BEACONS OF BERGEN HILL
Walking Tour With Historian Dennis Doran Will Highlight Landmarks of This 19th Century Brownstone District
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BEACONS OF BERGEN HILL
Sunday, May 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Cost: $5; $3 for seniors and students with current ID. MOTHERS ADMITTED FREE! Meet at the front entrance to The Beacon, formerly the Jersey City Medical Center, 50 Baldwin Avenue. Rain or shine!
Guided by historian Dennis Doran. This newly established walking tour focuses on the history and architecture of one of Jersey City's first "suburbs": the area along the beginning of the Palisades just north of Grand Street. Here Dutch farms gave way in the mid-19th century to extraordinary set-back mansions. Continuous slate sidewalks, awesome brownstones, old street trolley junctions and a former City Hall (now condos) all help to illuminate what just might be Jersey City's most beautiful neighborhood.
Note: "Beacons of Bergen Hill" will highlight the Conservancy's efforts to save the threatened St. John's Episcopal Church. We hope you are able to come out and sign our postcard petition! For more information contact Dennis Doran at dgdoran91@comcast.net.
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