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Paterson, New Jersey
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City in New Jersey, United States
Paterson, New Jersey
City
City of Paterson
Downtown Paterson

Coat of arms
Nickname(s): The Silk City[1]
Motto(s): Spe et Labore (Latin)
"Hope and Effort"

Map of Paterson in Passaic County. Inset: Passaic County's location in New Jersey.

Census Bureau map of Paterson, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°54′53″N 74°09′46″W / 40.914746°N 74.162826°W / 40.914746; -74.162826Coordinates: 40°54′53″N 74°09′46″W / 40.914746°N 74.162826°W / 40.914746; -74.162826[2][3]
Country
United States
State
New Jersey
County
Passaic
Established
November 22, 1791
Incorporated
April 11, 1831 (as township)
Reincorporated
April 14, 1851 (as city)
Named for
William Paterson
Government[7]
• Type
Faulkner Act Mayor-Council
• Body
City Council
• Mayor
Andre Sayegh [4][5]
• Municipal clerk
Sonia Gordon (acting)[6]
Area[2]
• Total
8.704 sq mi (22.544 km2)
• Land
8.428 sq mi (21.829 km2)
• Water
0.276 sq mi (0.715 km2) 3.17%
Area rank
223rd of 566 in state
7th of 16 in county[2]
Elevation[8]
112 ft (34.1376 m)
Population (2010 Census)[9][10][11]
• Total
146,199
• Estimate (2017)[12]
148,678
• Rank
3rd of 565 in state
1st of 16 in county[13]
• Density
17,346.3/sq mi (6,697.4/km2)
• Density rank
9th of 566 in state
2nd of 16 in county[13]
Time zone
Eastern (EST) (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)
Eastern (EDT) (UTC−4)
ZIP codes
07501-07505, 07508-07514, 07522, 07524, 07533, 07538, 07543, 07544[14]
Area code(s)
201 and 973[15]
FIPS code
3403157000[2][16][17]
GNIS feature ID
0885343[2][18]
Website
www.patersonnj.gov
Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.[19] As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199,[9][10][11] rendering it New Jersey's third-most-populous city.[20] Paterson has the second-highest density of any U.S. city with over 100,000 people, behind only New York City.[21] For 2017, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 148,678, an increase of 1.7% from the 2010 enumeration,[12] ranking the city the 174th-largest in the nation.
Paterson is known as the "Silk City" for its dominant role in silk production during the latter half of the 19th century.[1] The city has since evolved into a major destination for Hispanic immigrants as well as for immigrants from India, South Asia, the Arab and Muslim world. Paterson has the second-largest Muslim population in the United States by percentage.[22]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Establishment
1.2 Industrial growth
1.3 Athletics
1.4 Post-World War II era
2 Geography
2.1 Neighborhoods
2.2 Climate
3 Demographics
3.1 2010 Census
3.2 2000 Census
3.3 Ethnic groups
4 Economy
5 Arts and culture
6 Government
6.1 Local government
6.2 Federal, state and county representation
6.3 Politics
7 Emergency services
8 Transportation
8.1 Roads and highways
8.2 Public transportation
9 Education
10 Sister cities
10.1 Friendship
11 In popular culture
12 Notable people
13 See also
14 References
15 External links
History[edit]
Further information: History of New Jersey
The area of Paterson was inhabited by the Algonquian-speaking Native American Acquackanonk tribe of the Lenape, referred to as the Delaware Indians. The land was known as the Lenapehoking. The Dutch claimed the land as New Netherlands, then the British as the Province of New Jersey.[23]
Establishment[edit]
In 1791 Alexander Hamilton (1755/57–1804), first United States Secretary of the Treasury, helped found the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.), which helped encourage the harnessing of energy from the Great Falls of the Passaic River to secure economic independence from British manufacturers. Paterson, which was founded by the society, became the cradle of the industrial revolution in America.[24] Paterson was named for William Paterson, statesman, signer of the Constitution and Governor of New Jersey who signed the 1792 charter that established the Town of Paterson.[25][26]
Architect, engineer and city planner Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant (1754–1825), who had earlier developed the initial plans for Washington, D.C., was the first planner for the S.U.M. project.[27] His plan proposed to harness the power of the Great Falls through a channel in the rock and an aqueduct. The society's directors felt he was taking too long and was over budget, and he was replaced by Peter Colt, who used a less complicated reservoir system to get the water flowing to factories in 1794. Eventually Colt's system developed some problems and a scheme resembling L'Enfant's original plan was used after 1846.[28][29]
Paterson was originally formed as a township from portions of Acquackanonk Township on April 11, 1831, while the area was still part of Essex County. Paterson became part of newly created Passaic County on February 7, 1837. It was incorporated as a city on April 14, 1851, based on the results of a referendum held that day. The city was reincorporated on March 14, 1861.[30]
Industrial growth[edit]
A view of Paterson circa 1880.
Part of the central business district of Paterson, at the intersection of Market and Main streets, 1911
The industries developed in Paterson were powered by the 77-foot-high Great Falls and a system of water raceways that harnessed the power of the falls, providing power for the mills in the area until 1914 and fostering the growth of the city around the mills.[31] The district originally included dozens of mill buildings and other manufacturing structures associated with the textile industry and, later, the firearms, silk and railroad locomotive manufacturing industries. In the latter half of the 19th century silk production became the dominant industry and formed the basis of Paterson's most prosperous period, earning it the nickname "Silk City."[32]
In 1835 Samuel Colt began producing firearms in Paterson, although within a few years he moved his business to Hartford, Connecticut. Later in the 19th century Paterson was the site of early experiments with submarines by Irish-American inventor John Philip Holland. Two of Holland's early models — one found at the bottom of the Passaic River — are on display in the Paterson Museum, housed in the former Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works near the Passaic Falls.[33]
The city was a mecca for immigrant laborers who worked in its factories, particularly Italian weavers from the Naples region. Paterson was the site of historic labor unrest that focused on anti-child labor legislation, and the six-month-long Paterson silk strike of 1913 that demanded the eight-hour day and better working conditions. It was defeated by the employers, with workers forced to return under pre-strike conditions. Factory workers labored long hours for low wages under dangerous conditions and lived in crowded tenement buildings around the mills. The factories then moved to the South, where there were no labor unions, and still later moved overseas.
In 1919 Paterson was one of eight locations bombed by self-identified anarchists.[34]
Athletics[edit]
In 1932 Paterson opened Hinchliffe Stadium, a 10,000-seat stadium named in honor of John V. Hinchliffe, the city's mayor at the time. Hinchliffe Stadium originally served as the site for high school and professional athletic events. From 1933 to 1937 and 1939 to 1945, Hinchliffe was the home of the New York Black Yankees and from 1935 to 1936 the home of the New York Cubans of the Negro National League.[35] The historic ballpark was also a venue for many professional football games, track and field events, boxing matches and auto and motorcycle racing.
The comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello performed at Hinchliffe prior to boxing matches (Abbott was from the coastal New Jersey city of Asbury Park, but Costello was a Paterson native). Hinchliffe is one of only three Negro League stadiums left standing in the United States and is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1963 the Paterson Public Schools acquired the stadium and used it for public school events until 1997, but it is currently in a state of disrepair while the schools have been taken over by the state.[36]
Post-World War II era[edit]
A Hooverville for unemployed on the outskirts of Paterson, 1937.
During World War II Paterson played an important part in the aircraft engine industry. By the end of World War II, however, there was a decline in urban areas and Paterson was no exception, and since the late 1960s the city has suffered high unemployment rates and white flight.[37]
Once a premier shopping and leisure destination of northern New Jersey, competition from malls in upscale neighboring towns like Wayne and Paramus have forced the big chain stores out of Paterson's downtown.[citation needed] The biggest industries are now small businesses, with the decline of the city's industrial base. However, the city still, as always, attracts many immigrants, who have revived the city's economy, especially through small businesses.[38]
The downtown area has been struck by massive fires several times, most recently on January 17, 1991. In this fire a near full city block (bordered on the north and south by Main Street and Washington Street and on the east and west by Ellison Street and College Boulevard, a stretch of Van Houten Street that is dominated by Passaic County Community College) was engulfed in flames due to an electrical fire in the basement of a bar at 161 Main Street and spread to other buildings.[39] Firefighter John A. Nicosia, 28, of Engine 4 went missing in the fire, having gotten lost in the basement. His body was recovered two days later.[40] A plaque honoring his memory was later placed on a wall near the area. The area was so badly damaged that most of the burned buildings were demolished, with an outdoor mall standing in their place. The most notable of the destroyed buildings was the Meyer Brothers department store, which closed in 1987 and had since been parceled out.
Paterson includes numerous locations listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including museums, civic buildings such as City Hall, Hinchliffe Stadium, Public School Number Two and the Danforth Memorial Library, churches (Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church), individual residences, such as Lambert Castle, and districts of the city, such as the Paterson Downtown Commercial Historic District, the Great Falls/Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures Historic District and the Eastside Park Historic District.
In August 2011, Paterson was severely affected in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, particularly by flooding of the Passaic River, where waters rose to levels unseen for 100 years, leading to the displacement of thousands and the closure of bridges over the river.[41] Touring the area with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared, "This is as bad as I've seen, and I've been in eight states that have been impacted by Irene." The same day, President Obama declared New Jersey a disaster area,[42] and announced that he would visit the city.[43][44][45]
Geography[edit]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 8.704 square miles (22.544 km2), including 8.428 square miles (21.829 km2) of land and 0.276 square miles (0.715 km2) of water (3.17%).[2][3]
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Riverside and Totowa.[46]
The city borders the municipalities of Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Prospect Park, Totowa and Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson) in Passaic County; and both Elmwood Park (formerly East Paterson) and Fair Lawn in Bergen County.[47]
Neighborhoods[edit]
Paterson city hall.
The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson.
Paterson's skyline, New Jersey, showing the canyon of the Passaic River in the foreground. The area along the river was formerly the site of most of the mills that flourished throughout Paterson's history.
The Great Falls Historic District is the most famous neighborhood in Paterson because of the landmark Great Falls of the Passaic River. The city has attempted to revitalize the area in recent years, including the installation of period lamp posts and the conversion of old industrial buildings into apartments and retail venues. Many artists live in this section of Paterson. A major redevelopment project is planned for this district in the coming years. The Paterson Museum of Industrial History at Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works is situated in the Historic District.[48]
Downtown Paterson is the main commercial district of the city and was once a shopping destination for many who lived in northern New Jersey. After a devastating fire in 1902, the city rebuilt the downtown with massive Beaux-Arts-style buildings, many of which remain to this day. These buildings are usually four to seven stories tall. Downtown Paterson is home to Paterson City Hall and the Passaic County Courthouse Annex, two of the city's architectural landmarks. City Hall was designed by the New York firm Carrere and Hastings in 1894, and was modeled after the Hôtel de Ville (city hall) in Lyon, France, capital of the silk industry in Europe.[49]
The former Orpheum Theatre located on Van Houten Street has been converted to a mosque by the Islamic Foundation of New Jersey. The massive structure, now known as Masjid Jalalabad, can accommodate 1,500 worshipers.[50]
As with many other old downtown districts in the United States, Downtown Paterson suffered as shoppers and retailers moved to the suburban shopping malls of the region. Many historic buildings are in disrepair or are abandoned after years of neglect. In addition, Downtown Paterson is an Urban Enterprise Zone. The city has, in recent years, begun initiatives in hopes of reviving the downtown area with the centerpiece being the Center City Mall, constructed on a large parking lot spanning Ward Street from Main to Church Streets and features retail, entertainment, and commercial space. Downtown Paterson is located in the city's 1st Ward.
Eastside Park Historic District consists of about 1,000 homes in a variety of architectural styles, including Tudors, Georgian colonials, Victorians, Italianate villas and Dutch colonials. It is located east of downtown. Once the home of the city's industrial and political leaders, the neighborhood experienced a significant downturn as industry fled Paterson. In recent years, gentrification has begun to occur in the neighborhood and some of the area's historic houses have been restored.
The Eastside Park Historic District is a state and nationally registered historic place. The jewel of the neighborhood is Eastside Park and the mansions that surround it. This section of Paterson once had a large Jewish population that reached 40,000 at its peak; a synagogue still remains.[51] Eastside Park and what is commonly known as the Upper Eastside are located in Paterson's 3rd Ward.
East River Section is a section that is referred to by locals roughly bordering Riverside at 5th Avenue and extending south to Broadway, sandwiched in by Madison Avenue to McClean Boulevard (Route 20). However, the neighborhood's layout unofficially extends to the "Paterson-Newark/Hudson Route" of River Road in the Paterson-Memorial Park section of Fair Lawn whose house addresses are in alignment with the now defunct Jewish synagogue on the corner of 33rd Street and Broadway, which connects Paterson to Newark/Hudson, and at one time was a main route through River Drive, which starts in Elmwood Park and rides north to south along the East Bank of the Passaic River in Paterson's original county.
Built when Paterson was still Bergen County, River Drive changes to River Road in the greater Eastside Sections of Upper Eastside-Manor Section, East River, and Riverside Sections, and turns into Wagaraw Road north of 1st Avenue / Maple Avenue in the old Bunker Hill extension of Columbia Heights in Fair Lawn an indication of not only entering the Industrial Section, but also entering the foothills of the Ramapo Mountains in Hawthorne.
River Drive then turns into East Main Street to indicate that you have entered the Northside Section. The East River neighborhood which was and still maintains its "blue collar" working-class identity, was at one time known for its large Jewish community, as well as a Neapolitan/Italian population and more recently other Mediterranean and Adriatic Europeans, Caribbean and South Americans, and other modern immigrant groups from all over the world, as well as African-Americans.
Manor Section is a residential neighborhood in Paterson. It is located east of East 33rd Street, north of Broadway, and south-west of Route 20 and the Passaic River. The Manor section of Paterson is located in the city's 3rd Ward. The layout and culture of the Manor Section also extends into the neighboring Lyncrest and Rivercrest sections of Fair Lawn, with all the addresses aligning themselves to the now defunct Jewish Temple, located at the corner of 33rd and Broadway.
