page_title: Downtown Jersey City
section_title: Waterfront
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Jersey City / Waterfront
caption_attribution_description: English: Downtown Jersey City at Night
context_page_description: Downtown is an area of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, which includes the Historic Downtown and the Waterfront. Historic Downtown can be further broken down into the neighborhoods of Harsimus Cove, The Village, Van Vorst Park, Grove Street, Hamilton Park and Boyle Plaza. The Waterfront includes the Powerhouse Arts District/WALDO, Newport, the Harborside Financial Center and Paulus Hook. Historic Downtown is the area west of Marin Boulevard, while the Waterfront lies to the east. Many of the names of Jersey City's downtown neighborhoods come from Dutch words or Dutch names from the early inhabitants along the Hudson.
context_section_description: Like Historic Downtown, the Waterfront of Jersey City is an area rich in history and full of current development.  It is the location of the end of the Morris Canal and there is still a segment of this basin surrounded by Liberty State Park.  The giant Colgate Clock, next to the Goldman Sachs Tower reminds people of the industry that used to line the Hudson River on New Jersey's Coast.  
  Paulus Hook is a quiet mostly residential neighborhood stretching to the west from the Goldman Sachs building.  Its main streets are Essex and Morris Streets and its waterfront is along the Morris Canal, where it maintains a walkway which is part of Jersey City's longer waterfront walkway.  The Essex Street station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and the development of office buildings to the east have allowed more businesses to line Morris Street including a number of restaurants with outdoor seating.  
  The Paulus Hook and Grove Street neighborhoods, unlike many other redeveloped neighborhoods on the Hudson have undergone the same revitalization with less gentrification.  The Newport/Pavonia, Harborside Financial Center and Exchange Place neighborhoods on the waterfront are experiencing significant construction of high-rise towers and with the addition of the Light Rail and more ferry service the area has become a growing destination for businesses, residents and tourists.  
  WALDO (work and live district overlay) is an area that is being redeveloped from its days as a warehouse center to an artist community.  It is already home to several galleries and restaurants and development of artist housing, more galleries, a museum and stores are being planned.  The former Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse is the building that anchors this neighborhood and when it is renovated it will maintain its shell that so many locals are used to seeing.  A Trump Plaza is currently being constructed on the property to the south of the Powerhouse. In January 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration gave navigational clearance for construction of a 900-foot (270 m) residential and commercial tower planned by the Chinese Overseas America Corporation, which would succeed the Goldman Sachs Tower as the tallest skyscraper in New Jersey.
caption: Downtown Jersey City at Night
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