Hoboken Favorites

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Favorite thing: Located at 94 Washington Street between First & Newark, the HOBOKEN CITY HALL was designed by Francis George Himpler and was built in 1883.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976. The building is a second empire structure, modified to a Beaux Art Classical design.

Favorite thing: It has not been mentioned that one of the greatest movies of all time was filmed here in Hoboken. "On the Waterfront" starring Marlon Brando was not actually filmed on the Brooklyn waterfront. The movie is a perfect example of life in the tri-state area. Times have changed since 1954 but the feel of the city is some what the same as you walk around town you remember seeing the different locations in the film and think of the famous line "I could have been a contenda ..."

Favorite thing: Certainly one of the arguments many people make against Hoboken is that it has become a series of "Lego"-like buildings/houses and that the town has lost a genuine flare that it was well known for. I suppose to some extent, this is true, but outposts of it's authenticity are still existent. Every morning, on my way to work, I pass by Joseph Apicella & Sons fish market and for a city that has become so modernized, it's nice to see a place like this that brings you back in time a bit. A place were the community can feel like just that, a community. Of course, one of the downsides to a having a fish market on the way to work is that on those hot and humid days, the smell of fish in the morning is far from pleasant!

Fondest memory: You know, you can't come to Hoboken without running into something named after Sinatra, who was born here in 1915. Sinatra Park is a beautiful place to hang out--it's on the waterfront, with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline.