Places in New Jersey

Ellis Island

Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, is the location of what was from January 1, 1892, until November 12, 1954 the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States.

The facility replaced the state-run Castle Garden Immigration Depot (1855-1890) in Manhattan. It is owned by the Federal government and is now part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, under the jurisdiction of the US National Park Service. It is situated in Jersey City, New Jersey and New York City.

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George Washington Bridge

The six-lane George Washington Bridge was completed on October 25, 1931, eight months ahead of schedule, at a cost of $59 million and 12 lives. First named the "Hudson River Bridge," other names for the bridge had been considered, including the "Palisades Bridge," "Fort Lee Bridge," "Columbus Bridge" and "Verrazano Bridge," before the Port Authority decided upon the "George Washington Memorial Bridge" in 1930. Later, the name was shortened to "George Washington Bridge."

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Hamburgao

"My younger brother, Brandon, had been visiting for a week and it was time to bring him to the airport for his flight home. But not wanting him to fly to L.A. on an empty stomach, I took him to one of my favorite ethnic hamburger places, Hamburgão in Newark.

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White Diamond

About the beloved White Diamond Restaurant in Linden, New Jersey - RIP

This is like the Holy Grail for burger purists. You would go up to this place, and it was a worm hole, like a time machine back to the the dawn of hamburgerdom. This was like Shangrila, Burger-la. And it had been there 70 years, obviously making the exact same burgers, totally unchanged. When it closed I felt something snap inside me. It was like the Kennedy assassination for burgers. That’s the only way I can describe it."

- Josh Ozersky

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