Events
TWO ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOURS WITH HISTORIAN DENNIS DORAN
Exploration of Ancient Residential Neighborhoods in Jersey City
BERGEN SQUARE WALKING TOUR
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011 (rain or shine!)
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $5 ($3 for seniors and students with school identification)
Meeting Place: Meet in front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (P.S. No. 11) at the northeast intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street, Bergen Square, Jersey City, NJ (two blocks south of Sip Avenue/PATH)
More Information: Contact Dennis Doran at dgdoran91@comcast.net
Join city historian (and JC LandmarksTreasurer!) Dennis Doran for this once-a-year public exploration of Bergen Square, the site of New Jersey's first permanent European settlement. Dennis will take tourists through nearly four centuries of time - across a street grid dating back to 1660 and past visible (and invisible) remnants of Jersey City's extraordinary Dutch heritage, including the former site of the Sip Manor, the now-vanished Peter Stuyvesant Monument, the still-standing Van Wagenen Homestead, the neglected Speer Cemetery, and Old Bergen Church and Cemetery, among other seminal Bergen Square landmarks.
View the Bergen Square Walking Tour Photo Gallery >
Above photos of Old Bergen Church and Dennis Doran, Jersey City, New Jersey, April 26, 2011 by Reena Rose Sibayan for The Jersey Journal
WASHINGTON VILLAGE WALKING TOUR
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011 (rain or shine!)
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $5 ($3 for seniors and students with school identification)
Meeting Place: Meet at the Riverview-Fiske Park Bandstand, Ogden Avenue between Griffith and Bowers Streets, Jersey City Heights, Jersey City, NJ (the park fronts on Palisade Avenue; Ogden Avenue runs through the rear center)
More Information: Contact Dennis Doran at dgdoran91@comcast.net
Join city historian (and JC LandmarksTreasurer!) Dennis Doran for a walk through the mid-19th century Washington Village along the eastern edge of the Jersey City Heights section (formerly Hudson City) of Jersey City. Dennis will trace architectural remnants of the old German, Jewish and Irish village, as well as the area's colonial history. Tourists will visit an ancient cobblestone road, Holland Street; walk past the circa-1740 Van Vorst House; visit the former site of the Pathe-Freres silent film studios; and learn about one of this year's JCLC Excellence in Preservation Award winners!
Above photos of Washington Village (Jersey City Heights), Jersey City, New Jersey, April 26, 2011 by Reena Rose Sibayan for The Jersey Journal
