classroom teachers, blair’s academic program follows the traditional four-year college-preparatory plan. Diploma requirements are governed by college entrance requirements, and they ensure that all students graduate with an exposure to a variety of disciplines. The academic year is divided into two semesters, electives include area studies in Africa, Asian history, politics and government, computer science, environmental science, and the philosophy of religion. A full complement of courses is offered in the visual and performing arts, in addition, for every year a student attends Blair, he or she must complete 3 units of physical activity or athletics. Individual participation is encouraged in small sections, with an average class size of 11 students. Blair primarily competes in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League and its traditional mascot is the Buccaneer and the school colors are navy blue, white and grey. Blairs traditional arch-rival is The Peddie School of Hightstown, New Jersey, since 1903, Blair and Peddie have competed in football, and the rivalry constitutes New Jersey’s oldest continuous prep football competition. Each November, the two schools vie for the coveted Kelley-Potter Cup by playing against one another in a sports competition. During the days leading up to Peddie Day, spirit abounds at Blair, the campus is bedecked with banners hanging from windows, often poking fun at Peddies Falcon mascot. On Peddie Day “Eve, ” a spirited pep rally, torch procession, the Bonfire at Blair in the past has been over 80 feet tall, however fire regulations prohibit such large fires now. On Peddie Day held at Peddie in November 2013, Blair claimed the Kelly-Potter Cup for the fourth straight year, the most successful athletic program is wrestling. Under previous head wrestling coach Jeff Buxton, the team won 31 consecutive National Prep Titles and produced a number of NCAA champions, most recently, Blair has produced PAC12 Champion Evan Martin Silver. He has gone on to wrestle for Stanford University after leading as wrestling team captain at Blair, the academys wrestling team is considered one of the most successful high school wrestling program in the nation, winning 10 National Team Championships. Over the past several years, Blair has developed a respected basketball program whose alums include three active NBA players, Luol Deng, Charlie Villanueva, and Royal Ivey. Former Blair football player Dion Lewis was drafted in the 5th round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. He has received honors in 2010 such as, Sporting News Top 5 Heisman Trophy Candidate, Top 25 Overall Players, All America Team, All-Big East
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Branch Brook Park
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Branch Brook Park is a county park of Essex County, New Jersey in the United States, located in the North Ward of Newark, between the neighborhoods of Forest Hill and Roseville. A portion of the park is located within the Township of Belleville. At 360 acres, Branch Brook Park is the largest public park in the city of Newark, the park was formally created in 1895 by the newly created Essex County Parks Commission, making it the nations first county park. The area had served as an Army training ground during the American Civil War, at the time, the northern portion of the area had been a marsh known as Old Blue Jay Swamp. In 1898, a public appropriation financed the conversion of the swamp into a landscaped lake, the Morris Canal originally ran on the parks west side, until its old bed was turned into the Newark City Subway, providing access to the park from Downtown Newark. The first designs of the park, based largely on romantic themes, were proposed in 1895 and 1898. In 1900, the commission hired the Olmsted Brothers firm to redesign the park, the result was the parks current naturalistic look and feel, with acres of meadows and forests, in a manner similar to their fathers earlier designs of Central Park and Prospect Park. The park is home to many significant structures, including bridges, buildings, gates. Many of these were designed by the architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings headed by John Merven Carrère. The pair designed two Subway Bridges now referred to as Subway 1, East and Subway 2, West, the famous cherry trees were the result of a 1927 gift from Caroline Bamberger Fuld, sister of department store magnate Louis Bamberger and widow of the stores vice president. The Cherry Blossom Festival attracts approximately 10,000 visitors each April, during World War II, the parks grounds served a tent city for recruits, as well as a landing strip for airplanes of the United States Postal Service. The neighborhood on the east side of the park, Forest Hill, is Newarks most affluent, also on the east side of the park is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Basilica, one of the largest cathedrals in the United States. It has been placed on both the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Branch Brook Park is undergoing a $25 million ten-year restoration program. In 2004, the Park Avenue bridge was repaired, as were the fields in the center of the park. In 2007, a plan was created to provide for more than 5,000 cherry trees in the park and renovate, the plan uses a $650,000 grant from the Essex County Recreation and the Open Space Trust Fund from 2006 and private donations. In 2012, statues dedicated to sports figures Althea Gibson and Roberto Clemente were unveiled in the park, National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey Official site
