Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

====Downtown Jersey City====
[[Downtown Jersey City]] is the area from the Hudson River westward to the Newark Bay Extension of the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]]) and the [[New Jersey Palisades]]; it is also bounded by Hoboken to the north and Liberty State Park to the south.

[[File:Jersey City brownstone row houses.jpg|thumb|right|Brownstones in Van Vorst Park neighborhood]]
Historic Downtown is an area of mostly low-rise buildings to the west of the waterfront that is highly desirable due to its proximity to local amenities and Manhattan. It includes the neighborhoods of [[Van Vorst Park]] and [[Hamilton Park, Jersey City|Hamilton Park]], which are both square parks surrounded by brownstones. This historic downtown also includes [[Paulus Hook]], the Village and [[Harsimus Cove]] neighborhoods. Newark Avenue & Grove Street, are the main thoroughfares in Downtown Jersey City, both have seen a lot of development and the surrounding neighborhoods have many stores and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/8452406/ |title = 7 Blocks around Grove Street: Jersey City's downtown historic district… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124083727/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/firstatfour/story?section=firstatfour&id=8452406 |archive-date=24 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Grove Street (PATH station)|Grove Street]] [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] station has been renovated and made fully ADA compliant.<ref>McDonald, Terrence T. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/04/grove_street_path_elevator.html "Construction to begin on $4M Grove Street PATH station elevator"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', April 21, 2015. Accessed March 16, 2016. "Jersey City – Construction is set to begin on a $4.04 million project to add a handicapped-accessible entrance to the Grove Street PATH station."</ref> and a number of new residential buildings are being built around the stop, including a 50-story building at 90 Columbus.<ref>McDonald, Terrence T. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/03/jersey_city_development.html "Jersey City development boom reaching new heights"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', March 13, 2015. Accessed March 16, 2016. "Later in the year, 70 Columbus – which features 545 rental units, 20,000 square feet of commercial space adjacent to the Grove Street PATH station – is expected to be completed, while construction on its sister tower, 90 Columbus, which will have 630 units in 50 stories, should begin by December."</ref> Historic Downtown is home to many cultural attractions including the Jersey City Museum, the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse (planned to become a museum and artist housing) and the [[Harsimus Stem Embankment]] along Sixth Street, which a citizens' movement is working to turn into public parkland that would be modeled after the [[High Line]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>Haddon, Heather. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444273704577637831267327626 "Embankment Deal Stalls"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', September 11, 2012. Accessed March 16, 2016. "A deal to turn an abandoned elevated railway in Jersey City into a park in the spirit of Manhattan's High Line has hit a roadblock, with one of the parties involved balking on a settlement proposed to resolve the decadelong dispute."</ref>

[[Newport, Jersey City|Newport]] and [[Exchange Place, Jersey City|Exchange Place]] are redeveloped waterfront areas consisting mostly of residential towers, hotels and office buildings that are among the [[List of tallest buildings in Jersey City|tallest buildings in the city]]. Newport is a planned mixed-use community, built on the old [[Erie Lackawanna Railway]] yards, made up of residential rental towers, condominiums, office buildings, a marina, schools, restaurants, hotels, [[Newport Centre (shopping mall)|Newport Centre Mall]], a waterfront walkway, transportation facilities, and on-site parking for more than 15,000 vehicles. Newport had a hand in the renaissance of Jersey City although, before ground was broken, much of the downtown area had already begun a steady climb (much like Hoboken).