At the Heart of Our Mission:
The Powerhouse
The fight to preserve Jersey City’s 1908 Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse sparked the creation of the Landmarks Conservancy 27 years ago. Today, this industrial giant still stands — but it needs us. Join the movement to protect our city’s most powerful landmark and ensure its story lives on.
NEW POWERHOUSE T-SHIRTS DROPPING ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
Above: Powerhouse Calling T-shirt design by Shirin Vazir MacCormack for the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy; photograph by Leon Yost (1999)
Above: City Power T-shirt design by Rachael Adriano/The High Creatives for the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy
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McGinley Square Architecture & Gardens Tour
The first annual McGinley Square Architecture & Gardens Tour will give self-guided participants exclusive access to neighborhood gardens, green urban sanctuaries, ancient tree-enveloped burial grounds, and seminal historic buildings that make McGinley Square very distinct and special. An identifying wrist band and keyed map with textual descriptions for each site will be provided at the starting location at 130 Glenwood Avenue within the row of Mayhew Terrace Cottages. For questions, special accommodations, and additional information, contact the McGinley Square Community Board via email at: mcginleycommunity@gmail.com
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Join the Save the Powerhouse Movement
The non-profit Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy was organized in 1999 to help lead the public battle to save the iconic Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse on Jersey City’s waterfront. That fight — now in its 27th year! — continues today as this last-of-its-kind industrial monument is increasingly pressured by the unstoppable pace of development and the realities of structural deterioration brought on by decades of neglect. Join our Save the Powerhouse preservation movement and community campaign by attending our walking tours and other special events — because the Powerhouse needs us, and it’s time to power it back on!
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“I called it the singing house. Somebody would start a song, and then everybody started singing the song.
…That memory still — I could still hear the music from that house.”
— Mrs. Mary Graham Aiken
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