New Jersey,was a dear city that developed from nothing, into one of status acquiring finesse, and financial splendor. Indeed, it became the palace of the State of New Jersey. Newark was a city full of fun, fine restaurants, many movie theaters, and Jazzy night clubs with popular entertainers. It was a safe city where the words "carjacking" muggings, unsafe neighborhoods, and murders were non-existent. Then along came the riots that left behind ruin, destruction and an empty old court house, built by the sweat and hard work of immigrant stonemasons and cutters. The great statue of our 16th president Abe Lincoln sits in front of that fine looking building, both of them a tribute to the immigrant working class. The city crumbled leaving nothing of its glory for the ages to see. Is it a city that time will forget?