Submitted by Brudesandwich t3_10c7ce9 in jerseycity
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Plastic_Radio_5092 t1_j4e9r1x wrote
Looks the same as now ...lols just replace the trash with the people
RegisColon t1_j4ee4ck wrote
Can anyone pinpoint this location?
Brudesandwich OP t1_j4eeg1z wrote
Liberty State Park
Jersey-City-2468 t1_j4egi6l wrote
You sure? The highway in the far right is throwing me off
njspplsp t1_j4ehq61 wrote
Yes, close to LSP. Maybe 14B area near Burma Road.
hardo_chocolate t1_j4ekg10 wrote
Great memories
MediumRareBacon_ t1_j4ekvhg wrote
Miss those days
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.
jersey-city-park t1_j4eondv wrote
Cant believe we gentrified this. Look at those (now) displaced tires
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.
zmchiban t1_j4eqvrv wrote
I blame fulop
Vicarious-Lee-Eye t1_j4f0zrk wrote
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.
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.
G_Funk_Error t1_j4gof2c wrote
LUXURY WASTE
Ok_Raisin_8796 t1_j4gq37k wrote
I’m so tired of this happening!
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?
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.
Ilanaspax t1_j4ha5db wrote
For building a state park?
Ilanaspax t1_j4hajmz wrote
You can really tell who just moved here and made the same gentrification joke on this thread because they think this is like…..exchange place lol
kev55wat t1_j4hex53 wrote
Pacific and Grand St. I lived down the street in Lafayette, we would play in there sometimes
lump- t1_j4hkvtu wrote
Where RPM raceway is now.
PsychologicalAd1153 t1_j4j3qes 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.
Brudesandwich OP t1_j4j4vfc wrote
> I was also a real estate broker in NYC and have a keen sense of locations.
Oh look at this fucking guy. He was a realtor in nyc so we DEFINITELY need to listen to him. Don't nobody give a fuck 😒
PsychologicalAd1153 t1_j4j68w1 wrote
B-rude. haha. Man, I'm just here trying to give my 2c to your post.
PsychologicalAd1153 t1_j4j6f81 wrote
This was meant to be a reply to a thread...I'll add it on there now.
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.
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.
PsychologicalAd1153 t1_j4kpigw wrote
nasty_brutish_longer t1_j4lt45r wrote
>Nope.
Compelling, but I'll stick with geography.
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
Miringanes t1_j4e6q4u wrote
The good old days before the LUXURY HOUSING