“Ten minutes from the George Washington Bridge.” That’s how I always described where I grew up. There was something about growing up in northern New Jersey that made us define our hometown by its proximity to New York City.
Photographs I took of the Manhattan skyline on a recent visit to New Jersey.
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Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and speaker based in New York City.
She is the coauthor, with Paul Maher Jr., of "Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road.'"
You can email her at stephanie_701 {@} yahoo.com
Stephanie Nikolopoulos 
Simply Beautiful!!!
Such lovely and iconic photos.