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– Totowa Section
– Hillcrest
– Great Falls Historic District
– Stoney Road
– South Paterson
– Lakeview
– Near Eastside
– Manor Section
– Eastside Park Historic District
– Sandy Hill
– People's Park
– Riverside
– Downtown
– The Central Business District
– The Old Dublin District
– Little Italy
– Wrigley Park
– Northside
South Paterson, also known as Little Istanbul or Little Ramallah, is a diverse neighborhood with a growing number of immigrants from the Middle East, with significant Arab and Turkish communities. The neighborhood is located in the 6th Ward, east of Main Street and west of West Railway Avenue. A majority of the city's Arabs live in this section of Paterson. Many of the retail shops and restaurants cater to this community. The neighborhood is characterized by Halal meat markets which offer goat and lamb; and shop signs are in Arabic. South Paterson's Arab community is mostly made up of Jordanians, Palestinians,[52] Syrians,[53][54] and Lebanese.[55]
Lakeview is situated in the southern part of the city, and is a middle class neighborhood. Interstate 80 runs north of this district. Lakeview is home to the Paterson Farmers Market, where many people from across North Jersey come to buy fresh produce. The neighborhood is roughly 65% Hispanic, although this neighborhood also has sizable European, Middle-Eastern, African-American, and Asian populations, including a significant Filipino presence. Lakeview also shares some of the same characteristics as neighboring Clifton as they both share a neighborhood bearing the same name. The Lakeview section of Paterson is located in the city's 6th Ward.
Hillcrest is a largely residential, middle class enclave, to the west of the downtown area. Its borders' limits are Preakness Avenue to the east, Cumberland Avenue to the west, and Totowa Avenue along with West Side Park and the Passaic River to the south. Hillcrest is one of Paterson's most desirable neighborhoods. The Hillcrest section of Paterson is located in the city's 2nd Ward.
People's Park is a neighborhood located north of 23rd Avenue and south of Market Street. Twenty-First Avenue or "La Veinte y uno" as it's known by most of Paterson's Spanish-speaking community, is located in the People's Park section of Paterson. It is an active and vibrant retail strip featuring a variety of shops and services catering to a diverse clientele. Twenty First Avenue used to have a large Italian population. Although there is still a significant Italian presence left in the neighborhood, it also has a large first-generation Hispanic population, particularly Colombian.
House in Paterson's inner city, 1974. Photo by Danny Lyon.
Wrigley Park is a neighborhood that has suffered from years of poverty, crime, and neglect. It is mostly African-American. Poverty, crime, open-air drug markets, prostitution, vacant lots, and boarded-up windows are all common in this area. However, there are new houses being built, and crime has dropped in recent years. This neighborhood is located north of Broadway. It is also known as the '4th Ward'.
Sandy Hill is a neighborhood in the Eastside located roughly west of Madison Avenue, north of 21st Avenue, south of Park Avenue, and east of Straight Street. Due to Paterson's significant population turn-over, this neighborhood is now home to a large and growing Hispanic community, mostly first-generation Dominicans. The Sandy Hill section of Paterson is located in the city's 5th Ward. Roberto Clemente Park, which was originally known as Sandy Hill Park, is located in this neighborhood.
Part of the 5th Ward is called Near Eastside by residents to differentiate it from the Eastside Park Historic District to its immediate east.
Northside, located north of Downtown, suffers from many of the social problems currently facing the Wrigley Park neighborhood, but to a lesser extent. This neighborhood borders the boroughs of Haledon and Prospect Park and is known for its hills and sweeping views of the New York City skyline. The Northside section of Paterson is located in the city's 1st Ward.
Totowa section is a large neighborhood located west of the Passaic River, south-west of West Broadway and north-east of Preakness Avenue. As the name implies, it borders the town of Totowa. It is mostly Hispanic but with an increasing South Asian community, mainly Bangladeshi. Many Bengali grocery and clothing stores are located on Union Avenue and the surrounding streets. Masjid Al-Ferdous is located on Union Avenue, which accommodates the daily Bangladeshi pedestrian population.
A large Italian presence remains in this neighborhood. Many Peruvian and other Latin American restaurants and businesses are located on Union Avenue. Colonial Village and Brooks Sloate Terraces are located in this neighborhood. The Totowa Section is located in parts of the 1st and 2nd Wards of Paterson.
Stoney Road is Paterson's most south-west neighborhood, bordering Woodland Park to the south and Totowa across the Passaic River to the west. This neighborhood is home to Pennington Park, Hayden Heights, Lou Costello Pool, the Levine reservoir, Murray Avenue, Mc Bride Avenue, and Garret Heights. A strong Italian presence remains in this neighborhood. The Stoney Road section of Paterson is located in the city's 2nd Ward.
Riverside is a larger neighborhood in Paterson and, as its name suggests, is bound by the Passaic River to the north and east, separating the city from Hawthorne and Fair Lawn. Riverside is a working-class neighborhood. The neighborhood is mostly residential with some industrial uses. Madison Avenue cuts through the heart of this district. Route 20 runs through the eastern border of Riverside, providing an easy commute to Route 80 East and New York City. This section is ethnically diverse with a growing Hispanic community concentrating mostly north and along River Street. Many Albanians make their home in the East 18th Street and River Street areas. River View Terrace is located in this neighborhood. Riverside is located in parts of the 3rd and 4th Wards of Paterson.
Bunker Hill is a mostly industrial area west of River Street and east of the Passaic River.
Westside Park located off Totowa Avenue and best known as the site of the Holland submarine, Fenian Ram, which was built from 1879 to 1881[56] for the Fenian Brotherhood. It became the target of graffiti artists because the fence surrounding it was too low and too close to the submarine itself. The sub is now located in Paterson Museum.[57]
Climate[edit]
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally cool to cold winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Paterson has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps.[58]
Demographics[edit]
Historical population
Census
Pop.
%±
1840 7,596 —
1850 11,334 49.2%
1860 19,586 72.8%
1870 33,579 71.4%
1880 51,031 52.0%
1890 78,347 53.5%
1900 105,171 34.2%
1910 125,600 19.4%
1920 135,875 8.2%
1930 138,513 1.9%
1940 139,656 0.8%
1950 139,336 −0.2%
1960 143,663 3.1%
1970 144,824 0.8%
1980 137,970 −4.7%
1990 140,891 2.1%
2000 149,222 5.9%
2010 146,199 −2.0%
Est. 2017 148,678 [12] 1.7%
Population sources:
1800–1920[59] 1840–1900[60]
1840-1870[61] 1840[62] 1850[63]
1870[64] 1880-1890[65]
1890-1910[66] 1860-1930[67]
1930-1990[68] 2000[69][70] 2010[9][10][11][20]
According to then-Mayor Jose Torres, Paterson had 52 distinct ethnic groups in 2014.[71] Paterson's rapidly growing Bangladeshi American,[72] Turkish American, Arab American,[73] Palestinian American,[52] Albanian American, Bosnian American, Dominican American, and Peruvian American communities are among the largest and most prominent in the United States, the latter owing partially to the presence of the Consulate of Peru.[74] Paterson's Muslim population has been estimated at 25,000 to 30,000.[1] Paterson has become a prime destination for one of the fastest-growing communities of Dominican Americans, who have become the city's largest ethnic group.[75] The Puerto Rican American population has established a highly significant presence as well.[76]
Demographic surveys and census data find Paterson has the highest percentage of disabled persons of any city with more than 100,000 residents, with about 30% of males and 29% of females not classified as poor listed as having a disability.[77]
2010 Census[edit]
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 146,199 people, 44,329 households, and 32,715 families residing in the city. The population density was 17,346.3 per square mile (6,697.4/km2). There were 47,946 housing units at an average density of 5,688.7 per square mile (2,196.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 34.68% (50,706) White, 31.68% (46,314) Black or African American, 1.06% (1,547) Native American, 3.34% (4,878) Asian, 0.04% (60) Pacific Islander, 23.94% (34,999) from other races, and 5.26% (7,695) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.63% (84,254) of the population.[9]
There were 44,329 households out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.4% were married couples living together, 29.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.24 and the average family size was 3.71.[9]
In the city, the population was spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.1 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.9 males.[9]
Same-sex couples headed 290 households in 2010, a decline from the 349 counted in 2000.[78]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $34,086 (with a margin of error of ±$1,705) and the median family income was $39.003 (±$2,408). Males had a median income of $30,811 (±$825) versus $28,459 (±$1,570) for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,543 (±$467). About 24.1% of families and 26.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.0% of those under age 18 and 25.4% of those age 65 or over.[79]
2000 Census[edit]
As of the 2000 United States Census[16] there were 149,222 people, 44,710 households, and 33,353 families residing in the city, for a population density of 17,675.4 per square mile (6,826.4/km2).[69][70] Among cities with a population higher than 100,000, Paterson was the second most densely populated large city in the United States, only after New York City.[80]
There were 47,169 housing units at an average density of 5,587.2 per square mile (2,157.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 32.90% African American, 13.20% White, 0.60% Native American, 1.90% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 27.60% from other races and 6.17% from two or more races. Latino of any race were 50.1% of the population.[69][70] The majority of Latinos are Puerto Rican 14%, Dominican 10%, Peruvian 5% and Colombian 3%.[81]
There were 44,710 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 26.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.25 and the average family size was 3.71.[69][70]
In the city the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.[69][70]
The median income for a household in the city was $30,127, and the median income for a family was $32,983. Males had a median income of $27,911 versus $21,733 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,257. About 19.2% of families and 22.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.0% of those under age 18 and 19.4% of those age 65 or over.[69][70]
Ethnic groups[edit]
A map showing the diversity of Paterson's population, 2010
Since its early beginnings, Paterson has been a melting pot. Irish, Germans, Dutch, and Jews settled in the city in the 19th century. Italian and Eastern European immigrants soon followed. As early as 1890, Syrian and Lebanese immigrants also arrived in Paterson.
In addition to many African Americans of Southern heritage, more recent immigrants have come from the Caribbean and Africa. Paterson's black population increased during the Great Migration of the 20th century, but there have been Patersonians of African descent since before the Civil War. However, Paterson's black population declined between the years 2000 and 2010,[82] consistent with the overall return migration of African Americans from Northern New Jersey back to the Southern United States.[83] A house once existing at Bridge Street and Broadway was a station on the Underground Railroad. It was operated from 1855 to 1864 by abolitionists William Van Rensalier, a black engineer, and Josiah Huntoon, a white industrialist.[84] There is a memorial located at the site.[85][86] Many second- and third-generation Puerto Ricans have called Paterson home since the 1950s, including an estimated 10,000 who participated in the 2014 mayoral election, which was won by Jose "Joey" Torres, a Puerto Rican American who was one of three Hispanic candidates vying for the seat.[76] Today's Hispanic immigrants to Paterson are primarily Dominican, Peruvian, Colombian, Mexican, and Central American, with a resurgence of Puerto Rican migration as well. In 2014, more than 600 business people attended the annual Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey Convention in Paterson.[87]
Western Market Street, sometimes called Little Lima by tourists, is home to many Peruvian and other Latin-American businesses. In contrast, if one travels east on Market Street, a heavy concentration of Dominican-owned restaurants, beauty salons, barber shops and other businesses can be seen. The Great Falls Historic District, Cianci Street, Union Avenue and 21st Avenue have several Italian businesses. To the north of the Great Falls is a fast-growing Bangladeshi population. Park Avenue and Market Street between Straight Street and Madison Avenue are heavily Dominican and Puerto Rican.
Main Street, just south of downtown, is heavily Mexican with a declining Puerto-Rican community. Broadway — also called Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way — is predominantly black, as is the Fourth Ward and parts of Eastside and Northside. Costa Ricans and other Central American immigrant communities are growing in the Riverside and Peoples Park neighborhoods. Main Street between the Clifton border and Madison Avenue is heavily Turkish and Arab. 21st Avenue in the People's Park section is characterized by Colombian and other Latin American restaurants and shops.
Every summer, Patersonians conduct an African-American Day Parade, a Dominican Day Parade, a Puerto Rican Day Parade, a Peruvian Day Parade, and a Turkish-American Day Parade; budget cuts in 2011 have forced parade organizers to contribute to cover the costs of police and other municipal services.[88]
Paterson is considered by many as the capital of the Peruvian Diaspora in the U.S.[89] Importance of the Peruvian community is recognized by city officials. Paterson renamed a section bordered by Mill, Market, Main, and Cianci streets as Peru Square.[90] Paterson's rapidly growing Peruvian community celebrates what is known as Señor de los Milagros ("Our Lord of Miracles" in English) on October 18 through 28th each year and every July participates in the annual Passaic County Peruvian Day Parade, which passes through Market Street and Main Street in the Little Lima neighborhood of Downtown Paterson.[91] In the 2000 Census, 4.72% of residents listed themselves as being of Peruvian American ancestry, the third-highest percentage of the population of any municipality in New Jersey and the United States, behind East Newark with 10.1% and Harrison with 7.01%.[92] The community includes both Quechua and Spanish speakers.[93]
Paterson is home to the third-largest Dominican-American Community in the United States, after New York City and Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the 2000 Census, 10.27% of residents listed themselves as being of Dominican American ancestry, the eighth highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States and the third highest percentage in New Jersey, behind Perth Amboy's 18.81% and Union City's 11.46%.[94] Paterson renamed a section of Park Avenue in Sandy Hill to Dominican Republic Way to recognize the Dominican community.[95]
Paterson is home to the largest Turkish-American immigrant community in the United States (Little Istanbul) and the second largest Arab-American community after Dearborn, Michigan.[73] Paterson has been nicknamed Little Ramallah and contains a neighborhood with the same name in South Paterson, with an Arab American population estimated as high as 20,000 in 2015,[96][97] serving as the center of Paterson's growing Syrian American[53][54] and Palestinian American populations.[52] The Paterson-based Arab American Civic Association runs an Arabic language program in the Paterson Public Schools that serves 125 students at School 9 on Saturdays.[98] Paterson is also home to the largest Circassian immigrant community in the United States.[99][self-published source]
The Greater Paterson area which includes the cities of Clifton and Wayne and the boroughs of Haledon, Prospect Park, North Haledon, Totowa, Woodland Park, and Little Falls, is home to the nation's largest North Caucasian population, mostly Circassians, Karachays, and small Chechen and Dagestani communities. Reflective of these communities, Paterson and Prospect Park public schools observe Muslim holidays.[100]
Paterson has incorporated a rapidly growing Bangladeshi American community, which is estimated to number 15,000,[101] the largest in the United States outside New York City.[102] Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman was ultimately certified as the winner of the 2012 city council race in the Second Ward, making him North Jersey's first Bangladeshi-American elected official.[103]
A branch of the Sonali Exchange Company Inc. has opened on Union Avenue in the Totowa Section; the Sonali Exchange Company is a subsidiary of Sonali Bank, the largest state-owned commercial bank in Bangladesh.
