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LIfe Atop the Bluffs, Cliffs of Fort Lee
From the Archives: A brief history of the Palisades cliffs in Fort Lee.
The Palisades cliffs of Fort Lee are referenced in many of these archive pieces. Often I use as a point of reference the fact that we denizens of Fort Lee reside perched atop these very cliffs. These ancient cliffs define us as a borough. Carol Ortlip, a Fort Lee native and a member of the famed Ortlip family of artists of Fort Lee, wrote a book some years ago titled We Became Like A Hand: A Story of Five Sisters. Carol brought a new meaning to growing up on these cliffs, as she wrote about her family life atop the cliffs near Old Palisades Road, the present day site of several high-rises, including The Century. She captured life as a child here in Fort Lee on these very cliffs and though she and her sisters fanned out across America as…
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Tom Meyers
12:47 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
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