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| For decades, waves of immigrants and artists have caught glimpses of sea and skyline from the hills of Union City — a New Jersey town just across the Hudson River from New York City. | For decades, waves of immigrants and artists have caught glimpses of sea and skyline from the hills of Union City — a New Jersey town just across the Hudson River from New York City. |
| The spectacular views remained relatively off the luxury real estate radar, keeping prices reasonable enough to allow two winding roads along the edge of a cliff — aptly named Mountain Road and Manhattan Avenue — to become a sanctuary for sculptors and painters. | The spectacular views remained relatively off the luxury real estate radar, keeping prices reasonable enough to allow two winding roads along the edge of a cliff — aptly named Mountain Road and Manhattan Avenue — to become a sanctuary for sculptors and painters. |
| The Beaux-Arts sculptor, Raffaele Menconi, who designed the flagpole bases at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, co-owned a 13-room mansion on Mountain Road, starting in 1912. Charles X. Harris, a painter of Americana, and Olive Kooken, a sculptor known for her lamps and toy soldiers, lived in a house just up the road at different times in the early 20th century. | The Beaux-Arts sculptor, Raffaele Menconi, who designed the flagpole bases at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, co-owned a 13-room mansion on Mountain Road, starting in 1912. Charles X. Harris, a painter of Americana, and Olive Kooken, a sculptor known for her lamps and toy soldiers, lived in a house just up the road at different times in the early 20th century. |
| Even into the 1980s, the cliff-side community atop the Palisades remained a home to creatives: The photographer Bonnie Berger, who owned a three-family brick house, ran a collectibles shop down the hill in Hoboken and served as a landlord to a photographer while a jewelry designer lived next door, recalled her daughter Jennie Berger. | Even into the 1980s, the cliff-side community atop the Palisades remained a home to creatives: The photographer Bonnie Berger, who owned a three-family brick house, ran a collectibles shop down the hill in Hoboken and served as a landlord to a photographer while a jewelry designer lived next door, recalled her daughter Jennie Berger. |