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dreamanxiety t1_isbe59n wrote

this is the jersey city i grew up in. things were scary at times but had a good time there during the 70s and 80s.

memories....

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RightCheesecake6 t1_isctcq2 wrote

Do you remember which high rise building was constructed first in the downtown area ? Just asking out of curiosity

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dreamanxiety t1_isd17lj wrote

can't say that i do. after newport mall was built things started to go up in that area almost overnight. i'm from the greenville section of jc, though i hung out on first street & grove throughout high school since i had friends living down there.

before the mall was built there were a lot of gangs and drugs downtown; a totally different environment that it is now.

even though i worked at the mall, and have always kind of hated it, it really was the spark that ignited downtown.

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