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Bridgeport, New Jersey
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Bridgeport is an unincorporated community located within Logan Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08014, as of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08014 was 504. Bridgeport, along with Swedesboro, was one of two settlements established in New Jersey as a part of the New Sweden colony, the fort at Nya Elfsborg having been abandoned. It was originally called New Stockholm, but the name was changed at a later date. After the 2001 anthrax attacks, a facility was set up in Bridgeport for the use of a continuous wave accelerator called a Rhodotron, from the Belgian company IBA, Bridgeport lies along the Delaware River at the mouth of the Raccoon Creek. US322 enters New Jersey in Bridgeport via the Commodore Barry Bridge, Route 44 is an old alignment of US130, beginning at a point north of US322. Unsigned Route 324 is an East-West state highway completely within Bridgeport, there is a private marina and a small airfield in town, and a Penns Grove Secondary line crosses Raccoon Creek at the Conrail Railroad Bridge in Bridgeport at mile 2.0
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Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
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Bridgewater Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Bridgewater Township was originally created by Royal charter on April 4,1749 and it was incorporated as one of New Jerseys initial group of 104 townships by the New Jersey Legislature on February 21,1798, under the Township Act of 1798. During the nineteenth century, portions of the township were taken to form Warren Township, Branchburg Township, Somerville, Raritan, Bridgewater is a relatively large, suburban township located in the center of Somerset County. The area of the present Township of Bridgewater was originally purchased from a local Lenape Native American tribe, Bridgewater was chartered by George II of Great Britain in 1749, and incorporated on February 21,1798, as one of New Jerseys 104 original townships. It is named after the town of Bridgwater in the English county of Somerset, by special order of Congress, a Thirteen Star Flag is flown 24 hours a day at the Washington Camp Ground, part of the former Middlebrook encampment, in Bridgewater. Since 1889, the first hoisting of the flag is commemorated annually each July 4 with a changing of the flag, a reading of the Declaration of Independence, until the 1960s, Bridgewater was largely known as a farming community. Subsequently, Bridgewater started to receive an influx of residents who worked in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and financial industries in Bridgewater. Bridgewater is now a developed suburban community, with only a few traces of its rural past still evident in the town. Bridgewater is now Somerset Countys second-most populous municipality, after Franklin Township, according to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 32.510 square miles, including 32.037 square miles of land and 0.473 square miles of water. While much of Bridgewater has relatively flat terrain, the portion of the township is very hilly. Additionally the Second Ridge passes just north of the township border, the Raritan River and its branches and tributaries form much of Bridgewaters borders with other municipalities and a number of smaller rivers and streams run through Bridgewater. The Raritan itself runs along Bridgewaters southern border and the North Branch of the Raritan River forms the western border with Branchburg. Bradley Gardens, Finderne, Green Knoll and Martinsville are census-designated places, other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Chimney Rock, Middle Brook Heights, Milltown and Sunset Lake. Its longest borders are with Branchburg Township, Bedminster Township, Bernards Township, Warren Township, Bound Brook, Somerville and it also borders Green Brook, Middlesex, South Bound Brook, Franklin Township, Manville, and Hillsborough Township. Bridgewater Townships ZIP Code is 08807, with 08836 used in the community of Martinsville, Bridgewaters area codes are 908 and 732/848. Bridgewater lies in the division of the Raritan Valley along with Branchburg. Bridgewater contains a number of communities and sections, many of which do not have defined boundaries. They include, Bradley Gardens, Located in southwestern Bridgewater, bordered on the east by Raritan and this is one of Bridgewaters older residential areas but also includes some newer developments as well as a commercial area along Old York Road
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Califon, New Jersey
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Califon is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The town was to originally have been called California, but the name was shortened to Califon in order to fit on the welcome sign, alternatively, the name was related to a bright yellow cattle feed sold during the Gold Rush. Califon was a station on the High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the rail line was abandoned in 1976 and now serves as a Hunterdon County-administered rail trail called Columbia Trail, which runs south to High Bridge and north to points in Morris County. Though the mills were present in the area of Califon for some time prior to its incorporation as a town and it was first called California, from Jacob Neighbors enthusiasm in the milling business about the time the California Gold Rush broke out. The Borough was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature from portions of both Lebanon and