Across the Hudson River from Manhattan is a booming skyline. Jersey City has been very open about luring business from Manhattan. In fact, there were rumours a few years ago that the NYSE would move across the river.

Here is the emerging skyline of Jersey City:
http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG8965.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG8976.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG8978.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG8979.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG8984.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG8991.jpg

Goldman Sachs' building is the tallest in New Jersey. Designed by Cesar Pelli, it looks just like Hong Kong's IFC buildings, which were designed by Pelli as well :
http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG9000.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG9002.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG9014.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040825/RIMG9055.jpg


Other New York Sections
Part 1 - Brooklyn Bridge (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=129799)
Part 2 - Lower Manhattan (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=130027)
Part 3 - Central Park (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=129879)
Part 4 - Midtown Madness (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=132492)
Remembering 9/11 - Ground Zero (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=133345)
Part 5 - United Nations (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=134484)
Part 6 - Hudson River & Lower Manhattan Cruise (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=134587)
Part 7 - Circle Line Hudson River Midtown & North (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=135173)
Part 8 - USS Intrepid & Concorde (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=136071)

As usual, great pics!

But look at that boat in the last picture! Wow!

New Jersey has some really large urban cores; however, people rarely think of them because they are overshadowed by new york. Newark, Hoboken, and Jersey City are all very urban and have a lot of density. They are all also within around five miles of each other. If they were considered as one main city, which they would be if they were in the South, it would be one of the largest cities in the country, especially if the surrounding suburbs were included, many of which are more urban than southern cities. I know that areas like the above mentioned, Hillside, Irvington, and some of the wealthier suburbs like Millburn, Maplewood, Westfield, and Summit are all more urban than many areas of "intown" atlanta.

I like Jersey. There is a bridge from Jersey to NY?

George Washington Bridge :)

http://bridgepros.com/photogallery/davefrieder/GEORGE%20WASHINGTON%20BRIDGE-7.jpg
http://www.columbia.edu/~nad7/images/GWB_fromCV.jpg
http://www.columbia.edu/~nad7/images/GWB_vert.jpg
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~sjah/George%20Washington%20%20Bridge.jpg
nowadays there is a painting job being done
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~swchi/bridge.jpg
Interesting Bridge Data:

Opened to traffic: October 25, 1931
Lower Level opened: August 29, 1962
Bus Station opened: January 17, 1963

Length: 4,760 feet or 1,451 meters (between anchorages)
Length of center span: 3,500 feet or 1,067 meters
Width: 119 feet or 36 meters
Width of roadway: 90 feet or 27 meters
Height restrictions, Lower Level: 13' 6"
Height of tower above water: 604 feet
Water clearance at mid-span: 212 feet or 65 meters

The Upper Level is suspended from four steel cables, each 36 inches in diameter and composed of 26,474 wires. The cables are carried by saddles on top of two 604-foot-high steel towers.

On the New Jersey side, the tower rises out of the river 76 feet from shore; on the New York side, the tower stands on land.

Number of lanes:
Upper Level = 8 + 2 footways
Lower Level = 6

Original cost: $59,000,000

Traffic Volume - Eastbound toward NYC (1999)
Typical weekday traffic: 151,685
Total annual traffic: 53,417,768


the port authority is doing a CRAPPY job maintaining the bridge these days. The painting job is one of them

http://www.worldgallery.cs-future.com/images/RIMG9366.jpg

http://www.worldgallery.cs-future.com/images/RIMG9379.jpg

They had a segment on the GW bridge on history channel they say 500k ppl cross in everday and over 100 million a year. its also the busiest bridge in the world.

Yeah, but that bridge, the George Washington, was built in 1931!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is insane!! The city has changed so much, and we are still stuck with tunnels and bridges that were built in yestercentury. We really need to step it up and begin to build new infrastructure if we want this city to reach its potential.

People talk about a new second avenue line... like it's a big deal. It really shouldn't be. This is the richest city in the globe, this city needs the 2nd Ave Line, and many other stuff:
- first rate inter airport transportation with EFFICIENT connections to the new WTC transit hub, Penn Station and Grand Central.
- Less inefficient eternally clogged highways giving way to more subway lines
I could go on forever

Jersey City really is starting to grow . It is getting one heck of a skyline going on.

http://img162.exs.cx/img162/3962/jeffersons16wj.jpg (http://bfelten.250free.com/wavs/jeffersons.mp3)

Don't forget the Bayonne Bridge, Goethals Bridge, and Outerbridge Crossing that connect Jersey to Staten Island, NY.

Hate to be picky, but the very first picture in the list is of Hoboken.

Yeah, but that bridge, the George Washington, was built in 1931!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is insane!! The city has changed so much, and we are still stuck with tunnels and bridges that were built in yestercentury. We really need to step it up and begin to build new infrastructure if we want this city to reach its potential.

People talk about a new second avenue line... like it's a big deal. It really shouldn't be. This is the richest city in the globe, this city needs the 2nd Ave Line, and many other stuff:
- first rate inter airport transportation with EFFICIENT connections to the new WTC transit hub, Penn Station and Grand Central.
- Less inefficient eternally clogged highways giving way to more subway lines
I could go on forever

I so agree with you

I think NYC could really step its infrastructure

It's good to see the metro area grow tall too.