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.
Respond today to the Call for Entries for Novado Gallery’s transformative Powerhouse art exhibition opening on December 12, 2026 + enter submissions by November 6 to be part of an epoch-making cultural event centered around the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy’s current Save the Powerhouse community preservation campaign and movement. Download the official Call for Entries (CaFE) PDF today to get started!
NEW POWERHOUSE T-SHIRTS DROPPING ON SEPTEMBER 17
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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Call for Entries for Powerhouse Art Exhibition
Respond today to the Call for Entries for Novado Gallery’s transformative Powerhouse art exhibition opening on December 12, 2026. Enter submissions by November 6 to be part of an epoch-making cultural event centered around the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy’s current Save the Powerhouse community preservation campaign and movement. Download the official Call for Entries (CaFE) PDF today to get started!
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Coming Soon: An Exciting Fall Season of Architectural Walking Tours With the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy
In a few weeks we will start up our fall architecture programming, including guided walking tours of Jersey City’s historic Horseshoe, Marion, Island, and Journal Square neighborhoods, as well as a long overdue exploration of the 40-year-old Newport residential and commercial district on the city’s waterfront edge. Sign up for our periodic preservation newsletters at the bottom of the homepage + follow us on Instagram for announcements and updates..
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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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