The G.W.B. doesn't disappoint. It's really big—the roadway is almost a mile long and is suspended more than 200 feet above the surface of the Hudson River—but it's also digestible.
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The center of Fort Lee shifted north after the George Washington Bridge opened, and much of the newer city was built in what appears to have been one colossal belch of ill-considered, garage-based, post-war development.
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There's one place in New Jersey where it's possible to forget that you're in New Jersey.
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Between Jersey City and Hoboken, the light rail trains pass a stop that really ought to be announced by a recorded pirate voice.
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Hoboken has completely reinvented itself since the aerial photo on the last page. The waterfront features a large park built on a wide pier in the Hudson River, and the main streets are hardly those of a blue-collar town.
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