Economy[edit]
Portions of Paterson are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone, established in September 1994.[104] In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (versus the 6.625% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.[105]
Arts and culture[edit]
Paterson has a significant parks and recreation system, including larger areas such as Eastside, Westside and Pennington Parks, as well as neighborhood parks such as Wrigley, Robert Clemente, and People's.[106] The Great Falls of the Passaic are part of the national park system.
Main article: Paterson Museum
The Paterson Museum, in the Great Falls Historic District, was founded in 1925 and is owned and operated by the city of Paterson. Its mission is to preserve and display the industrial history of the city. Since 1982, the museum has been housed in the Thomas Rogers Building on Market Street, the former erecting shop of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, a major 19th-century manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives.[107]
Main article: Lambert Castle
Belle Vista, locally known as Lambert Castle, was built in 1892 as the home of Catholina Lambert, the self-made owner of a prominent silk mill in Paterson. After Lambert's death in 1923, his family sold the building to the city, which in turn sold it to the County of Passaic a few years later. The county used the building for administrative offices, and in 1936, provided one room to the fledgling Passaic County Historical Society to serve as its historical museum. As time went by the museum grew, room by room, until the entire first floor became the historical museum.
In the late 1990s, the Castle underwent a multi-million-dollar restoration and all four floors of the building were developed into a museum and library. Today, Passaic County remains the owner of the building and supports the facilities' operation; however, the Passaic County Historical Society is solely responsible for the operation and management of Lambert Castle Museum with its historical period rooms, long-term and changing exhibition galleries, educational programs for elementary and middle-school students, and research library/archive.[108]
Above Lambert Castle stands a 75-foot (23 m) observation tower, located at the peak of Garret Mountain, which while technically standing in Woodland Park, was constructed when the property was considered part of Paterson. The tower is part of the Garret Mountain Reservation and renovations were completed in 2009 to restore the tower to the original condition as built in 1896 by Lambert, who used the tower to impress guests with its view of the New York City skyline.[109]
Attempts were being made to fund the restoration of the Paterson Armory as a recreation and cultural center, but the building was destroyed by fire before these could bear fruit.[110]
Government[edit]
Local government[edit]
The City of Paterson operates within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under a Plan-D Mayor-Council form of government, which was adopted in 1974 in a change from a 1907 statute-based form.[7][111]
Under the Mayor-Council plan, the Mayor is the chief executive and is responsible for administering the City's activities. The Mayor is elected at-large for a four-year term by the citizens and is responsible for them. The mayor enforces the charter and the ordinances and laws passed by the City Council. The Mayor appoints all department heads including the business administrator, with the advice and consent of the Council and may remove any department heads after giving them notice and an opportunity to be heard. With the assistance of the business administrator, the Mayor is responsible for preparation of the municipal budget. The Mayor submits the budget to the Council along with a detailed analysis of expenditures and revenues. The Council may reduce any item or items in the budget by a majority vote, but can only increase an item by a two-thirds vote.
The City Council consists of nine seats. Of these, six are elected through use of the ward system, where candidates run to represent a certain area of the city. The other three seats are elected using the at-large system, where each candidate is voted upon by the entire voting population of the city. Municipal elections are held in even numbered years, are non-partisan, and take place in early May. The six members of the City Council representing their wards are elected in the same years as Presidential elections, while the mayoral election and the at-large Council elections are held in the same years as the mid-term Congressional elections.
As of July 2018[update], the Mayor of Paterson is Andre Sayegh. The previous mayor was Jane Williams-Warren, who was serving on an interim basis following the resignation of José "Joey" Torres, whose term of office was to end on June 30, 2018.[4] Torres was in his third non-consecutive term as Mayor of Paterson, having first been elected by defeating incumbent Martin G. Barnes in 2002 and then winning re-election in 2006 against Lawrence Spagnola. After losing his bid for a third consecutive term by a margin of 600 votes to City Council President Jeffery Jones in 2010, Torres defeated Jones in a rematch four years later.[112] Torres pleaded guilty to corruption charges in September 2017 that required him to leave office and to serve a prison term of five years. According to city law, the President of the City Council is the next in line to succeed a Mayor who is removed from office for any reason and serves as Acting Mayor until the next election, unless the Council appoints someone else to fill the post within 30 days of the creation of the vacancy. City Council President Ruby Cotton immediately became Mayor upon Torres' resignation [113] and served until September 29, when the council voted 5-4 to appoint Williams-Warren, a former city clerk, as interim mayor until the May 2018 municipal election.[114]
Members of the City Council are Council President Ruby N. Cotton (Fourth Ward; 2020), Council Vice President Luis Velez (Fifth Ward; 2020), Maritza Davila (at-large; 2018), Michael Jackson (First Ward; 2020), Shahin Khalique (Second Ward; 2020), William McKoy (Third Ward; 2020), Domingo "Alex" Mendez (at-large; 2018), Kenneth M. Morris Jr. (at-large; 2018) and Andre Sayegh (Sixth Ward; 2020).[115][116][117][118][119]
Federal, state and county representation[edit]
Paterson is located in the 9th Congressional District[120] and is part of New Jersey's 35th state legislative district.[10][121][122] Prior to the 2010 Census, Paterson had been part of the 8th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[123]
New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District is represented by Bill Pascrell (D, Paterson).[124] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2021)[125] and Bob Menendez (Paramus, 2019).[126][127]
For the 2018–2019 session (Senate, General Assembly), the 35th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nellie Pou (D, North Haledon) and in the General Assembly by Shavonda E. Sumter (D, Paterson) and Benjie E. Wimberly (D, Paterson).[128][129] The Governor of New Jersey is Phil Murphy (D, Middletown Township).[130] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Sheila Oliver (D, East Orange).[131]
Passaic County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who are elected at-large to staggered three-year terms office on a partisan basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At a reorganization meeting held in January, the board selects a Director and Deputy Director from among its members to serve for a one-year term.[132] As of 2017[update], Passaic County's Freeholders are Director Cassandra "Sandi" Lazzara (D, 2018; Woodland Park),[133] Deputy Director Bruce James (D, 2017; Clifton),[134] Assad R. Akhter (D, 2018 - appointed to serve an unexpired term; Paterson),[135] John W. Bartlett (D, 2018; Wayne),[136] Theodore O. Best Jr. (D, 2017; Paterson),[137] Terry Duffy (D, 2019; West Milford),[138] and Pasquale "Pat" Lepore (D, 2019; Woodland Park).[139][140][141][142] Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are County Clerk Kristin M. Corrado (R, 2019; Totowa),[143] Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik (D, 2019; Little Falls)[144] and Surrogate Bernice Toledo (D, 2021; Prospect Park).[145][141]
Politics[edit]
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 68,324 registered voters in Paterson, of which 27,926 (40.9% vs. 31.0% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 3,100 (4.5% vs. 18.7%) were registered as Republicans and 37,285 (54.6% vs. 50.3%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 13 voters registered to other parties.[146] Among the city's 2010 Census population, 46.7% (vs. 53.2% in Passaic County) were registered to vote, including 64.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.8% countywide).[146][147]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 93.6% of the vote (41,662 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 6.1% (2,696 votes), and other candidates with 0.3% (152 votes), among the 45,050 ballots cast by the city's 78,194 registered voters (540 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 57.6%.[148][149] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 38,085 votes (86.7% vs. 58.8% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 4,098 votes (9.3% vs. 37.7%) and other candidates with 150 votes (0.3% vs. 0.8%), among the 43,946 ballots cast by the city's 70,925 registered voters, for a turnout of 62.0% (vs. 70.4% in Passaic County).[150] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 28,896 votes (79.2% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 5,959 votes (16.3% vs. 42.7%) and other candidates with 151 votes (0.4% vs. 0.7%), among the 36,470 ballots cast by the city's 64,151 registered voters, for a turnout of 56.9% (vs. 69.3% in the whole county).[151]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 78.5% of the vote (15,726 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 20.6% (4,123 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (179 votes), among the 20,787 ballots cast by the city's 80,140 registered voters (759 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 25.9%.[152][153] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 17,334 ballots cast (85.7% vs. 50.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 2,213 votes (10.9% vs. 43.2%), Independent Chris Daggett with 264 votes (1.3% vs. 3.8%) and other candidates with 129 votes (0.6% vs. 0.9%), among the 20,233 ballots cast by the city's 66,603 registered voters, yielding a 30.4% turnout (vs. 42.7% in the county).[154]
Emergency services[edit]
The City of Paterson is served by a professional police department.[155]
The Paterson Fire Department, headed by Chief Brian McDermott, operates out of seven fire stations with a total of 400 employees, and is also responsible for the city's emergency medical services division and ambulance units.[156] The department is part of the Metro USAR Strike Team, which consists of nine North Jersey fire departments and other emergency services divisions working to address major emergency rescue situations.[157]
In addition to local services, Paterson is home to the Passaic County Sheriff's Office Courts Division in the Passaic County Courthouse and Correctional Division in the Passaic County Jail. The jail, originally constructed in 1957, can accommodate 1,242 inmate beds.[158]
In April 2011, Paterson laid off 125 police officers, nearly 25% of the total force in the city, due to severe budget constraints caused by a $70 million deficit.[159] At the same time, the Guardian Angels, a New York City-based volunteer citizen safety patrol organization, began operating in Paterson at the invitation of the Mayor.[160]
St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center is a large institution providing comprehensive emergency services as well as non-emergency medical care to Paterson and the surrounding community.[161]
Transportation[edit]
Roads and highways[edit]
As of May 2010[update], the city had a total of 195.28 miles (314.27 km) of roadways, of which 157.62 miles (253.66 km) were maintained by the municipality, 29.21 miles (47.01 km) by Passaic County and 8.45 miles (13.60 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[162]
By road, Paterson is served directly by Interstate 80, as well as State Routes 4, 19, and 20, U.S. Route 46, and the Garden State Parkway. State Routes 3, 17, 21, and 208 are also nearby and serve as feeder roads to the community.
Paterson also served as the terminus for numerous major secondary roads in northern New Jersey. Paterson Plank Road linked the city to Jersey City and eventually the Hudson River waterfront in Hoboken, while the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike connected the city with Sussex County along what is now parts of State Route 23.
Public transportation[edit]
The city is served by the NJ Transit Main Line commuter rail service, with the station located in Downtown Paterson. Plans are being developed for new commuter rail service on the existing NYS&W line, which is currently single-tracked. The Passaic-Bergen Rail Line plans to have five stops in Paterson.[163]
Bus service to locations in Passaic, Bergen, Essex and Hudson counties is provided by NJ Transit, making the city a regional transit hub. The Broadway Bus Terminal, also downtown, is the terminus for many NJ Transit bus lines.[164]
Service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan is offered on the 161 and the 190, by the 171 to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Washington Heights, Manhattan, on the 72 to Newark, with local service provided on the 74, 702, 703, 704, 707, 712, 722, 742 (Saturday only), 744, 746, 748, 770, 970 and 971 routes.[165][166] Many buses stop at or near City Hall, going to various points in the area, including New York and the neighboring communities.
Private, independent jitney buses (guaguas or dollar vans) connect Paterson with neighboring communities along Route 4, and provide transportation to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Manhattan. These buses run at high frequency but do not have formal, published schedules.[167][168][169]
Education[edit]
The Paterson Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[170] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[171][172]
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's 47 schools had an enrollment of 30,058 students and 2,212.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.[173] District enrollment in Paterson surged at the start of the 2015–16 school year, creating a public school enrollment of 700 students higher than expected and putting the school district in a situation of needing to hire teachers rapidly not long after the district had laid off 300 positions.[174]
In 2011, all of Paterson's high schools were changed to theme schools, as part of a goal to give students a better choice in areas they wanted to pursue.[175] Among the 594 students who took the SAT in 2013, the mean combined score was 1120 and there were 19 students (3.2% of those taking the exam) who achieved the combined score of 1550 that the College Board considers an indicator of college readiness, a decline from the 26 students (4.3%) who achieved the standard the previous year.[176]
Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology is a charter school serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.[177] Other charter schools include Community Charter School of Paterson (K–8), John P. Holland Charter School (K–8) and Paterson Arts and Science Charter School (K–7).[178]
The city is host to the state's annual robotics competition held at Passaic County Community College. The competition, called the North Jersey Robotics Competition or NJRC, was created to place high educational merit on the students of Paterson. The competition draws schools from around New Jersey. Three events make up the meet which takes place on two different days. The competition's tenth anniversary event in 2011 was won by Paterson's Panther Academy.
