⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking tour of Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Описание: January 15, 2022 - 1:50 PM
20°F / -7°C

Walking tour of Perth Amboy, New Jersey via Perth Amboy Marina, Bayview Park, Market Street, Market Square, High Street, Smith Street, Elm Street, and New Brunswick Avenue.

00:00 - Perth Amboy Ferry Slip
01:25 - Perth Amboy Harborside Marina
04:54 - Bayview Park
06:31 - Market Street
08:55 - Market Square
11:11 - High Street
13:02 - Smith Street
23:35 - Elm Street
27:39 - New Brunswick Avenue

From Wikipedia:
Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. TAs of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 50,814. Perth Amboy has a Hispanic majority population. In the 2010 census, the Hispanic population made up 78.1% of the population, the second-highest in the state, behind Union City at 84.7%. Perth Amboy is known as the "City by the Bay", referring to its location adjoining Raritan Bay.

The earliest residents of the area were the Lenape Native Americans, who called the point on which the city lies "Ompoge". Perth Amboy was settled in 1683 by Scottish colonists and was called "New Perth" after James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth; the native name was eventually corrupted and the two names were merged. Perth Amboy was formed by Royal charter in 1718, and the New Jersey Legislature reaffirmed its status in 1784, after independence. The city was a capital of the Province of New Jersey from 1686 to 1776. During the mid-1800s, the Industrial Revolution and immigration grew the city, developing a variety of neighborhoods which residents from a diverse range of ethnicities lived in. The city developed into a resort town for the Raritan Bayshore near it, but the city has grown in other industries since its redevelopment starting in the 1990s.

Perth Amboy borders the Arthur Kill and features a historic waterfront. The Perth Amboy Ferry Slip was once an important ferry slip on the route south from New York City; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Perth Amboy is connected to the Staten Island borough of New York City via the Outerbridge Crossing.