Tewksbury Townships on April 2,1918, local legend has it that California became a regular stop for weekend excursion trains through the countryside. When riders bought their tickets they were issued a voucher good for an ice cream, anxious to exploit this source of outside revenue, residents petitioned the railroad to let them build a real station, which they did as a community project. Citing the local account again, two painters who came to letter the sign rode the train from Dunellen, but the background paint wasnt dry when they arrived. They sat and drank at the hotel, which burned down. By the time the sign was ready for their artistic touch, the Califon Historic District is a 164-acre historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It included 154 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and one contributing site, created through the efforts of the Califon Historical Society, Califon is a Victorian-style enclave where the houses are marked with the names of the builders and their dates of establishment rather than with street numbers. The center of Califon is the iron bridge spanning the South Branch of the Raritan River. Recently the State of New Jersey announced that the bridge would be replaced because a loaded school bus represented more weight than the bridge could safely carry. Then the empty bus, within imposed weight limits, drives across, Califon became a regional household name when frequently mentioned by Merv Griffin on his TV show during the 1970s. Califon Productions created all of his television ventures, the Hoffmans were a family of German farmers who to this day are remembered by the bridge and section south of Califon known as Hoffmans Crossing. Thomas B. Hoffman farmed land that lies just south of Califon Bridge, according to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.972 square miles, including 0.949 square miles of land and 0.023 square miles of water. Califon borders the Hunterdon County municipalities of Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, lower Valley is an unincorporated community located along the border of Califon and Lebanon Township. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,076 people,394 households, the population density was 1,133.3 per square mile. There were 419 housing units at a density of 441.3 per square mile
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Campus Club
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Campus Club was one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University. Located on the corner of Washington Road and Prospect Avenue, Campus was founded in 1900 and it was one of the eating clubs that abandoned the selective bicker process to choose members non-selectively, a status it held for over twenty years. In an attempt to restore the popularity of the club. However, due to the unpopularity of bicker among its members, facing another year of exceptionally low membership and resulting financial trouble, Campus Club closed later the same year. After undergoing renovations for over two years, Campus Club reopened on September 18,2009, as a open to all members of the Princeton community. During the 1900-1901 school year, a number of undergraduates from the now-defunct Yama, called The Incubator, the undergraduates used this house as a temporary location while they searched for a more permanent clubhouse. The club members financed the purchase of the West house through sale of approximately $45,000 of Princeton Campus Club Bonds, once the residence was acquired, the new members began using the West residence as their clubhouse. In 1909, the members of Campus Club elected to construct a new clubhouse, the new clubhouse, designed by Raleigh C. Gildersleeve, who had previously designed McCosh Hall and completed alterations to Cap, on November 24,1951, a fire broke out inside of Campus Club. The fire caused damage to the third floor, and a major renovation was required. Renovations were completed in 1953, and the club remained in state until it was acquired by the University in 2005. Clubs choice reflects our drive to exclude, remembering better days, The Campus Club of old. Campus Clubs demise reveals social problems, Campus Club asbestos deemed not dangerous. April opening set for Campus Club, official Campus Club opening delayed until next fall
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Cape May Lighthouse
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The Cape May Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in New Jersey at the tip of Cape May, in Lower Townships Cape May Point State Park. It was built in 1859 under the supervision of U. S. Army engineer William F. Raynolds, was automated in 1946 and it is the third fully documented lighthouse to be built at Cape May Point. The first was built in 1823, the second in 1847, the exact locations of the first two lighthouses are now underwater due to erosion. There are 199 steps to the top of the Lighthouse, the view from the top extends to Cape May City and Wildwood to the north, Cape May Point to the south, and, on a clear day, Cape Henlopen, Delaware, to the west. The lighthouse is owned by the state of New Jersey after ownership was transferred from the Coast Guard in 1992, the State of New Jersey leases the structure and grounds to the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities. MAC raises funds for the restoration and upkeep of the structure, MAC has installed interpretive exhibits about the lighthouses history, the lives of the former lighthouse keepers, and other maritime history of the Jersey Cape for visitors who climb. In 2013, MAC celebrated the 25th anniversary of the opening of the lighthouse to the public for climbs, from its opening in May 1988, over 2.1 million people have paid to climb to the top. Every October, the Cape May Lighthouse is a participant in the New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge, the tower is 157 feet 6 inches tall, from the ground to the towers cast iron spiral staircase. There are 217 steps from the ground to the top, with 199 steps in the towers cast iron spiral staircase, the lighthouse has two separate walls. The outside wall is cone-shaped, and is 3 feet 10 inches thick at the bottom, the inside wall is a cylinder with 8. 5-inch-thick walls which support the spiral staircase. The walls were designed to withstand winds several times above hurricane force. com