Blessed Sacrament School and St. Gerard Majella School are elementary schools that operate under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson.[179] In the face of declining enrollment and financial difficulties, Paterson Catholic High School, the city's last remaining Catholic high school, was closed by the Diocese of Paterson.[180]
Established in the 1970s, Paterson hosts the main campus of Passaic County Community College, which serves 13,000 students at its main campus and at satellite programs in Passaic, Wanaque and at the Public Safety Academy.[181]
Sister cities[edit]
Sister cities of Paterson include:
Eskişehir, Turkey, May 22, 2002[182]
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France[183]
Lowell, Massachusetts[citation needed]
Sylhet, Bangladesh[citation needed]
Surat, Gujarat, India[184]
Baroda, Gujarat, India[185]
Yulin, Shaanxi, China[186]
Friendship[edit]
Montescaglioso Street in Paterson
There is a pact of friendship with the town of Montescaglioso (Matera, Basilicata, Italy)}, as testified by mutual naming of two streets in their city centers. Paterson was a place of Italian emigration in the late nineteenth century and today houses a large community of citizens of Montescaglioso emigrated in those years.[187]
"Avenue Paterson" in Montescaglioso[188]
"Montescaglioso Street" in Paterson.[189]
The San Rocco Society was founded in Paterson, an association whose main purpose is to maintain sales relationships with the motherland, and in some ways the traditions.[190]
In popular culture[edit]
Paterson is the subject of William Carlos Williams' five-book epic poem Paterson, a cornerstone work of modern American poetry.[1] Paterson is also mentioned in the twelfth line of Part 1 of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl. In the novel On the Road by Ginsberg's friend Jack Kerouac, the protagonist Sal Paradise lives with his aunt in Paterson. Kerouac may have chosen Paterson as a stand-in for his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, also a mill town with a waterfall.[191] Paterson is the setting of many of Junot Diaz's short stories and novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and John Updike's 1997 novel In the Beauty of the Lilies.[192]
The controversial arrest and conviction of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose conviction was overturned in 1985, was dramatized in the 1999 Denzel Washington film, The Hurricane, and was partially shot in the city.[1] The lyrics of the Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" include "In Paterson that's just the way things go / If you're Black you might as well not show / Up on the street / Unless you want to draw the heat". The film Lean On Me, while sensationalized, is based on events that occurred in Paterson's Eastside High School.[193] Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) with Brooke Shields was filmed entirely in Paterson, the director's hometown,[194] as was State Property.[195] Its sequel, State Property 2, and Far from Heaven, The Preacher's Wife[196] and Purple Rose of Cairo[197] are among other films that were partially shot in Paterson. The city was also a filming location for the 1995 drama film, New Jersey Drive, which is primarily based on Newark's automobile theft rate at the time, with the city being considered "the car theft capital of the world".[citation needed]
The 2016 film Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch is set in the city, about a bus driver named Paterson who writes poetry in his free time.[198]
Lou Costello often referred to his hometown of Paterson in his comedy routines with Bud Abbott. The plot of the June 28, 1945, episode of the Abbott & Costello radio show is about the City of Paterson inviting him back for "Lou Costello Day" to launch a new garbage scow.[199]
Paterson Falls was featured in the first season of The Sopranos in the episode Pax Soprana as the place where Junior Soprano's friend, Capri's grandson, committed suicide after taking poor designer drugs; As a favor, Junior Soprano had Mikey Palmice and another individual toss the dealer, Rusty Irish, over the falls.[200] Some interior shots for the show were filmed in the unused Barnert Hospital.[citation needed] The Sopranos also shot a scene at Ralph Piccolo Pizza and renamed it "UF-FA'S Pizzeria".[201]
The New Jersey-based band Suit of Lights pays tribute to Paterson in their song, "Goodbye Silk City". The 1983 music video "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood makes reference to Paterson in its opening sequence.[202][citation needed]
The first marketable revolver was produced in Paterson by Samuel Colt starting in 1836, and was known as the Colt Paterson.[203]
The first steam-powered and first electric-powered model trains were both invented in Paterson. Eugene Beggs made the first steam-powered train in the city around 1871.[204] Beggs' employee, Jehu Garlick, invented the first electric-powered model train that consisted of a tinplate toy locomotive with four aluminum wheels. "Toy World" which highlights the history of New Jersey's toy making industry at the New Jersey State Museum prominently featured Paterson's contribution to the history of toys.
Notable people[edit]
See also: Category:People from Paterson, New Jersey.
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Paterson include: ( (B) denotes that the person was born in Paterson).
Tom Acker (born 1930), pitcher who played for four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds.[205]
Jorge Acosta (born 1964), retired Colombian-born American soccer forward who earned 12 caps with the U.S. national team in 1991 and 1992.[206]
Mike Adams (born 1981), pro football player for the Indianapolis Colts.[207][208]
Adeva (born 1960), house music and R&B vocalist.[209]
Charlie Adler (born 1956), animation voice actor and director.[210]
Nelson Algren (1909–1981), author best known for his novel The Man with the Golden Arm.[211]
Henry C. Allen (1872–1942), politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1905 to 1907.[212]
Bruce Arians (born 1952), head coach of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.[213]
Gerald Ash (born 1942), electrical engineer at Bell Labs, whose research has focused on routing problems.[214]
Robert Atwan (born 1940), essayist and editor of several anthologies of literature.[215]
Sisto Averno (1925–2012), American football guard and linebacker who played in the National Football League for the original Baltimore Colts (1950), the New York Yanks (1951), Dallas Texans (1952) and the Baltimore Colts (1953–1954).[216]
Vincent Baggetta (born 1944), actor best known for his title role in the 1978–79 television series, The Eddie Capra Mysteries.[217]
Samm Sinclair Baker (1909–1997), author/coauthor of many how-to and self-help books, most notably The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet which he coauthored with Dr. Herman Tarnower.[218]
Lawrence Barrett (1838–1891), a leading actor of the 19th century.[219]
Charles D. Beckwith (1838–1921), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1889 to 1891, and was mayor of Paterson from 1885 to 1889.[220]
Alexander Berzin (born 1944), Buddhist Scholar, translator and teacher focusing on the Tibetan tradition.[221]
Jeffrey Bewkes (born 1952), CEO of Time Warner since January 1, 2008, President since December 2005, and Chairman of the Board since January 1, 2009.[222]
Chauncey Black (born 1968), singer with the vocal group Blackstreet.[223]
Just Blaze (born 1978), hip hop music producer.[224]
Jennie Bosschieter (1882–1900), woman who was raped and murdered, as an early victim of the date rape drug chloral hydrate which caused her death.[225]
Bill Braun, auto racer.[226]
Gaetano Bresci (1869–1901), weaver and anarchist, assassinated Italian king Umberto I.[227]
Johnny Briggs (born 1944), former Major League Baseball player.[228]
Mark Brown (born 1980), NFL linebacker who played for the New York Jets.[229]
Edna Buchanan (born 1938/1939), journalist and writer best known for her crime mystery novels.[230]
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (1937–2014), boxer whose triple murder conviction was later overturned, subject of the Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and the movie The Hurricane.[231]
Federico Castelluccio (born 1964), Italian-born actor, most known for portraying Furio Giunta on the HBO series The Sopranos.[232]
Ersilia Cavedagni (1862–?), Italian-American anarcha-feminist activist, writer, and editor.[233]
Joe Clark (born 1938), educator and former principal of Eastside High School, depicted by Morgan Freeman in the movie Lean on Me.[193]
Lou Costello (1906–1959), of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello. (B)[234]
Christos M. Cotsakos (born 1948), former CEO of E*TRADE.[235]
Ernestina Cravello (1880–1942), Italian-American anarcha-feminist activist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[236]
Sunda Croonquist, comic and actress.[237]
Victor Cruz, (born 1986) wide receiver for the NFL Super Bowl championship team, the New York Giants.[238]
Joe Cunningham (born 1931), former MLB first baseman and outfielder first baseman and outfielder who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators. (B)[239]
Andrew Derrom (1817–1892), military officer, inventor, civil engineer and industrialist.[240]
Larry Doby (1923–2003), Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player and manager who broke the color barrier in the American League.[241]
Eric Downing (born 1978), NFL player.[242]
Lou Duva (born 1922), boxing trainer, manager, and promoter, member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.[243]
Randy Edelman (born 1947), film and TV score composer. (B)[244]
Barry Edelstein (born 1965), theatre director, author, and educator who serves as Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California. (B)[245]
Eddie Einhorn (1936–2016), television executive, part-owner of the Chicago White Sox.[246]
Derrick Etienne (born 1996), professional soccer player for the New York Red Bulls.[247]
William W. Evans Jr. (1921–1999), politician who served as Mayor of Wyckoff and in the New Jersey General Assembly, who was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1968.[248]
J. John Fox (c. 1904–1999), judge known for his central role in the founding of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.[249]
Abe Gelbart (1911–1994), mathematician who was the founding dean of the Belfer Graduate School of Science at Yeshiva University and the namesake of the International Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.[250]
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), writer and Beat Generation poet.[251]
Teresa Giudice (born 1972), reality show participant on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.[252]
Abraham Godwin (1724–1777), captain of Marines USS Lady Washington in 1776.[253]
Abraham Godwin (1763–1835), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1802 to 1806.[254]
Abraham Godwin Jr (1791–1849), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1821 to 1832.[citation needed]
Parke Godwin (1816-1904), journalist.[254]
Bill Haast (1910–2011), snake and venom specialist, director of Miami Serpentarium Laboratories. (B)[255]
Thomas Hagan (born c.1942), one of the men convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X.[256]
Alexander Hamilton (1755/57–1804), first United States Secretary of the Treasury who helped found the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.) that helped establish Paterson around the Great Falls.[257]
Keith Hamilton (born 1971), NFL defensive tackle who spent his entire 12-season career New York Giants.[258]
Larry Hand (born 1940), defensive end and defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions from 1965 to 1977.[259]
The Happenings, pop music group created in the 1960s.[260]
Gerald Hayes (born 1980), linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals.[261]
Ureli Corelli Hill (1802–1875), music conductor and founder of the New York Symphony Orchestra.[262]
Garret A. Hobart (1844–1899), Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, President of the New Jersey Senate and the 24th Vice President of the United States, serving under President William McKinley.[263]
Kendall Holt (born 1981), light welterweight boxer who held the WBO junior welterweight championship from 2008–09.[264]
Michael Hossack (1946–2012), drummer, member of the Doobie Brothers.[265]
Michael Jace (born 1962), actor who appeared in The Shield.[266]
Charlie Jamieson (1893–1969), Major League Baseball player.[267]
Charles Samuel Joelson (1916–1999), lawyer and politician who served on the Paterson City Council and as the Representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1961 to 1969.[268]
Jemal Johnson (born 1985), soccer player who has played for English Coca Cola League One side Milton Keynes Dons.[269]
Maxine Jones (born 1966), singer, member of En Vogue.[270]
Ron Cephas Jones (born 1957), actor known for This is Us, Mr. Robot and Across The Universe.[271]
Alfred E. Kahn (1917–2010), economist and deregulation advocate.[272]
Joseph Keller (1923–2016), mathematician who specialized in applied mathematics.[273]
King Kelly (1857–1894), major league baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall Of Fame.[274][275]
Bernard Kerik (born 1955), former New York City Police Commissioner.[276]
Gabriel Kolko (1932–2014), historian, author. (B)[277]
Garret Kramer, author and performance coach. (B)[278]
Frank Lautenberg (1924–2013), politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate.[279]
John L. Leal (1858–1914), physician and water utility sanitary adviser, was responsible for the installation of the first drinking water chlorine disinfection system in the U.S.[280]
John LoCascio (born 1991), defenseman for the Rochester Rattlers in Major League Lacrosse.[281]
Edward L. Masry (1932–2005), attorney whose firm was behind the case featured in Erin Brockovich.[282]
Don Martin (1931–2000), cartoonist for Mad magazine.[283]
Thomas McEwan Jr. (1854–1926), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1895 to 1899.[284]
George Middleton (1880–1967), playwright.[285]
Greg Olsen (born 1985), tight end for the Carolina Panthers. (B)
Simon Perchik (born 1923), poet.[286]
Joseph D. Pistone (born 1939), FBI agent and author who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family, as described in the film Donnie Brasco.[287]
Bucky Pizzarelli (born 1926), jazz guitarist.[288][289]
John Pizzarelli (born 1960), jazz guitarist and singer.[289][290]
Martin Pizzarelli (born 1963), jazz double-bassist.[289]
David Prater (1937–1988), of the soul duo Sam & Dave.[291]
Amos H. Radcliffe (1870–1950), Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, from 1916 to 1919, and represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1919 to 1923.[292]
Prince Randian (1871–1934), sideshow performer.[293]
George Rochberg (1918–2005), classical composer.[294]
Frederick Reines (1918–1998), Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-discovered the neutrino.[295] (B)
Frankie Ruiz (1958–1998), salsa music singer.[296] (B)
John Ryle (1817–1887), industrialist and capitalist, known as the "Father of the United States Silk Industry" starting the first silk mill in 1839.[297]
Mary Danforth Ryle (1833–1904), philanthropist who donated millions to various city institutions, notably the Danforth Memorial Library.[298]
Kathryn Salfelder (born 1987), classical composer.[299](B)
Louis Scott (1891–?), gold medal winner at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[300]
Marcel Shipp (born 1978), running back for the Arizona Cardinals.[301]
Rocco Silano (born 1962), magician and author.[302]
Dave Sime (1936–2016), Olympic medal-winning sprinter.[303]
John Spencer (1946–2005), actor, best known for his role as Leo McGarry, the White House Chief of Staff on the television drama The West Wing.[304]
Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1844-1917), surgeon who was the first to perform a public operation in the United States using Joseph Lister's antiseptic technique.[305](B)
J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954), science-fiction writer, creator and writer for Babylon 5.[306]
Kazbek Tambi (born 1961), Seton Hall University women's soccer team head coach and retired U.S. soccer midfielder who was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1984 Summer Olympics and spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League, four in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the American Soccer League, and formerly the United States U-17 women's soccer team coach.[307]
Albert Tangora (1903–1978), holder of the speed record for typing on a manual typewriter.[308]
Joe Taub (1929–2017), businessman who joined his brother Henry Taub and Frank Lautenberg in building the payroll company Automatic Data Processing and later was part of an investment group that acquired the New Jersey Nets.[309]
Tim Thomas (born 1977), NBA basketball player.[310][311]
Dante Tomaselli (born 1969), horror film screenwriter, director, and composer.[312]
Robert Torricelli (born 1951), politician, former representative of New Jersey in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.[313]
Elizabeth Vargas (born 1962), ABC news anchor.[314]
Bruce Vilanch (born 1948), six-time Emmy Award winning comedy writer, actor and songwriter.[315]
"Uncle" Floyd Vivino (born 1951), comic, and star of Uncle Floyd Show, the longest-running ever Public-access television cable TV show in New Jersey, appeared in film Good Morning, Vietnam.[316]
Jimmy Vivino (born 1955), musician, guitarist, member of The Max Weinberg 7.[317]
Fetty Wap (born 1991), rapper and singer best known for his song Trap Queen, which was released in 2014.[318]
Darryl Watkins (born 1984), professional basketball player who played collegiately at Syracuse.[319]
Patrick Warburton (born 1964), actor, best known for his roles in Seinfeld and Family Guy. (B)[320]
Bernie Wayne (1919–1993), composer best known for Blue Velvet.[321]
Joseph Weber (1919–2000), physicist who gave the earliest public lecture on the principles behind the laser and the maser and developed Weber bars, the first gravitational wave detectors. (B)[322]
Carl Weinrich (1904–1991), classical organist known for his recitals and recordings of Baroque organ music. (B)[323]
Bert Wheeler (1895–1968), of the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey.[324]
K'Waun Williams (born 1991), cornerback for the Cleveland Browns.[325]
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), important modern 20th century poet; author of the poem Paterson.[326]
Paul Zukerberg, lawyer, activist and politician. (B)[327]
Giuseppe Zangara (1900–1933), assassin of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, though President–elect Franklin D. Roosevelt may have been his intended target.[328]
See also[edit]
1913 Paterson silk strike
1835 Paterson textile strike
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^ Jump up to: a b via Associated Press. "Muslims could prove key in choosing next U.S. president", The Seattle Times, October 8, 2004. Accessed July 17, 2011. "... Paterson, which is the nation's second-largest Arab-American community after the Dearborn, Mich.-area."
