List of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Download coordinates as:
- KML
- GPX (all coordinates)
- GPX (primary coordinates)
- GPX (secondary coordinates)
This is a list of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2021) |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
America Triumphant | Pershing Field Jersey City Heights 40°44′32″N 74°03′12″W / 40.74222°N 74.05333°W / 40.74222; -74.05333 (America Triumphant) | 1922 | James Novelli | Sculpture | Bronze | [1][2] | |||||
Buffalo and Bears | Dr. Leonard J. Gordon Park Western Slope Jersey City Heights 40°44′44.6″N 74°03′28.8″W / 40.745722°N 74.058000°W / 40.745722; -74.058000 (Buffalo and Bears) | 1907 | Solon Borglum | Sculptures | Painted concrete | City of Jersey City | [1] | ||||
Bust of Henry Hudson | Riverview-Fiske Park Jersey City Heights 40°44′41.6″N 74°02′35.6″W / 40.744889°N 74.043222°W / 40.744889; -74.043222 (Bust of Henry Hudson) | 1917 | Anthony Schaff | Bust | Gilded concrete | City of Jersey City | [3][1] | ||||
By Definition | New Jersey City University 40°42′34″N 74°05′19″W / 40.70944°N 74.08861°W / 40.70944; -74.08861 | 2006 | Maya Lin | Sculpture | Stone | ||||||
More images | Colgate Clock | Hudson River Waterfront Walkway (at the foot of Essex St) 40°42′43.3″N 74°02′02″W / 40.712028°N 74.03389°W / 40.712028; -74.03389 (Colgate Clock) | 1924 | Clock | Q5144779 | [4][5][6][7] | |||||
More images | Empty Sky | Liberty State Park 40°42′30″N 74°02′05″W / 40.708303°N 74.034628°W / 40.708303; -74.034628 (Empty Sky) | 2011 | Jessica Jamroz Frederic Schwartz | Memorial | Stainless steel | Q5374723 | [8] | |||
More images | Hudson County Courthouse Murals | Hudson County Courthouse 40°43′54.2″N 74°3′26.1″W / 40.731722°N 74.057250°W / 40.731722; -74.057250 (Hudson County Courthouse Murals) | 1901 | *Edwin Howland Blashfield *Kenyon Cox *Francis Davis Millet *Howard Pyle *Charles Yardley Turner | Murals | Hudson County | Q5374723 | [9] | |||
Jersey City Murals | City-wide | 2012 to date | over 138 artist | over 200 outdoor murals | Paint | [10] | |||||
More images | Jersey City 9/11 Memorial | Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Paulus Hook near Exchange Place 40°42′53.4″N 74°01′59.8″W / 40.714833°N 74.033278°W / 40.714833; -74.033278 (Jersey City 9/11 Memorial) | 2002, 2004 | Stele, Sculpture, Statue | Granite, Steel, Bronze | ||||||
Jersey City Police Memorial | City Hall Downtown 40°43′7″N 74°02′52″W / 40.71861°N 74.04778°W / 40.71861; -74.04778 (Jersey City Police Memorial) | 1936 | Statue | Bronze and steel | |||||||
Katyń Memorial | Exchange Place 40°42′58″N 74°01′59″W / 40.71611°N 74.03306°W / 40.71611; -74.03306 (Katyń Memorial) | 1991 | Andrzej Pitynski | Statue | Bronze | Q6378565 | [11] | ||||
Korean War Veterans Memorial | Hudson River Walkway Morris Canal Park Paulus Hook 40°42′40″N 74°02′19″W / 40.71111°N 74.03861°W / 40.71111; -74.03861 (Korean War Veterans Memorial) | 2002 | Statue, obelisks, panels | Black granite | [12] | ||||||
Liberation | Liberty State Park 40°41′34″N 74°03′21″W / 40.6927°N 74.0558°W / 40.6927; -74.0558 (Liberation) | 1985 | Nathan Rapoport | Memorial | Bronze | Q6540978 | [13] | ||||
Lincoln the Mystic | Lincoln Park 40°43′29″N 74°04′51″W / 40.724640°N 74.080939°W / 40.724640; -74.080939 (Lincoln the Mystic) | 1930 | James Earle Fraser | Statue | Bronze | Q6551213 | [14] | ||||
More images | Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial | MLK Drive Jackson Hill 40°42′44″N 74°04′38″W / 40.7121°N 74.0773°W / 40.7121; -74.0773 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial) | 2000 | Jonathan Shahn | Bust Bas reliefs | Bronze Granite | Q108830658 | [15][16][17] | |||
Peter Stuyvesant Monument | Journal Square 40°43′51″N 74°03′57″W / 40.730933°N 74.065711°W / 40.730933; -74.065711 (Peter Stuyvesant Monument) | 1911 | Statue | Bronze | |||||||
Statue of Christopher Columbus | Journal Square 40°43′56″N 74°03′47″W / 40.732142°N 74.063114°W / 40.732142; -74.063114 (Statue of Christopher Columbus) | 1950 | Archimedes Giacomantonio | Statue | Bronze and granite | [18][19][20] One of three Columbus statues in Hudson County by the artist | |||||
Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune | Greenville 40°42′18.5″N 74°05′12.4″W / 40.705139°N 74.086778°W / 40.705139; -74.086778 (Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune) | 2021 | Alvin Petit | Statue | Bronze | ||||||
Statue of Jackie Robinson | Journal Square 40°43′56″N 74°03′47″W / 40.732141°N 74.063114°W / 40.732141; -74.063114 (Statue of Jackie Robinson) | 1998 | Susan Wagner | Statue | Bronze | Q108841403 | [21][22][23] | ||||
More images | Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial | City Hall Downtown 40°43′7″N 74°02′53″W / 40.71861°N 74.04806°W / 40.71861; -74.04806 (Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial) | 1899 | Philip Martiny | Statue | Bronze | City of Jersey City | ||||
La Vela di Colombo | Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Liberty State Park 40°42′21″N 74°2′36″W / 40.70583°N 74.04333°W / 40.70583; -74.04333 (La Vela di Colombo) | 1992 1998 | Gino Gianetti | Sculpture | bronze | 6 metres (20 ft) (height) | [24][25] | ||||
Water's Soul | Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Newport 40°43′51″N 74°01′42″W / 40.73083°N 74.02833°W / 40.73083; -74.02833 (Water's Soul) | 2021 | Jaume Plensa | Sculpture | Polyester resin Fiberglass Marble dust | Q108830467 | [26] | ||||
Wave | Washington Park Jersey City Heights 40°45′16.2″N 74°02′35.9″W / 40.754500°N 74.043306°W / 40.754500; -74.043306 (Wave) | 2008 | Chakaia Booker | Sculpture | Brushed stainless steel | 14 feet (4.3 m)high and 35 feet (11 m) wide | Hudson County Park System | [1][27][28]
|
See also
- Lincoln Park (Jersey City)
- Pershing Field
- List of public art in Newark, New Jersey
References
- ^ a b c d "Public Art Sculptures in the JC Heights". www.jcheights.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "10 Memorials to Visit this Memorial Day". May 22, 2020.
