Van Vorst Park
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Van Vorst Park is a neighborhood in the Historic Downtown of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, centered on a park sharing the same name. The neighborhood is located west of Paulus Hook and Marin
Van Vorst Park Jersey City November 2021
Gazebo in Van Vorst Park
View northeast to JC Main Library
Heppenheimer Mansion at Montgomery and Jersey
Harsimus
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Harsimus is a neighborhood within Downtown Jersey City, Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The neighborhood stretches from the Harsimus Stem Embankment on the north to Christopher Columbu
Van Vorst Park
…of the patroonship Pavonia, the earliest European settlement on the west bank of the Hudson River in the province of New Netherland. His homestead at Harsimus, plus others at Communipaw, Paulus Hook, Minakwa, Pamrapo were later incorporated into Bergen. His namesake and eighth generation descendant, Cornelius…
Aerial view of Harsimus Cove
1664 Duke's Plan showing settlements at Harsimus and Communipaw at time of the surrender of Fort Amsterdam
Grace Church Van Vorst on Erie Street, named for the prominent family Van Vorst and the railroad, respectively
Busy port city, 1882