#Abridge fireworks display code#

Grucci said the production took months to orchestrate, from matching fireworks to songs to writing the thousands of lines of code required to set them off at a precise moment. The event’s organizers described its location as ideal: towers in Manhattan lit up across the river, the Statue of Liberty visible in the distance, and Ellis Island nearby. The city anticipates a crowd of about 100,000 gathering in the plaza and spilling over into the streets around it. (A détente was reached with an agreement to move the statue about 200 feet.) Some in the community, frustrated by changes, pushed back, drawing the attention of high-ranking Polish officials, starting a spat between them and the mayor. Yet the plans have touched off a controversy with a proposal to make way for the renovation by moving the towering Katyn Memorial, a tribute to Polish soldiers massacred during World War II, that had been in the plaza since 1991. There are plans to renovate the plaza, adding green space and playgrounds and creating more of a destination on a bustling strip of the waterfront. But in recent years, the city has boomed with a rush of upscale development and a swell of new residents, with officials positioning the city as an alternative for professionals living in Manhattan and Brooklyn.īeyond the fireworks, the plaza at Exchange Place has been a focal point for growth, as well as the consternation that has come with the city’s evolution. Jersey City had once been known as mostly working class and industrial, shaded by New York’s shadow. Grucci said, they asked for a show that would put them on “a national-class level, not a municipal, smaller-type performance.” When city officials came to the company, Mr. The company produces fireworks displays across the country for the Fourth, and for the past several years, that has included Jersey City. “What else could you ask for on the Fourth of July?” said Phil Grucci, the chief executive and creative director of Fireworks by Grucci, the company his family has owned for six generations, starting in Italy in 1850. Now, though, the looming Manhattan skyline is intended to be the backdrop, as thousands of people gather on Jersey City’s waterfront for a daylong event. The production clocks in at 20 minutes and 30 seconds (give or take a few seconds) and includes thousands of individual fireworks launching from barges on the river.įor years, the fireworks bursting above the Hudson have served as a bridge connecting both sides of the river on Independence Day, but the event, sponsored by Macy’s, had been put on by New York City. JERSEY CITY - Sometime around sunset on July 4, the national anthem will start to play, setting off a carefully choreographed fireworks display above the Hudson River.