Jersey City, New Jersey’s second largest city behind Newark is part of the New York metropolitan area with 11 miles of waterfront.  With direct and easy access to Manhattan, downtown Jersey City is rapidly developing into a key financial and business hub.  The recent redevelopment of the Jersey City waterfront has turned a once expansive railway yard into one of the nation’s largest downtown central business districts.

With the recent developments, key businesses such as Verisk Analytics, ADP, Fidelity Investments, Goya Foods and Forbes Magazine are now headquartered in Jersey City.

But Jersey City is not just a place for business.  Jersey City has several shopping districts, some of which are traditional main streets for their respective neighborhoods, such as Central, Danforth, and West Side Avenues.  Others like Journal Square and Newport Mall are major commercial and shopping areas. Portions of the city are also part of an Urban Enterprise Zone, where just like Bayonne, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3½% sales tax rate at eligible merchants.

When it comes to education, Jersey City hosts several top rated public schools and universities as well.  New Jersey City University (NJCU) and Saint Peter’s University are both located in the city’s West Side district, as well as Hudson County Community College, which is located in Journal Square. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School was the second-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine’s September 2010 cover story on the state’s “Top Public High Schools”.

For art enthusiasts, Jersey City is quickly becoming one of the biggest hot-spots for artists.  A 2011 survey of census data shows Jersey City to have one the nation’s highest percentages of artists-in-residence, leading The Atlantic magazine to call it the 10th most artistic city in the USA.

Jersey City is a great place to raise a family, and like any family starting out, you will want to document the process with professional photography sessions to treasure for a lifetime.  Tanya Buran Photography is the perfect solution, as she caters to all locations in Jersey City, and will come directly to your home for private and intimate newborn photography sessions.

For more information about Tanya Buran’s Newborn Photography sessions, please visit the Newborn Photography section.