Jump up ^ Sudol, Karen. "North Jersey Peruvians celebrate Peru's independence with a flag raising in Paterson", The Record (Bergen County), July 27, 2013. Accessed August 5, 2014.
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Jump up ^ Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples", The Record (Bergen County), August 14, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 3, 2013. Accessed December 1, 2014.
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Jump up ^ Sheingold, Dve. "North Jersey black families leaving for lure of new South", The Record (Bergen County), February 20, 2011. Accessed May 21, 2013. "In Paterson, the number dipped from 46,900 to 41,400 and now comprises 28 percent of the city's population."
Jump up ^ Sharkey, Joe. "Finding a Lost Page From a Family History", The New York Times, November 10, 1996. Accessed May 3, 2012. "Blinking back tears, Delores Van Rensalier pushed a shovel into the damp earth in a vacant lot wedged between a Wendy's restaurant and the police and courts complex in downtown Paterson. Beside her, workers were putting up a sign to mark the lot as the location of 'the Huntoon-Van Rensalier Station of the Underground Railroad, 1855–1864.'... Paterson, a prosperous milltown before the Civil War, was a 'station' on the Underground Railroad, the clandestine network of way stations operated by northern abolitionists to help slaves escape to Canada from the South. Huntoon operated his station in partnership with Van Rensalier, whom Ms. Van Rensalier now suspects came here on a slave ship and later assumed the Dutch name as a free man.
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Jump up ^ Anderson, Samuel. "Plans for a monument at Paterson's Underground Railroad station", Paterson press, January 10, 2014. Accessed January 27, 2015.
Jump up ^ Anzidei, Melanie. "Hispanic chamber hosts annual convention in Paterson; state provides grant for entrepreneurship center", The Record (Bergen County), October 23, 2014. Accessed December 10, 2014.
Jump up ^ Schectman, Joel; and Patberg, Zach. "Ethnic parades in Paterson likely to be victims of city budget stress", The Record (Bergen County), June 13, 2011. Accessed September 4, 2011. "The Puerto Rican, Dominican and African-American parades, which attracted tens of thousands of people, face shutdown after Mayor Jeffery Jones demanded that organizers pay as much as $100,000 for police and cleanup after the event.... Peruvians were set to celebrate their 25th annual parade in Paterson next month. The event has brought in more than 35,000 people from as far away as Florida."
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Jump up ^ Staff. "Photos: Annual Peruvian Day Parade in Passaic County. The parade makes it way down Market Street in Paterson", The Record (Bergen County), July 27, 2014. Accessed December 10, 2014.
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Jump up ^ Adely, Hannan. "Hundreds of Palestinians rally in Paterson in protest of Israeli military campaign", The Record (Bergen County), July 19, 2014. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Organized by community leaders, the rally took place in the South Paterson neighborhood often called Little Ramallah for its large population of Palestinian-Americans."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Paterson school district restarts Arab language program for city youths", Paterson Press, December 10, 2014. Accessed December 10, 2014. "City education officials have resumed providing a program that teaches 125 students the Arab language. The district has been offering the program, which is run by the Paterson-based Arab American Civic Association, for more than a decade."
Jump up ^ Natho, Kadir I. Circassian History, p. 530. Xlibris Corporation, 2009. ISBN 9781465316998.
Jump up ^ Yellin, Deena. "More NJ school districts recognize Muslim holidays", The Record (Bergen County), October 22, 2010. Accessed May 29, 2015. "Yet, many New Jersey districts have for years closed schools for Muslim holidays, including Paterson, Atlantic City, Trenton, Cliffside Park, Piscataway, Prospect Park, Plainfield and Irvington."
Jump up ^ Malinconico, Joe; and Kratovil, Charlie. "Paterson's Bengali Community Takes Pride in Akhtaruzzaman's Upset Victory", The Alternative Press, May 9, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Ahmed estimated that Paterson has about 15,000 Bengali residents."
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Jump up ^ Clunn, Nick. "Officials certify election of Akhtaruzzaman to Paterson's 2nd Ward", The Record (Bergen County), November 27, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Election officials Tuesday certified Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman as the winner of a special City Council race, settling a prolonged political contest that ended with his reclaiming the seat he lost in a court challenge.... It was unclear when Akhtaruzzaman would take office as the representative for the 2nd Ward and reclaim his mantle as the first Bangladeshi-American elected to municipal office in North Jersey."
Jump up ^ What Is The Urban Enterprise Zone?, City of Paterson. Accessed August 12, 2018. "The Paterson UEZ is one of 37 zones in New Jersey. Paterson became a designated Urban Enterprise Zone city in September 1994."
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Jump up ^ Cowen, Richard. "Renovation of Woodland Park's 'Lambert Castle' tower nearly complete", The Record (Bergen County), December 1, 2009. Accessed May 3, 2012.
Jump up ^ Malinconico, Joe. "A Dream or Reality? Plans for Paterson Armory Take Shape", The Alternative Press, April 9, 2012. Accessed May 3, 2012.
Jump up ^ City Council, City of Paterson. Accessed January 14, 2013. "The City of Paterson Municipal Council was created as a result of a 1974 decision to change its form of government from a 1907 statute-based form, to a Faulkner Act Plan-D Mayor-Council Form."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Joey Torres regains mayor's seat in Paterson", The Star-Ledger, May 14, 2014. Accessed March 21, 2016. "After a four-year absence Jose "Joey" Torres will again be the mayor of New Jersey's third-largest city.... Jones beat Torres by less than 600 votes to become mayor in 2010."
Jump up ^ Malinconcino, Joe; Oglesby, Amanda. "Paterson Mayor Joey Torres pleads guilty to corruption charges", Asbury Park Press, September 24, 2017. Accessed September 24, 2017. "Paterson Mayor Joey Torres, a former Jackson business administrator, pleaded guilty to corruption charges Friday afternoon, despite saying for months after his indictment that he would be vindicated in the courts. The proposed agreement will require Torres, 58, to step down from the mayor’s job and serve prison time up to five years in prison.... Torres will be replaced as mayor on an interim basis by City Council President Ruby Cotton. She will remain in the top job until Paterson’s mayoral election in May 2018, unless her colleagues pick someone else to fill the job during the next 30 days."
Jump up ^ Malinconico, Joe. "Paterson Council picks Williams-Warren, not Ruby Cotton, to be interim mayor until May election", Paterson Press, September 30, 2017. Accessed September 30, 2017. "Retired municipal clerk Jane Williams-Warren will become Paterson’s next mayor on Oct. 10, under decision reached by the City Council late Friday. Williams-Warren will fill the seat that Jose 'Joey' Torres was forced to give up as a result of his conviction on Sept. 22 of corruption charges. The council picked Williams-Warren to serve as interim mayor despite a standing-room-only crowd that jammed City Hall to urge the to governing body to keep Councilwoman Ruby Cotton as Paterson’s acting mayor."
Jump up ^ City Council Members, City of Paterson. Accessed September 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ Fiscal Year 2017 Municipal Data Sheet, City of Paterson. Accessed September 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ Passaic County 2016 Directory Archived August 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., Passaic County, New Jersey, March 2016. Accessed July 28, 2016. As of date accessed, the directory lists ward members with terms ending June 30, 2016.
Jump up ^ Paterson Municipal Election May 10, 2016 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results, Passaic County, New Jersey, updated May 23, 2016. Accessed July 28, 2016.
Jump up ^ Paterson Municipal Election May 13, 2014 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results, Passaic County, New Jersey, updated May 21, 2014. Accessed July 28, 2016.
Jump up ^ Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed January 6, 2013.
Jump up ^ 2017 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government Archived April 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine., p. 62, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed May 30, 2017.
Jump up ^ Districts by Number for 2011–2020, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013.
Jump up ^ 2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 62, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed May 22, 2015.
Jump up ^ Directory of Representatives: New Jersey, United States House of Representatives. Accessed January 5, 2012.
Jump up ^ About Cory Booker, United States Senate. Accessed January 26, 2015. "He now owns a home and lives in Newark's Central Ward community."
Jump up ^ Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "He currently lives in Paramus and has two children, Alicia and Robert."
Jump up ^ Senators of the 114th Congress from New Jersey. United States Senate. Accessed January 26, 2015. "Booker, Cory A. - (D - NJ) Class II; Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ) Class I"
Jump up ^ Legislative Roster 2018-2019 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 22, 2018.
Jump up ^ District 35 Legislators, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 22, 2018.
Jump up ^ Governor Phil Murphy, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 16, 2018.
Jump up ^ Lieutenant Governor Oliver, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 16, 2018. "Assemblywoman Oliver has resided in the City of East Orange for over 40 years."
Jump up ^ Clerk-Freeholders, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Cassandra Lazzara, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Bruce James, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Assad Akhter, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ John W. Bartlett, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Theodore O. Best Jr., Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Terry Duffy, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Pat Lepore, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Freeholders, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Passaic County 2017 Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ 2017 County Data Sheet, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ County Clerk, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik, Passaic County Sheriff's Office. Accessed August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ County Surrogate, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 1, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Voter Registration Summary - Passaic, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed January 16, 2013.
Jump up ^ GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 – State – County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 16, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Passaic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. March 15, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Passaic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. March 15, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Passaic County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed January 16, 2013.
Jump up ^ 2004 Presidential Election: Passaic County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed January 16, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Governor – Passaic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. January 29, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Passaic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. January 29, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ 2009 Governor: Passaic County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed January 16, 2013.
Jump up ^ Paterson Police Department, City of Paterson. Accessed November 14, 2011.
Jump up ^ About Archived April 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Paterson Fire Department. Accessed May 3, 2012.
Jump up ^ Steadman, Andrew. "Bayonne firefighters participate in mock disaster drills in Newark", The Jersey Journal, May 1, 2012. Accessed June 6, 2016. "According to the press release, the Metro USAR Strike Team is made up of nine fire departments from Bayonne, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Morristown as well as the five-municipality North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Agency."
Jump up ^ Passaic County Jail, Passaic County Sheriff's Office. Accessed December 10, 2014. "Originally constructed in 1957, the Passaic County Jail was built to accommodate 227 beds. Over the years, the jail has undergone many changes. The facility now consists of 4 floors and has a 1242 inmate bed capacity."
Jump up ^ Patberg, Zach. "Paterson layoff of 125 police officers draws protests", The Record (Bergen County), April 18, 2011. Accessed September 4, 2011.
Jump up ^ Lynn, Kathleen. "Guardian Angels begin Paterson patrols", The Record (Bergen County), April 17, 2011. Accessed September 4, 2011. "Responding to the layoffs of 125 Paterson police officers, the New York City-based Guardian Angels began patrols in the city Sunday. The Guardian Angels arrived in Paterson on Sunday to begin patrolling the city. The 18 Angels, in signature red jackets and berets, were greeted in front of City Hall by Mayor Jeffery Jones, who had invited the volunteer safety patrol organization in February as the city's budget problems deepened."
Jump up ^ Home page Archived September 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center. Accessed September 4, 2011.
Jump up ^ Passaic County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Passaic-Bergen Rail Plan Advances: NJT Board Amends Contract To Cover Final Design Expenses", NJ Transit press release dated April 18, 2007. Accessed July 19, 2011.
Jump up ^ Bus Terminals, NJ Transit. Accessed August 25, 2015.
Jump up ^ Passaic County Bus/Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed July 19, 2011.
Jump up ^ Passaic County System Map, NJ Transit. Accessed August 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ Jitney Transportation Along New Jersey's Route 4 Corridor, Columbia University Urban Transportation Policy, November 30, 2006. Accessed August 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ Paterson – Port Authority, Jitney Buses of New Jersey. Accessed November 19, 2016.
Jump up ^ Paterson – George Washington Bridge, Jitney Buses of New Jersey. Accessed November 19, 2016.
Jump up ^ Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ About SDA Archived August 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed July 21, 2016. "The legislation allocates $2.9 billion for 31 special-needs districts, known as SDA Districts. The SDA manages and funds 100 percent of eligible project costs in the former Abbott districts.... Also due to the 2007 legislation, the SDA developed regulations that will allow for delegating the management of projects to SDA Districts (formerly known as Abbott Districts), as authorized by the legislation of August 2007."
Jump up ^ Abbott District Web Sites, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 21, 2016.
Jump up ^ District information for Paterson Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
Jump up ^ Malinconico, Joe. "Months after layoffs, unexpected enrollment puts Paterson school district in hiring scramble", The Record (Bergen County), September 17, 2015. Accessed September 17, 2015. "Just months after imposing more than 300 layoffs, the city school district is scrambling to hire dozens of extra teachers to handle an unexpected enrollment increase of about 700 students.... But far more immigrants have moved into Paterson than were expected, the superintendent said."
Jump up ^ Brody, Leslie. "Paterson to split JFK high school into four academies", The Record (Bergen County), March 7, 2011. Accessed November 14, 2011. "Paterson school officials will split the troubled John F. Kennedy High School into four smaller academies so that starting next fall, all public high school students in the city will be enrolled in a 'choice' magnet school."
Jump up ^ Malinconico, Joe. "Latest SAT results: Number of Paterson 'college-ready' students drops to 19", Paterson Press, October 14, 2014. Accessed December 11, 2014. "A report released by the school district last week showed 19 of the 594 Paterson students who took the SATs this year had scores that met the "college-ready" criteria established by the College Board, which conducts the standardized tests."
Jump up ^ Admissions FAQ Archived November 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology. Accessed November 3, 2014.
Jump up ^ Charter Schools Directory Archived October 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 25, 2015.
Jump up ^ Passaic County Schools, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson Catholic Schools Office. Accessed August 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ Naanes, Marlene. "Paterson Catholic to close by end of school year" Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., The Record (Bergen County), April 21, 2010. Accessed June 21, 2011. "Paterson Catholic Regional High School, which has prided itself for four decades on serving some of the area's poorest and immigrant families, will close its doors the diocese said Wednesday, citing enormous debt, plummeting donations and a bad economy."
Jump up ^ About PCCC, Passaic County Community College. Accessed May 21, 2013.
Jump up ^ Eskisehir Municipality's Sister Cities List
Jump up ^ Staff. "Mr Jones wants Surat as a sister city", Paterson Times, June 28, 2013. Accessed August 25, 2015. "The city has sister city status with a number of municipalities around the world including with Lyon, France; Eskişehir, Turkey; and Yulin, China."
Jump up ^ Malinconico, Joe; and Green, Jeff. "Paterson mayor reports India delegation will be visiting soon", The Record (Bergen County), July 5, 2013. Accessed December 10, 2014. "Jones said he reached a sister-city agreement with Surat City that was signed by members of the Indian community's chamber of commerce."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Mr Jones wants Surat as a sister city", Paterson Times, June 28, 2013. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Jeffery Jones, the mayor of Paterson, during his much lambasted visit to India, has proposed to establish sister city link between the Indian city of Surat, a large diamond cutting town with a population of more than 4 million, and the city of Paterson, according to a local Indian newspaper."
Jump up ^ Clunn, Nick. "Paterson Officials Invited To Sister City In China", The Record (Bergen County), December 10, 2011. Accessed December 10, 2014. "The expo is considered an important regional event for business interests in southeast China and Yulin City, which struck a 'friendship agreement' with Paterson."
Jump up ^ Twenty-First Avenue: Place of Conjunction, Library of Congress. Accessed August 7, 2013. "Italians from that town found their way to Paterson, and settled in the 21st Avenue area earlier in this century. This population increased over the years, at least in part because of the Italian practice of chain migration. The Paterson Montese community was fed by renewed immigration after World War II, from about the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, when immigration from Italy to the United States slowed considerably as a result of vastly improved economic conditions in Italy."
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Jump up ^ Schiller, Kristan. "Kerouac's 'On the Road' And Its Jersey Ties", The New York Times, December 4, 1994. Accessed May 21, 2013. "Kerouac was born and raised in the Merrimack River valley town of Lowell, Mass., and lived in Ozone Park, Queens, with his mother, Gabrielle Ange Levesque Kerouac, when he started writing On the Road. He imagined himself in the story as Salvatore Paradise, a young writer attempting a novel while living with an unnamed aunt in another American city – Paterson, N.J."
Jump up ^ Barnes, Julian. "Grand Illusion", The New York Times, January 28, 1996. Accessed May 3, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b Maslin, Janet. "Movie Review: Lean on Me", The New York Times, March 3, 1989. Accessed January 24, 2012. "And Morgan Freeman manages it in Lean on Me, in which he plays Joe Clark, the controversial high-school principal from Paterson, N.J."
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Jump up ^ DeLuca, Dan. "No payoff in 'State Property' A street thug aims to hit it big. The movie misses.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 19, 2002. Accessed August 16, 2012. "The setting is meant to be Philadelphia, but save for one quick shot of City Hall, State Property never looks the slightest bit familiar. Perhaps that's because it was shot in Paterson, N.J. (According to Abbott's production notes, efforts to film in town were thwarted because 'we could not afford to house everyone in Philly or commute from NYC,' where the Roc-A-Fella posse is headquartered.)"
Jump up ^ Staudter, Thomas. "How Main Street Cafe Got in the Movies", The New York Times, May 26, 1996. Accessed August 16, 2012. "In addition to the Chelsea Pier television and film production studios in Manhattan, other chief locales for The Preacher's Wife include Yonkers, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, N.J., and Portland, Me."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Banner Year For N.J. Film Industry Production Companies Spent $15.4 Million In '84", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 3, 1985. Accessed August 16, 2012. "The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen's sixth New Jersey film, using sites in Mount Arlington, South Amboy and Paterson."
Jump up ^ Robey, Tim. "Adam Driver's Paterson will be treasured for years – review", The Daily Telegraph, November 24, 2016. Accessed December 6, 2016. "You've beheld Adam Driver as Kylo Ren; now meet Kylo Zen. In Jim Jarmusch's new film Paterson, he plays a guy called Paterson, who happens to live in Paterson, New Jersey, his birthplace, where he drives a bus (number 23) with his surname naturally emblazoned on it."
Jump up ^ Episode: "Abbott & Costello – Return To Paterson", My Old Radio, broadcast June 28, 1945. Accessed August 16, 2012.
Jump up ^ Nussbaum, Paul. "In gritty North Jersey, a national park-to-be Waterfall has a Sopranos tie.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 20, 2009. Accessed October 9, 2016. "In recent times, though, the biggest thing to hit the falls was an unlucky victim who got tossed off the footbridge in an episode of The Sopranos."
Jump up ^ Sopranos filming location – Ooh-Fa, The Sopranos Location Guide. Accessed October 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ YouTube – Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes (1983)
Jump up ^ Richard C. Rattenbury, "Colt Revolvers", Handbook of Texas Online, published by the Texas State Historical Association. Accessed November 14, 2011.
Jump up ^ Rahman, Jayed (October 29, 2016). "America's first model trains, invented in Paterson, on display at New Jersey State Museum exhibit". The Paterson Times. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
Jump up ^ Tom Acker #40, MLB.com. Accessed September 16, 2015.
Jump up ^ Raskin, David A. "Soccer; Acosta Finds His Dreams Close to Home", The New York Times, June 13, 1988. Accessed September 16, 2015. "But Acosta, a Paterson resident, has found more than a team since returning from Long Island University. The 23-year-old has become the leading scorer in the newly formed American Soccer League and is the league's first young player to gain national attention."
Jump up ^ Mike Adams Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., Cleveland Browns. Accessed May 19, 2008.
Jump up ^ Idec, Keith. "Browns enjoy playing for that other Ryan", The Record (Bergen County), November 14, 2010. Accessed September 4, 2011. "Paterson native Mike Adams couldn't help but laugh when he heard and read about the controversy Jets head coach Rex Ryan caused with his R-rated vocabulary during episodes of HBO's Hard Knocks this summer."
Jump up ^ Adeva, soulwalking.co.uk. Accessed March 13, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Charlie Adler". IMDb. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
Jump up ^ Newirth, Mike. "Lost on Nelson Algren Avenue", The Baffler, No. 18, 2009. Accessed May 3, 2015. "In 1974, Esquire asked Algren to write an article on Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, since made famous by Bob Dylan and Denzel Washington; back then, Carter was just another murderer, albeit one railroaded by police misconduct. Algren concluded that Carter and his co-defendant were innocent, and decided to move to Paterson, N.J., to write about them."
Jump up ^ "Allen, Henry Crosby, (1872–1942)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed May 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ Cannizzaro, Mark. "Carthon & Muir Receive Invites To Stay Aboard", New York Post, January 20, 2001. Accessed May 3, 2015. "One of the offensive coordinators who's believed to be at or near the top of Edwards' list is Colts' quarterbacks coach Bruce Arians, a Paterson, NJ, native who's had a close hand in the development of Peyton Manning."
Jump up ^ 2001 Award Winners, New Jersey Inventors hall of Fame. Accessed May 3, 2015. "New Jersey native Gerald R. Ash, who was born in Paterson and lived for many years in West Long Branch, started working for AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1976 as a member of the technical staff."
Jump up ^ Atwan, Robert; Dardess, George; and Rosenthal, Peggy. Divine Inspiration: The Life of Jesus in World Poetry, p. 134. Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 9780195093513. Accessed May 3, 2015. "Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Atwan, whose grandfather came from Aleppo, was raised in a Syrian-Catholic household and educated at Seton Hall and Rutgers University."
Jump up ^ Kelly, Jacques. "Sisto J. Averno Sr., Colt player1950s Baltimore Colt guard who also played for New York and Dallas became a Luby and Fox Chevrolet salesman", The Baltimore Sun, March 29, 2012. Accessed September 16, 2015. "Born in Paterson, N.J., he was the son of Roberto Averno and Elvira Isabella Salerno. While a student at Paterson High School, he played football and was scouted by colleges."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Capra won't throw any punches", Eugene Register-Guard, September 2, 1978. Accessed December 15, 2015. "The call wnt out for Shannons, and a jaunty Italian from New York by way of Paterson, N.J., one Vincent Baggetta, turns up."
Jump up ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Samm Sinclair Baker, 87, Author Of Dozens of Self-Help Books", The New York Times, March 23, 1997. Accessed September 16, 2015. "He was born in Paterson, N.J., and was a 1929 economics graduate of the University of Pennsylvania."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Lawrence Barrett Dead; Pneumonia Fatal After An Illness Of Only Two Days. Swift Progress Of An Attack That At First Seemed Slight – Mrs. Barrett Present At The Last – The Story Ot The Actor's Life.", The New York Times, March 21, 1891. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Lawrence Barrett. the son of Thomas Barrett, a poor Irish immigrant, was born at Paterson, N.J., April 4, 1838."
Jump up ^ Charles Dyer Beckwith profile, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007.
Jump up ^ Fineman, Mark. "Dalai Lama's Disciples Gather for Peace Prayer Religion: About 150,000 participate in ceremony with the Peace Prize winner.", Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1991. Accessed December 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ Staff. "12 to Watch: Jeffrey Bewkes", TVWeek, January 20, 2008. Accessed September 16, 2015. "Place of birth: Patterson, [sic] N.J."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Backstreet Takes Music Higher", Contra Costa Times, August 8, 1997. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Heavy R&B group Blackstreet has reached 'Another Level' with its current album. Led by Chauncey 'Black' Hannibal and Teddy 'Street' Riley, Blackstreet, which performs at Saturday's KMEL Summer Jam at the Concord Pavilion, has expanded its stylistic range, tightened its vocal harmonies and sought new audiences with its second album, 'Another Level.'... Weary of New York, the ace producer/musician moved his family to Virginia Beach about five years ago; Hannibal, from Paterson, NJ, followed."
Jump up ^ Staff. "In Pictures: Red Bull Music Academy at Harlem Cafe in Belfast", Belfast Telegraph, March 5, 2012. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Joining Kerri was legendary hip hop producer Just Blaze aka Justin Smith from Paterson, NJ. The CEO of Fort Knocks Entertainment is best known for producing hits from Jay-Z's Blueprint, Blueprint 2 and The Black Album."
Jump up ^ Krajicek, David J. "Attacked by the Gang", New York Daily News, October 25, 2008. Accessed September 16, 2015. "On a mild October evening in 1900, a pretty teenager named Jennie Bosschieter walked to a drugstore from her home in Paterson, N.J., to fetch baby powder for an infant niece."
Jump up ^ Bill Braun, racing-reference.info. Accessed March 13, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Assassin's lot fell upon anarchist here; Gaetano Bresci, the King's Murderer, Lived in Paterson. Was in America six years his identity established, and his membership in an Italian Anarchistic Group in the New Jersey Town.", The New York Times, July 31, 1900. Accessed August 12, 2018. "He is Gaetano Bresci, who left Paterson, N.J., in May, and went directly from New York to Europe, having been delegated by an Anarchist group, it is believed, to assassinate the King".
Jump up ^ Idec, Keith. "Tardy Mets might have had Paterson's Briggs", The Record (Bergen County), May 17, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Johnny Briggs' baseball career might've turned out very different if a Mets scout hadn't arrived late to his house one night in October 1962. Briggs, a former Eastside star, was eager to hear what the newest National League team had to offer. The Mets had just paid another amateur free agent, Ed Kranepool, $85,000 to sign, and the Paterson native was intrigued by the prospect of playing so close to his hometown."
Jump up ^ Picker, David. "Long Climb Pays Off for Jets' Linebacker", The New York Times, December 18, 2004. Accessed November 28, 2007. "Brown, a native of Paterson, N.J., stayed in the area and close to the phone."