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Cape May Point State Park
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Cape May Point State Park is a 235-acre state park located in Cape May Point, New Jersey. It has walking, hiking and nature trails as well as beaches, an exhibit gallery, the park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Cape May Point State Park is considered to be one of the best places in North America to view the Fall bird migration to the south, because of this, birding is one of the most prominent activities conducted at the park. Every fall, visitors converge from across the country to witness the migration of most types of North American migratory birds in great numbers. Every year the a hawk watch is also held, in which the numbers of types of migratory birds of prey are counted during a several month period. Birds can be seen in the Park at three areas and these are the hawk watching platform, the nature and hiking trails and the beach. For the most part, birds of varieties can be seen at all of these areas year round. The park has three hiking trails, each designated by a color, all three start and end at the parking lot. The Red trail, a trail which is wheelchair accessible, is 0.5 mi long. The Yellow trail is 1.5 mi long and is part boardwalk and it begins from the red trail and has one additional birding platform. The Blue trail, closed for a time due to hurricane damage in the 1960s. It is 2.0 mi long, part of which is on the beach, list of New Jersey state parks NJ Division of Parks and Forestry, Cape May Point State Park Migrating birds along the New Jersey shore
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Chatsworth, New Jersey
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Chatsworth is an unincorporated community located within Woodland Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08019, the New Jersey Centrals Blue Comet passenger train wrecked here in 1939. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08019 was 883, the climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Chatsworth has a subtropical climate. Census 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 08019 from the United States Census Bureau
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Clarksburg, New Jersey
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Clarksburg is an unincorporated community located within Millstone Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 08510, as of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08510 was 2,128. Clarksburg is located 187 feet above sea level, Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church and Clarksburg School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise associated with Clarksburg include, J. R. Smith. Darrin Winston, Major League Baseball player who played two seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies
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Colonial Club
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Colonial Club is one of the eleven current eating clubs of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1891, it is the fifth oldest of the clubs and it is located on 40 Prospect Avenue. As the first eating club to abandon the selective bicker process and become coeducational in 1969, Colonial Club has been heralded for its progressive legacy. Colonial Club has been affiliated with over 7 Rhodes Scholars and several Valedictorians of Princeton University, among the Princetonians who were involved in the World War II code-breaking at Bletchley Park, some were allegedly from Colonial Club. And former CEO of Google, and Ted Cruz 92, U. S, Senator and candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. The club occupies a large mansion on the side of Prospect Avenue in Princeton. The building is recognizable by its four large white columns fashioned in Colonial style. The current building has served as the clubhouse for Colonial since 1906, Colonials first clubhouse was located on 306 Nassau Street and served as the clubs residence for only one year. In 1892, the moved to a house on 186 Nassau Street fashioned in the periods cottage architecture. The club subsequently moved to Prospect Avenue in 1897, taking over the old Ivy Club house and changing the exterior by adding decorative columns and this third clubhouse lasted 9 years until the current clubhouse was built, funded by the issuance of bonds to graduate members and alumni. The clubs undergraduate officers reside in the third floor. Founded in 1891 under the presidency of H. P, bert Fisher 93, the club was formed by a group of 13 Princeton University juniors, who originally called themselves the Plug and Ulster Club. After agreeing to several provisions, Colonial Club was founded and situated itself in an old Virginian, the original section consisted of several notable students including Booth Tarkington, founder of the Princeton Triangle Club. The club later was incorporated in 1896 as The Colonial Club of Princeton University. After the sinking of the Lusitania, military training became the principal activity on campus, only a few of the eating clubs remained open during this time. Colonial Club temporarily considered combining with Tiger Inn until the full membership of the clubs returned to college after the war. Almost the entire 1917 section left college to enter various branches of service, and the entirety of the 1919 section was drafted, leading to the closing of the club. Several club members perished during World War I, including John G. Agar Jr.14, Joseph M. Duff Jr.12, Gordon C. Gregory 18, surprisingly, Colonial Club enjoyed its biggest years in the thirties
