Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City

The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, on the water front of the Hudson River.

Its name derives from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse,[1][2][3] a historic Victorian-era power plant that was renovated into an arts center.

Most of the proposals for retail and gallery space never materialized or found tenants, and as a result the eight blocks of industrial buildings remain much the same as in 2002 when the district began.

As well, the city approved new zoning for a large development on First Street which deviated from the district plan.

These factors led to WALDO (Work And Live District Overlay) being removed from the zoning ordinance.