Once mocked as "Shanghai on the Hudson"—a back-office Wall Street annex, all but devoid of urban life—downtown Jersey City has become an unlikely showcase of smart growth, thanks in part to a $2 billion light-rail line that has unlocked a wave of new development, not to mention a major dose of Andres Duany's New Urbanist sensibility. Seaside on the Morris Canal?
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