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RegisColon t1_j4ee4ck wrote

Can anyone pinpoint this location?

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Brudesandwich OP t1_j4eeg1z wrote

Liberty State Park

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Jersey-City-2468 t1_j4egi6l wrote

You sure? The highway in the far right is throwing me off

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whybother5000 t1_j4h14e9 wrote

I think it’s the LSP light rail parking lot. This way the turnpike is still to the right and you get a straight line view to lower Manhattan.

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nasty_brutish_longer t1_j4enut0 wrote

Dunno, this looks a little farther north. Around the present JCMC lot or even the substation on Paific and Grand? It was all abandoned rail yards in the 70s.

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PsychologicalAd1153 t1_j4eqhgd wrote

Based on the vantage point of the NYC skyline--WTC towers in particular, this would not be on Pacific and Grand. This is definitely by Liberty State Park.

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nasty_brutish_longer t1_j4fdcss wrote

You're right--WTC is a straight shot down Grand and we don't see Grand. I still think it's north of LSP, though, given the turnpike curve. Probably toward the end of Aetna St.

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PsychologicalAd1153 t1_j4g9o9m wrote

It's not north of LSP.
LSP back then was a dump, literally.
History photos will prove that it was a dump.
Quick Google search of "Liberty State Park dumping grounds 1970s" will show other photos.

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nasty_brutish_longer t1_j4h0mqz wrote

Yeah. The whole area was abandoned rail facilities lousy with illegal dumping. Including just north of what's now LSP from the canal almost to Grand.

Not sure what you're arguing. Can you pinpoint the photo location?

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PsychologicalAd1153 t1_j4j6k62 wrote

I cannot but I just don't think it's NORTH of LSP given you can see some buildings along the East River. I travel often to Bayonne and run LSP enough to sense where it is. I was also a real estate broker in NYC and have a keen sense of locations.

This was definitely not Aetna Street.

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nasty_brutish_longer t1_j4jyjk3 wrote

But the turnpike is to the right.

Look at the map. There's only one area where you can put WTC in a frame with the turnpike curving to the right. And we know the image isn't flipped because WTC is to the left of 1 NY Plaza and the Battery.

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njspplsp t1_j4ehq61 wrote

Yes, close to LSP. Maybe 14B area near Burma Road.

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lump- t1_j4hkvtu wrote

Where RPM raceway is now.

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Wehdraw t1_j4qjmip wrote

Thinking it’s taken from axis motors at Garfield Ave and Bayview Ave bridge. Water tower in the far left of the pic is give away. That water tower is now painted as a tulip - near Corgi spirits and aligned with Forrest street. Street view

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