Jump up ^ Geeslin, Ned. "Edna Buchanan's Life Is No Day at the Beach—Her Calling Is Miami's Vice", People (magazine), January 18, 1988, Vol. 29 No. 2. Accessed September 16, 2015. "Showing no hint of burnout, Buchanan is as excited by an absorbing, grisly crime story today as she was growing up in Paterson, N.J. In those days she would buy all the New York tabloids and read them aloud to her Polish grandmother, who couldn't read English."
Jump up ^ Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Biography (1937-), The Biography Channel. Accessed September 4, 2011.
Jump up ^ "«I Sopranos? No agli stereotipi ma non facciamone un dramma» – Federico Castelluccio, il Furio Giunta della celebre serie tv, a Toronto per incontrare gli zii"[permanent dead link], Corriere Canadese, May 11, 2005.
Jump up ^ Guglielmo, Jennifer. Living the Revolution: Italian Women's Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880–1945, p. 162. University of North Carolina Press, 2010. ISBN 9780807833568. Accessed December 30, 2017. "Both Italian and American authorities became particularly concerned over Cravello's developing friendship with Ersilia Cavedagni, whom they considered a 'very dangerous anarchist.' of 'limited formal instruction but much audaciousness.'... Cavedagni arrived in Paterson just as Cravello was gaining media attention."
Jump up ^ Nash, Margo. "Memories Linger Of a 'Baaad Boy' From Paterson", The New York Times, March 24, 2002. Accessed December 6, 2016. "ON April 5, 1952, Abbott and Costello came to Paterson for the premiere of their film Jack and the Beanstalk. Klieg lights pierced the sky around the Fabian Theater on Church Street, and fans turned out to see Lou Costello, the star from Paterson who never forgot where he came from."
Jump up ^ "Trading on a great education wp's richard reiss has a conversation with E*TRADE ceo christos cotsakos" Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., WP: The Magazine of William Paterson University, Fall/Winter 1999. Accessed December 6, 2007. "Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Cotsakos was a 1965 graduate of Eastside High School. He will tell you -- 'barely.'"
Jump up ^ Zimmer, Kenyon. Immigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America, p. 66. Accessed December 28, 2017. "However, most of Paterson's anarchist women were like Ernestina Cravello, who before her emigration had a 'good reputation' and was not politically active but who became involved in the anarchist movement as a result of her two brothers' participation."
Jump up ^ DeMasters, Karen. "Hearing the Laughter in Women's Lives", The New York Times, August 1, 1999. Accessed May 1, 2010. "Like Ms. Langan, Ms. Croonquist now lives in Manhattan, but she grew up in Paterson, where she attended Roman Catholic schools from first grade through college."
Jump up ^ Pennington, Bill. "Catching On After a Last Chance; Giants' Cruz Defied Odds at UMass", The New York Times, February 4, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2014. "It was not the first bump in the road Cruz had endured. The son of Blanca Cruz and Michael Walker, a Paterson firefighter, Cruz lived in the city's downtrodden Fourth Ward."
Jump up ^ Joe Cunningham, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed August 5, 2014.
Jump up ^ Nelson, William. History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, p. 144. Everts & Peck, 1882. Accessed December 9, 2016. "In November 1836 he came to Paterson, where he found employment under C.S. Van Wagoner to survey lay out and map the city."
Jump up ^ "Paterson Is Making Move to Honor Doby", The New York Times, June 27, 1997. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Larry Doby was a four-sport star in high school in Paterson, N.J., before going on to break the color barrier in the American League 50 years ago, when he joined the Cleveland Indians."
Jump up ^ Teicher, Adam. "Chiefs report: Fake punt fools KC", Kansas City Star, November 12, 2001. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Rookie defensive tackle Eric Downing, who made his second consecutive start, is from Paterson, NJ, and attended Syracuse University."
Jump up ^ James, George. "In person; Slugging It Out All These Years", The New York Times, June 9, 2002. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Lou Duva grew up the second youngest of seven children in a working-class family in Paterson."
Jump up ^ Randy Edelman, FilmReference.com. Accessed September 27, 2011.
Jump up ^ Launer, Pat. "New Face at the Old Globe", San Diego Jewish Journal, January 31, 2013. Accessed March 19, 2016. "Edelstein (pronounced EH-duhl-steen), was born in Paterson, N.J. He grew up in Fair Lawn, N.J., where he attended Fair Lawn High School and went on to graduate summa cum laude from Tufts University."
Jump up ^ Cahillane, Kevin. "Worth nothing; White Sox Fans? Say It Ain't So", The New York Times, September 25, 2005. Accessed August 12, 2018. "Mr. Einhorn – who was born and raised in Paterson and lives in Alpine – is the flamboyant yin to the steely yang of the principal owner, Jerry Reinsdorf."
Jump up ^ Staff. "New York Red Bulls sign Brandon Allen, Derrick Etienne as Homegrown Players, now lead MLS with 7 HGPs", Major League Soccer, December 21, 2015. Accessed March 21, 2016. "Etienne, from Paterson, New Jersey, joined the Red Bulls academy as an Under-14 player and advanced through the developmental system."
Jump up ^ Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1960, p. 378. Accessed November 13, 2017. "William W. Evans, Jr. (Rep., Wyckoff) William W. Evans, Jr., was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on May 6, 1921..... He is former Mayor of Wyckoff, New Jersey."
Jump up ^ "Obituaries", The Standard-Times (New Bedford), October 6, 1999. Accessed October 10, 2017. "Fox was born in Paterson, N.J., and moved to Boston when he was young."
Jump up ^ Staff. A Community Of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930–1980, p. 174. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 20, 2015. "Gelbart, Abe 47–48 M Born 1911 Paterson, NJ."
Jump up ^ Hampton, Wilborn. "Allen Ginsberg, Master Poet Of Beat Generation, Dies at 70", The New York Times, April 6, 1997. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926, in Newark and grew up in Paterson, N.J., the second son of Louis Ginsberg, a schoolteacher and sometime poet, and the former Naomi Levy, a Russian emigree and fervent Marxist."
Jump up ^ Bios: Teresa Giudice Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Bravo (U.S. TV channel). Accessed July 4, 2013. "She grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, where she met her husband of more than ten years, Joe."
Jump up ^ Revolutionary War Sites in Paterson, New Jersey, Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed September 6, 2017. "In memory of Abraham Godwin. Pioneer of Paterson"
^ Jump up to: a b Stauffer, David McNeely. American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel: Bibographical sketches, illustrated. Index to engravings described with check-list numbers and names of engravers and artists, p. 107. Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1907. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Godwin, Abraham – Born in what is now Paterson, N.J., July 16, 1763; died there Oct. 5, 1835; he was the son of Abraham Godwin and Phebe Cool.... He was the father of the late editor and author. Parke Godwin. who was born in Paterson, N.J., in 1816."
Jump up ^ Rosenberg, carol via The Miami Herald. "Bill Haast dies at 100; snakes were the charm for south Florida celebrity: At a Florida roadside attraction, Bill Haast extracted venom for paying customers. His wife says he survived 172 venomous snakebites and donated blood to 21 snakebite victims. 'I could become a poster boy for the benefits of venom,' he said.", Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2011. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Born William E. Haast on Dec. 30, 1910, in Paterson, N.J., he became a south Florida celebrity for surviving successive venomous snakebites."
Jump up ^ Kihss, Peter. "Malcom X Shot to Death at Rally Here: Three Other Negroes Wounded - One is Held in Killing", The New York Times, February 22, 1965. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed that Hagan's real name is Talmadge Hayer, the police said this morning. He was booked as Thomas Hagan. The F.B.I. records showed that the suspect's address was 347 Marshall Street, Paterson, N.J."
Jump up ^ Alexander Hamilton , Paterson Friends of the Great Falls. Accessed May 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ Keith Hamilton, NFL.com. Accessed May 30, 2015.
Jump up ^ Larry Hand, NJSports.com. Accessed November 18, 2017. "Larry Thomas Hand was born July 10, 1940 in Paterson and grew up in the nearby town of Butler. Larry was a late bloomer size-wise."
Jump up ^ Hall, Debbie. "1960's group The Happenings return to the Suncoast Showroom in Las Vegas". AXS (ticket merchant), October 18, 2014. Accessed January 14, 2017.
Jump up ^ Gerald Hayes player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 23, 2007. "resides in Paterson, New Jersey."
Jump up ^ Blumenthal, Ralph."Philharmonic Gets Diary Of a Savvy Music Man", The New York Times, July 29, 2002. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Hill played violin with the orchestra until he was over 70, then fell into poverty and depression. In 1875, living in Paterson, N.J., he wrote a farewell note to his second wife: 'Why should or how can a man exist and be powerless to earn means for his family?'"
Jump up ^ Staff. "Garret A. Hobart: The Vice-President Dies of Angina Pectoris Funeral To Be Held At Paterson Saturday The End Come Yesterday Morning—President Mckinley Issues a Proclamation — Arrangements for the Funeral Mr. Hobart's Career", Hartford Courant, November 22, 1899. Accessed September 4, 2011. "Paterson, N. J., Nov. 21. – Garret A. Hobart, vice-president of the United States, died of angina pectoris at 8:30 o'clock this morning at his home in this city."
Jump up ^ Silversey, Dylon. "Paterson's Holt gets back into title picture with knockout victory", NJ.com, May 14, 2011. Accessed December 13, 2013. "Former NABO & WBO champion and Paterson native Kendall 'Rated R' Holt returned to his previously highly regarded form on Friday night, knocking out the former champion Julio Diaz (38–7 27KO), in the main event on ESPN's Friday Night Fights."
Jump up ^ via Associated Press. "Paterson native Michael Hossack, drummer for Doobie Brothers, dies", The Record (Bergen County), March 13, 2012. Accessed March 13, 2012.
Jump up ^ Hyman, Vicki. "'The Shield' actor, Paterson native Michael Jace accused of murdering wife", The Star-Ledger, May 20, 2014. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Actor Michael Jace, a Paterson native best known for playing a moral Los Angeles police officer in a corrupt unit on FX's trailblazing "The Shield," has been arrested in Los Angeles for alleging shooting his wife to death Monday night, the Los Angeles Times reports."
Jump up ^ Charlie Jamieson, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed December 14, 2008.
Jump up ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Charles S. Joelson, 83, Congressman Who Saved School Libraries", The New York Times, August 21, 1999. Accessed December 3, 2017. "A native of Paterson, Charles Joelson graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1937 from Cornell University, where he also received his law degree in 1939. He practiced law in Paterson until 1961, with time out for service as an ensign in the Navy's intelligence service in the Far East during World War II. He served on the Paterson City Council in the early 1950's and then as a 'racket-busting' Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey."
Jump up ^ Ubha, Ravi. "Johnson finds a home with the M.K. Dons", ESPNsoccernet, April 17, 2008. Accessed December 14, 2008. "Johnson was born in Paterson, N.J., moved to England when he was 5, and can also compete for Jamaica, given his mother's background."
Jump up ^ Berkman, Meredith. "Funky Divas: En Vogue rise to the top – In just two years the group has sold more than two million records", Entertainment Weekly, June 5, 1992. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Maxine Jones, 26. File: The self-described 'moody' member of the group. Bio: Originally from Paterson, NJ, she was 5 when her mother died."
Jump up ^ "How hit show This Is Us is connected to NJ — NO spoilers, scout’s honor!", WKXW, February 23, 2017. Accessed February 17, 2018. "First, the cast includes New Jersey native, Ron Cephas Jones. The Paterson native who plays William (Randall's biological dad) graduated John F. Kennedy High School and then attended Ramapo College in Mahwah. Jones also has had recent roles in Mr. Robot & Luke Cage."
Jump up ^ Hershey Jr., Robert D. "Alfred E. Kahn Dies at 93; Prime Mover of Airline Deregulation", The New York Times, December 28, 2010. Accessed January 14, 2013. "Alfred Edward Kahn, known as Fred, was born on Oct. 17, 1917, in Paterson, N. J., the son of Russian immigrants, and came of age during the Depression, which prompted his interest in economics."
Jump up ^ Roberts, Sam. "Joseph B. Keller, Mathematician With Whimsical Curiosity, Dies at 93", The New York Times, September 16, 2016. Accessed September 19, 2016. "Joseph Bishop Keller was born in Paterson, N.J., on July 31, 1923. His father, Isaac Keiles — whose name, he said, was changed when he arrived in the United States — was a Russian refugee who fled pogroms against Jews.... Joseph Keller competed on the math team at East Side High School in Paterson."
Jump up ^ Gordon, Peter M. King Kelly, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed August 20, 2014. "Kelly told the story of what happened next in his autobiography, Play Ball, Stories of the Ball Field: 'Ill health compelled my father to leave the army, and we moved to Paterson, N.J.'"
Jump up ^ Staff. "'King' Kelly Dies Of Pneumonia.; The Famous Player's Record on the Baseball Field.", The New York Times, November 9, 1894. Accessed August 12, 2018. "'King' Kelly, as he was dubbed by the occupants of the at baseball games, was born at Troy, N. Y., but when young was taken to Paterson, N. J., where he learned to play baseball."
Jump up ^ James, Randy. "2-Min. Bio: Bernard Kerik", Time (magazine) November 6, 2009. Accessed May 1, 2010. "Born Sept. 4, 1955, in Newark, N.J., 'Bernie' grew up in a tough neighborhood of Paterson, N.J., a suburb of New York City."
Jump up ^ Stromberg, Joseph. Gabriel Kolko Revisited, Part 1: Kolko at Home, September 1, 2013. Accessed May 20, 2014. "Born in 1932 in Paterson, NJ, historian Gabriel Kolko..."
Jump up ^ "The Path of No Resistance with Garret Kramer", DrKevinPecca.com, October 30, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2017. "[Q] Garret, where are you from? [A] I was born in Paterson, New Jersey. I grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. I was into playing hockey, pretty much that’s what I was into."
Jump up ^ Senator Lautenberg's Biography Archived August 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine., United States Senate. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Senator Lautenberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of Polish and Russian immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island. His early life was unsettled as his parents moved about a dozen times while struggling to support the family."
