Event on the Main Deck of the Battleship New Jersey in Camden
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Camden officials recently announced a major devel- opment on the city's waterfront - a $700 million project called "another concrete commitment from the business community" to help renew the belea- guered city by Governor Chris Christie.
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After serving the military for decades as both a war and peacetime vessel, America's most deco- rated battleship, the USS New Jersey, was retired from active duty in the late 1990s. In October of 2001, it was restored, opened and established as an educational museum and a tribute to the brave sailors who served on her during her long and dis- tinguished career.
Today, the Battleship New Jersey is open for tours, special events and overnight encampments. Visitors and event guests not only see exhibits of artifacts from the ship’s past while aboard, but they also are put into the exhibit along the tour route: they can sit in the chair from which Admiral Halsey commanded the fleet; the can stretch out on the bunks where the sailors slept; or climb into the 16” gun turret and learn how the projectiles were loaded.
Here, visitors take an active role, from strolling across the forecastle to climbing the original lad- ders up to the bridge and beyond, each step in brings visitors and attendees closer to understand- ing what life was like for a sailor on the Battleship New Jersey. From the ship's decks, the skyline of the Philadelphia and Camden waterfronts provides an extraordinary backdrop for groups from 15 to 3,000 attendees. Planners can choose from the following spaces for their group function: Fantail; Crew's Mess; Officer's Wardroom; Petty Officers' Mess; Captain's Cabin; Admiral's Cabin; and Forecastle.
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For the project, to be called Camden Town Center, Liberty Property Trust will purchase a 16-acre parcel along the waterfront between Adventure Aquarium and Campbell's Field. The planned complex will include 1.7-million square feet of office space, much of it in two large towers designed by renowned architect Robert R.M. Stern; 325 residen- tial units; a hotel with 120 to 140 rooms; approxi- mately 27,000-square feet of retail space; and sev- eral open public green spaces.
If the purchase is approved by the state Economic Development Authority, construction would begin on the project in fall of 2016 and be completed some- time in 2019, according to Liberty CEO and presi- dent, Bill Hankowsky.
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