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Drumthwacket
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Drumthwacket is the official residence of the governor of New Jersey. The mansion is located at 354 Stockton Street in Princeton, near the capital of Trenton. Drumthwacket and the land was sold to the state in 1966 and was designated the governors mansion in 1982. The estate is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the non-profit Drumthwacket Foundation is responsible for preserving, restoring, and curating the house and grounds. In addition to being a residence, the home is also a historic house museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, the land that it is built upon was once owned by William Penn, the Quaker proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania. William Olden acquired the property in 1696, and a small white homestead by Stockton Street called Olden House was later built on it, in 1799 Charles Smith Olden was born there. The original structure consisted of a hall with two rooms on each side, including the 2 1⁄2-story center section and large portico with six Ionic columns. In 1893, financier, industrialist, and Princeton University benefactor Moses Taylor Pyne purchased Drumthwacket for the sum of $15,000 from Oldens widow, Pyne was responsible for major expansions of the home, turning it into a magnificent estate, surpassing anything previously built in Princeton. Pynes huge wealth allowed him to add two wings on each side of the house, in 1893 and 1900, both designed by Raleigh C, gildersleeve and including a paneled library. Pyne also added park-like landscaping, greenhouses, bridle paths, a dairy farm, Pyne died in 1921, the property, including the house and twelve surrounding acres, was sold by Pynes one grandchild Agnes Pyne in 1941 to Abram Nathaniel Spanel. Spanel was an industrialist and inventor who had immigrated from Russia as a child and he founded the International Latex Corporation, which later became the International Playtex Corporation. Many of Spanels engineers staff lived at Drumthwacket, and many of his inventions were conceived in what later became known as the Music Room. In 1966, the Spanels sold the estate to New Jersey with the intent that it be used as the official residence, to replace Morven. However, it took 15 years for the estate to be used as an official residence, in 1982, the Drumthwacket Foundation was formed. Thomas Kean lived in his private home, james Florio lived full-time in the mansion. Christine Todd Whitman lived part-time in the mansion, donald DiFrancesco lived part-time in the mansion. John O. Bennett lived in the mansion for his 3½ days as Acting Governor, james McGreevey lived full-time in the mansion
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Dwight-Englewood School
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The Dwight–Englewood School is an independent coeducational college-preparatory day school, located in Englewood, New Jersey. The school teaches students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade via three separate schools. The Lower School serves students in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade in the Bede building, the Middle School, in Umpleby Hall, serves students in grades 6-8. The Upper School serves grades 9-12, and it houses its administration in the Leggett building, other buildings are the Hajjar STEM Center, Swartley Arts Center, the Imperatore Library, the Modell Sports Complex. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 872 students and 105.6 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 8.3,1. Dwight-Englewood was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, in 1889, the Dwight School for Girls was founded as a college preparatory school by Euphemia S. Creighton and Ellen W. Farrar. The name is chosen to honor the president of Yale University. The Englewood School for Boys was established in 1928 as a preparatory school. In 1973, the two formed a nonprofit corporation known as Dwight-Englewood School. In 1993, Dwight-Englewood School and The Bede School merged to add students in Pre-K through sixth grade, the schools Campus consists of 15 buildings totaling 318,000 square feet. Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, the teams only loss was in the Tournament of Champions semi-finals to ultimate runner-up Westfield High School by the score of 3-2. In 2010 the boys won the North Jersey Group B sectional. In fifth grade, students compose and write an original opera and they form an opera company and go through all the steps necessary to stage a full production—script writing, libretto, costumes and makeup, set design, lighting, and publicity. This project is part of the Metropolitan Opera’s program, “Creating Original Opera. ”2017 will be the 31st year of production at the Lower School. Internally, the school has Principals for the lower, middle, the overall executive position which oversees all three schools is that of the Head of School. The current head is Dr. Rodney V. De Jarnett, within the schools, there are departments for Math, English, History, Science, Language, Physical Education, Technology, and Arts. Each department has a department chair, additionally, each grade in the middle and upper schools has a class dean, formerly grade level adviser, or GLA, who acts to help the students in their grade. The Dwight-Englewood Student Government is divided into many initiatives, there are three groups of initiatives, which includes a Curriculum, Facilities, and Life/Spirit Group