- ^ Fry, Chris (April 20, 2021). "Jersey City Opens Renovated Riverview Park, Breaks Ground on Reservoir #3 Restoration".
- ^ Gray, Christopher (July 17, 1988). "The Colgate Clock; Winding Down to a Move for a Jersey City Beacon". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building Nos. B-7 & B-8, 85-89 Hudson Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ". Library of Congress. 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Lyons, Richard D. (July 9, 1989). "Jersey City Landmark; Now It's Time to Move the Colgate Clock". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ Kaulessar, Ricardo (October 15, 2007). "The big clock by the river Colgate Clock still an icon in Jersey City". Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ^ Calefati, Jessica (September 10, 2011), "Empty Sky 9/11 memorial opens in Jersey City with emotional ceremony", The Star-Ledger, retrieved November 5, 2021
- ^ Raynor, Vivien (February 9, 1986). "Art; the American Renaissance in the Hudson County Courthouse". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Jersey City Mural Arts Program (JCMAP)". Archived from the original on March 30, 2023.
- ^ Stoltzfus, Duane (June 6, 1991). "Statue Erected as Memorial to Katyn Massacre". The Record (Bergen County, NJ). Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, Al (August 2, 2015). "A memorial of their own". Hudson Reporter.
- ^ "LIBERATION MONUMENT AND THE 50 FLAGS". www.libertystatepark.com.
- ^ Cooke, Dana (December 21, 2009). "A different Lincoln From the Maxwell Perspective". Maxwell Perspective/Inside SU. Syracuse University. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ Beckerman, Jim (January 17, 2020). "Martin Luther King Jr. in sculpture: Which statues capture him best?". The Record. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ Nash, Margo (April 16, 2000). "ART; Memorializing Civil Rights Era". The New York Times.
- ^ History, J. C. "Library Guides: Hudson Bergen Light Rail: Hudson Bergen Light Rail". njcu.libguides.com.
- ^ "Statues of Christopher Columbus have fallen across the country. Could Jersey City be next?". June 17, 2020.
- ^ "Traversing History: Journal Square Monuments and Memorials – Lynn Hazan".
- ^ "Jersey City - Christopher Columbus".
- ^ Brennan, John (September 24, 2007). "Jersey City, Journal Square, Jackie Robinson statue". No Publisher Supplied. doi:10.7282/T3MC90HM – via rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu.
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires|journal=
(help) - ^ PORTfolio, PANYNJ (February 7, 2017). "Jackie Robinson Tribute at Journal Square: And Here's to You, Mr. Robinson". portfolio.panynj.gov.
- ^ Brennan, John (September 24, 2007). "Jersey City, Journal Square, plaque at base of Jackie Robinson statue". No Publisher Supplied. doi:10.7282/T3CZ37M8 – via rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu.
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires|journal=
(help) - ^ "Jersey City A to Z: Liberty State Park". njcu.libguides.com.
- ^ "Jersey City - La Vela di Columbo". statues.vanderkrogt.net.
- ^ Koosau, Mark (October 29, 2021). "Dedication for Water's Soul statue hosted in Newport". The Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- ^ "JJ_2008_10_16_Washington_Park_Sculpture". Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "Art unveiled at Washington Park". October 15, 2008.
External links
- Exchange Place Alliance Archived December 15, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
- v
- t
- e
- Neighborhoods
- Jersey City PS
- William L. Dickinson HS
- James J. Ferris HS
- Liberty HS
- Lincoln HS
- Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic HS
- Henry Snyder HS
- Hudson Catholic Regional HS
- Kenmare HS
- Saint Dominic Academy
- St. Peter's Prep
- Stevens Cooperative School
- Hudson County Community College Journal Square Campus
Closed |
|
---|
- Colgate Clock
- Communipaw Terminal
- Jersey City Museum
- Headroom LGBTQ+ Lounge
- Katyń Memorial
- Loew's Jersey Theatre
- Mana Contemporary
- Museum of Russian Art
- NRHP
- Newport Centre
- Port Jersey
- Public art
- Sacred Heart Church
- Statue of Liberty National Monument
- Tallest buildings
- White Eagle Hall