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==Parks and recreation== [[Washington Park (Hudson County)|Washington Park]], which covers {{convert|22|acre}} straddling the border of the city and [[The Heights, Jersey City|The Heights]] neighborhood in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], is part of the [[Hudson County Park System]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://njcu.libguides.com/washingtonpark|title=Washington Park|publisher=[[New Jersey City University]]|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803100120/https://njcu.libguides.com/washingtonpark}}</ref> Previously a flat expanse of dirt, it had been used to host visiting carnivals, circuses, and Wild West shows, including [[Buffalo Bill]]'s ''[[Buffalo Bill#Buffalo Bill's Wild West|Wild West]]'' show, performed there in 1908, when the plot was called the North Street Grounds.<ref name=HobokenGirl>{{cite web|url=https://www.hobokengirl.com/jersey-city-heights-historical-walking-tour/|author=Gittleman, Nicole|title=A Historical Walking Tour of Jersey City Heights|publisher=The Hoboken Girl|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=January 10, 2023|access-date=28 October 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111171946/https://www.hobokengirl.com/jersey-city-heights-historical-walking-tour/}}</ref> A movement to develop it into a park began in 1909, though this would not come into fruition until 1917, and the park took its current shape in the 1930s, partially as a result of the input of the [[Works Progress Administration]].<ref name=JerseyJournal12.11.80>{{cite web|url=http://www.wpanj.org/history-of-washington-park.html|title=Washington Park History|author=J.J., Shamburg|newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]]|via=Washington Park Association of Hudson County|date=December 11, 1980|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808014900/http://www.wpanj.org/history-of-washington-park.html |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> Among its features is ''Wave'', a {{convert|14|ft|m|}} high, {{convert|35|ft|m|}} wide brushed [[stainless steel]] sculpture by [[Chakaia Booker]] that was installed in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jcheights.com/public-art-sculptures-in-the-jc-heights/|title=Public Art Scupltures in JC Heights |publisher =Central Avenue BID|access-date= 30 October 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2008/10/art_unveiled_at_washington_par.html | title=Art unveiled at Washington Park |last=Fink| first=Jason| newspaper = The Jersey Journal | date=October 15, 2008 |access-date =29 October 2023}}</ref> Reservoir Park, located around [[Hackensack Reservoir]] on Palisade Avenue between 20th and 22nd Streets, opened on September 25, 2015. The passive park, at the city border in [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], was created on the {{convert|14.4|acres|adj=on}} site of a reservoir that had been owned by [[United Water]] but had not been used since 1996.<ref>Fedschun, Travis. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/12/weehawken_and_union_city_will.html "Weehawken and Union City will have new park where defunct reservoir, purchased for $11 million, has been idle for 15 years"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', December 29, 2011. Accessed August 14, 2016. "Weehawken and Union City have purchased the dormant Hackensack Reservoir No. 2 from United Water, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced. The 14.4-acre reservoir property, which hasn't been in operation since 1996, will be transformed into a passive park with a trail around it, officials said."</ref><ref>[http://www.ucnj.com/Articles/Read.aspx?id=73 Grand Opening of Union City / Weehawken Reservoir Park], City of Union City. Accessed August 14, 2016. "Please join us on Friday, September 25, 2015 for a Block Party from 6 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the grand opening of the Union City / Weehawken Reservoir Park with rides, hot dogs and music. The park is located at 20th to 22nd Palisade Avenue."</ref>
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