Jump up ^ Leal, John L. (1909). "The Sterilization Plant of the Jersey City Water Supply Company at Boonton, N.J." Proceedings American Water Works Association. pp. 100–9.
Jump up ^ John LoCascio, Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse. Accessed May 27, 2016. "Hometown: Fairfield, N.J.; High School: West Essex Regional... Born November 25, 1991 in Paterson, N.J.
Jump up ^ Martin, Douglas. "Edward L. Masry, 73, Pugnacious Lawyer, Dies", The New York Times, December 8, 2005. Accessed December 8, 2007. "Edward L. Masry was born in Paterson, N.J., on July 29, 1932. His parents started a silk apparel business, but when silk import tariffs were lifted, the business faltered. The family then headed for California."
Jump up ^ Woo, Elaine. "Obituaries; Don Martin; Cartoonist Exemplified Mad Magazine in Sight and Sound", Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2000. Accessed January 2, 2011. "Born in Paterson, N.J., Martin showed an early talent for drawing."
Jump up ^ Thomas McEwan Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007.
Jump up ^ via Associated Press. "George Middleton A Playwright, 87; Former Head of Dramatists' Guild, 87, Is Dead", The New York Times, December 24, 1967. March 13, 2012. "Mr. Middleton was born in Paterson, N.J., on Oct. 27, 1880."
Jump up ^ Simon Perchik, Asheville Poetry Review. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Simon Perchik was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1923 and made his living as an attorney in New York."
Jump up ^ Span, Paula. "The FBI's Veiled Threat: Joseph Pistone Spent Six Years Inside the Mafia and Lived to Tell the Tale", The Washington Post, February 28, 1997. Accessed March 13, 2012. "And Pistone had always seen himself as a good guy. He grew up in working-class Paterson, N.J., which proved helpful in his subsequent career."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Jazz notes: Roseanna Vitro in New Brunswick; Bucky Pizzarelli in Madison; Michele Rosewoman in Montclair", The Star-Ledger, January 10, 2012. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Guitarist and Paterson native Bucky Pizzarelli turned 86 yesterday, and fans and friends will gather several times this month to celebrate his timeless, bright and swinging style."
^ Jump up to: a b c Ripmaster, Terence. Mel Bay presents Bucky Pizzarelli: a life in music, p. 31. Mel Bay Publications, 1998. ISBN 0-7866-3315-8. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Even with his busy and successful career, Bucky never forgot his roots in Paterson. His sons, John and Martin, are still listed in Paterson's #248 American Federation of Musicians Directory."
Jump up ^ Wilkins, Tim. "Jazz bits: John Pizzarelli and Grover Kemble", The Star-Ledger, September 27, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2012. "In the '80s, John Pizzarelli was a guitar-toting kid from Paterson and Grover Kemble was a wisecracking Jersey songsmith with stints in Sha Na Na and Za Zu Zaz under his belt."
Jump up ^ via Associated Press. "Dave Prater, 50, Dies; Soul Singer of the 60's", The New York Times, April 13, 1988. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Dave Prater Sr., of the soul-singing duo Sam and Dave, was killed Saturday when the car he was driving went off Interstate 75 near Sycamore, Ga., and hit a tree. He was 50 years old. Mr. Prater had lived in Paterson since 1974 and his body will be returned to New Jersey for burial next week, his widow, Rosemary, said Monday."
Jump up ^ Amos Henry Radcliffe, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed July 23, 2007.
Jump up ^ Kaltenbach, Chris. "The four pillars of Hollywood's house of horrors ; Critical Eye", The Baltimore Sun, October 30, 2005. Accessed March 13, 2012. "...the 'human worm', Prince Randian lived in Paterson, NJ, with his wife and five children..."
Jump up ^ Staff. "George Rochberg, Composer, Dies at 86", The New York Times, June 1, 2005. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Mr. Rochberg was born in Paterson, N.J., on July 5, 1918."
Jump up ^ Frederick Reines: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995 – Autobiography, Nobel Prize Organization. Accessed April 5, 2007.
Jump up ^ Dominguez, Robert; with Hinckley, David. "Frankie Ruiz, Salsa Singer, Dead At 40", New York Daily News, August 11, 1998. Accessed November 14, 2011. "Born in Paterson, N.J., Ruiz spent his childhood in Puerto Rico and was singing professionally with Orquesta La Solucion by the time he was a teenager."
Jump up ^ Staff. "He Died In England.; Career Of John Ryle, The Paterson Silk Manufacturer.", The New York Times, November 17, 1887. Accessed March 13, 2012. "John Ryle, formerly Mayor of Paterson, N.J., and known throughout the United States as the 'Father of the Silk Industry in America,' has just died in Macclesfield, England."
Jump up ^ Danforth Public Library[permanent dead link], Paterson Arts Council. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Paterson adopted a free library law in 1885 and opened the first public library in the State of New Jersey in 1886. By 1888, having outgrown the Stimson House on Church Street, Mary Danforth Ryle donated her father's residence for a new library."
Jump up ^ The ASCAP Foundation Announces Recipients of 2012 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, ASCAP, April 6, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Kathryn Salfelder of Fairlawn, NJ (Paterson, NJ)"
Jump up ^ Staff. "Paterson's Olympic Day.; Jersey Town Welcomes Her Athletes Who Completed at Stockholm.", The New York Times, August 1, 1912. Accessed April 13, 2013. "The Paterson 'boys,' Strobino, Scott, Hellawell, and Mueller, who competed for Uncle Sam at the Olympic games in Sweden, and who returned to this country on the Vaderland early this morning, got a rousing reception in this city later in the day, when a parade through the principal streets of Paterson was held in their honor."
Jump up ^ Marcel Shipp player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Paterson, N.J. Played one year of prep football at Milford (Conn.) Academy and was all-New Jersey choice as a senior at Passaic County Technical High School."
Jump up ^ "About | Rocco Silano". roccosilano.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
Jump up ^ Roberts, Jeff. "Intriguing People: Dave Sime", The Record (Bergen County), April 25, 2010. Accessed June 25, 2013. "This was the moment that changed everything for the Paterson-born, Fair Lawn-bred Sime."
Jump up ^ Staff. "West Wing's Leo dies at age of 58: John Spencer displays his Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in 2002Spencer was a familiar face on US television showsJohn Spencer, the actor who plays politician Leo McGarry in NBC television's The West Wing, has died of a heart attack at 58.", BBC News, December 17, 2005. Accessed March 13, 2012. "John Spencer grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of working-class parents, and he studied at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan."
Jump up ^ The Lewis Stimson, MD (1844–1917) Papers, Weill Cornell Library. Accessed December 22, 2017. "Lewis Atterbury Stimson was born August 24, 1844 in Paterson, New Jersey, the second son of Henry Clark and Julia Atterbury Stimson. He was educated in the Paterson schools and at Yale College from which he graduated in 1863."
Jump up ^ Amy, Jeanne. "'Babylon 5' creator speaks about failure, future of media at MIT", The Observer-Dispatch, May 25, 2009. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Straczynski comes from Paterson, N.J., where people grew up to work at gas stations and supermarkets, not to become writers, he said. He pushed himself as those around him told him he could never make it as a writer."
Jump up ^ Kazbek Tambi, Seton Hall Pirates. Accessed May 30, 2015. "A native of Paterson, N.J., he earned his law degree from Seton Hall University Law School in 1990."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Typists to Demonstrate Speed", The New York Times, October 7, 1928. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Albert Tangora of Paterson, N. J, and Irma Wright of Toronto, Canada, new professional and amateur typing champions, will give demonstrations at the National Business Show which opens in Madison Square Garden..."
Jump up ^ Sandomir, Richard. "Joe Taub, Basketball Fan Who Became Part Owner of the Nets, Dies at 88", The New York Times, November 5, 2017. Accessed November 20, 2017. "Joseph Albert Taub was born in Paterson, N.J., on May 29, 1929.... Mr. Taub played forward on the basketball team at Eastside High School, in Paterson, and attended Rutgers University but did not graduate."
Jump up ^ Popper, Steve. "Pro Basketball; Marbury and Tim Thomas Connect in Victory", The New York Times, March 4, 2004. Accessed September 4, 2011. "One would like to believe that the play had been rehearsed on playgrounds and in gyms when they were younger. Stephon Marbury and Tim Thomas, one from Brooklyn, the other from Paterson, N.J., grew up playing together on all-star teams and in tournaments."
Jump up ^ NBA.com: Tim Thomas Bio Page Archived April 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.. Accessed June 30, 2010. "Hails from Paterson, New Jersey."
Jump up ^ Lancifer, Unkle. "Dante Tomaselli :: The Kindertrauma Interview", Kindertrauma, February 14, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Unforgettable. I grew up on Alice, Sweet Alice... originally titled Communion. It made its world premiere in 1976 in Paterson. All my relatives were there. Many were extras in the movie. My Aunt Matilda stands out in the funeral scene. Both of my grandmothers were from Paterson and I was born in Paterson General Hospital."
Jump up ^ Robert Guy Torricelli, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Torricelli, Robert Guy, a Representative and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Paterson, N.J., August 27, 1951"
Jump up ^ Quintanilla, Michael. "enfoque; Elizabeth Vargas", San Antonio Express-News, January 26, 2006. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Vargas, a woman in a field with so few Latinos, was born in Paterson, N.J., to a Puerto Rican U.S. Army captain and his Irish American wife."
Jump up ^ Rohan, Virginia. "Former Paterson resident is man behind the lines at the Oscars", The Record (Bergen County), March 7, 2010. Accessed December 31, 2012. "And Bruce Vilanch will jump right on it. 'The only really spontaneous parts of the show are the winners. Everything else is scripted. And so, unless somebody else goes off script, we know what everybody else is saying,' says Vilanch, a former Patersonian, who has written for the Oscars for the past 21 years."
Jump up ^ Floyd Vivino profile from Sirius Satellite Radio. Accessed December 20, 2006.
Jump up ^ La Gorce, Tammy. "New Brunswick Still Loves the Lads From Liverpool ", The New York Times, August 12, 2007. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Local boosterism could also be at work. 'Two of the guys are from Jersey,' Mr. Korin said, including Mr. Vivino, a Paterson native whose brother Floyd Vivino is better known to state residents as TV's 'Uncle Floyd.'"
Jump up ^ Staff. "The Break Presents: Fetty Wap", XXL (magazine), November 18, 2014. Accessed March 3, 2015. "However, it's definitely been a minute since the last Jersey MC popped off. Now, 24-year-old Paterson, NJ native Fetty Wap is trying to put the state back on the map with his buzzing record, Trap Queen."
Jump up ^ Staff. "Watkins will play more, McNeil less as SU center", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, January 22, 2004. Accessed March 13, 2012. "The 6–11 Watkins is a highly promoted center from Paterson, N.J., where he averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds and 6 blocks last season to help Paterson Catholic to a 22–5 record."
Jump up ^ Yannis, Alex. "Hockey; The Devils, And Fans, Ignite First Match", The New York Times, October 8, 1995. Accessed January 27, 2012. "Moments after the banner was raised, Patrick Warburton, the actor who portrayed a fanatic Devils' fan in a segment of the Seinfeld television show, was called upon to drop the puck. With his face painted in Devils red and black, the native of nearby Paterson dropped the puck, then stripped the Brodeur jersey he was wearing to display the letter D on his chest."
Jump up ^ Staff. Different tune for Miss America", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2013. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Bernie Wayne, who grew up in Paterson, was a prolific composer and came up with the "There She Is" while getting a haircut in 1954."
Jump up ^ Staff. A Community Of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930–1980, p. 429. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. "Weber, Joseph 55f, 62–63, 69–70 M(NS), Physics Born 1919 Paterson, NJ."
Jump up ^ Randel, Don Michael, "Weinrich, Carl", The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 975. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
Jump up ^ Staff. "Bert Wheeler, Vaudeville Comic With Rubbery Face, Dead at 72; His Over 50-Year Career in Show Business Spanned Films, the Follies and TV", The New York Times, January 19, 1968. Accessed March 13, 2012. "'I'll tell you a secret,' he said when he was 64 years old. 'I'm just as ambitious and stage-struck as when I was a kid in Paterson, New Jersey. Nothing has changed.'"
Jump up ^ Reed, Tom. "K'Waun Williams could become integral member of burgeoning Browns' secondary, provided he stays healthy", The Plain Dealer, June 3, 2015. Accessed August 12, 2015. ""'You have to play with a chip on your shoulder,' said the Paterson, New Jersey native who grew up on the same street as Giants receiver Victor Cruz."
Jump up ^ William Carlos Williams, Poets.org. Accessed August 5, 2014.
Jump up ^ Suderman, Alan. "The Weed Candidate", Washington City Paper, March 6, 2013. Accessed August 6, 2014. "The son of a self-taught musician who was a big wheel on the bar mitzvah and Jewish wedding circuit in Paterson, N.J., Zukerberg moved to D.C. 30 years ago to go to law school at American University."
Jump up ^ Oliver, Willard M.; and Marion, Nancy E. Killing the President: Assassinations, Attempts, and Rumored Attempts on U.S. Commanders-in-chief, p. 90. ABC-CLIO, 2010. ISBN 9780313364747. Accessed July 22, 2015. "Giuseppe Zangara was born in Ferruzzano, Calabria, Italy. In the United States, Zangara settled in Paterson, New Jersey, and on September 11, 1929, became a naturalized citizen."
External links[edit]
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City of Paterson, New Jersey (official site)
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Paterson Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
School Data for the Paterson Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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Paterson: Great Falls State Park. Master plan design competition
Paterson, New Jersey: America's Silk City, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
Stoney Road, Paterson, New Jersey
Hamilton Partnership for Paterson
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Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting An ethnographic study from the Library of Congress. Oral history interviews and photographs from a study of working life in Paterson conducted in 1994. Accessed August 28, 2009.
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