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East Rutherford, New Jersey
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East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is an suburb of New York City, located 7 miles west of Midtown Manhattan. Under the terms of an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 17,1889, the new township took its name from a spring in the community. On March 28,1894, the Borough of East Rutherford was created, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day, while there was no change in its borders, the name and form of government were changed. The borough was the second formed during the Boroughitis phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, East Rutherford is the home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which includes Meadowlands Arena and MetLife Stadium, and was previously the location of Giants Stadium. MetLife Stadium is home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League and hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, Giants Stadium, which hosted the Giants and Jets until 2009, was also the original home of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. East Rutherford is the municipality with fewer than 10,000 residents to have been home to five professional sports teams simultaneously. The borough is the site of the American Dream Meadowlands project, if it were to be completed it would be the second largest mall in the state behind the Westfield Garden State Plaza. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had an area of 4.052 square miles. The Passaic River is the boundary, and the Hackensack River is the eastern boundary. The area in which East Rutherford is located is the valley of the Passaic, carlton Hill is an unincorporated community located within the township. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,913 people,3,792 households, the population density was 2,403.2 per square mile. There were 4,018 housing units at a density of 1,083.4 per square mile. [[Hispanic |Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17. 54% of the population,33. 5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the family size was 3.06. In the borough, the population was out with 18. 1% under the age of 18,8. 6% from 18 to 24,33. 2% from 25 to 44,26. 6% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37.8 years, for every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and old there were 92.5 males, the Census Bureaus 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that median household income was $62,471 and the median family income was $71,357
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Essex County Airport
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It is owned by the Essex County Improvement Authority. This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, in April 1929 Essex Airport Corporation was formed by Walter Marvin and six other individuals. The intention of the company was to open an airport to serve Montclair, New Jersey, some of the early references to airport have the designation “Marvin Airport”, named after Walter Marvin. Essex County Airport covers an area of 275 acres at an elevation of 172 feet above sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces, 4/22 is 4,552 by 80 feet and 10/28 is 3,719 by 75 feet. For the 12-month period ending November 30,2012, the airport had 74,459 aircraft operations, around that time there were 197 aircraft based at this airport, 81% single-engine, 16% multi-engine and 1. 5% each jets and helicopters. The weather station reports are commonly identified as Caldwell, on August 29,1982, a Cessna 172 carrying a flight instructor and student pilot collided with a Cessna 150 flown by a student pilot. The control tower did not have a system installed at the time and had instructed the Cessna 172 to fly an overhead entry to the traffic pattern while the Cessna 150 was on its downwind leg. The resulting collision sheared a wing off of the Cessna 172, the pilot of the other aircraft made a forced landing at the airport and skidded off the runway with the plane coming to rest on its nose. On November 15,2002, a Mooney M10 and a Piper PA-32R-300 collided in the traffic pattern while maneuvering at night for an approach to runway 22, the pilots of both planes were killed in the crash that followed. On January 15,2007, a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza in night IMC conditions impacted trees on a ridgeline while on approach to the airport, upon hitting trees, the plane flipped over, landed in a street and burst into flames killing the pilot. On July 5,2010, a Cirrus SR-22 crashed on its approach for landing about 100 yards North of the airport, all three passengers on board were killed in the crash and ensuing fire. On August 15,2015, shortly after takeoff from runway 22, the airplane descended, impacted wooded terrain and was partially consumed by the post-impact fire killing the pilot
