2024-07-222024-07-222008-05-08https://hdl.handle.net/10929/117443Like Times Square in New York, Journal Square was named after the local paper, The Jersey Journal. The Jersey Journal made its home at 30 Journal Square for the 90 years 26 Journal Square is a 180 ft high-rise in Jersey City. It was originally known as the Labor Bank Building. It was completed in 1928 and has 15 floors. The seven-story Hotel Plaza opened in 1924. As a full-service hotel, it had 190 rooms, 160 baths, and several dining rooms like the Wedgewood Dining room, Cocktail Lounge, and Grill and Men's Bar. The banquet hall, decorated in French and Italian Renaissance style, became the gathering place for social and political events in Jersey City. The local Lions Club, Rotary Club, and United Way, among others, met there for fifty years.Original file name Jersey Journal_Fotor.jpg4065 x 2729Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.The Jersey City Plaza HotelU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesThe Labor Bank Building26 Journal SquareLabor BuildingThe Jersey Journal BuildingJournal SquareJersey CityHudson CountyGatewayThe Gateway RegionNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State