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*[[Frank Tashlin]] (1913–1972), film director, whose credits include ''[[The Glass Bottom Boat]]'' and ''[[The Alphabet Murders]]''.<ref>Hendrix, Grady. [http://www.nysun.com/article/38964 "The Cartoonist Who Crashed the Party"], ''[[The New York Sun]]'', September 1, 2006, accessed June 13, 2007. "Tashlin, a native of Weehawken, N.J., got his start animating "Looney Tunes" in the early 1940s before becoming the go-to guy for comedy as one of the few directors to successfully make the transition from animation to live-action, shaping star vehicles for one outsized celeb after another: Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield and, most famously, Jerry Lewis."</ref> |
*[[Frank Tashlin]] (1913–1972), film director, whose credits include ''[[The Glass Bottom Boat]]'' and ''[[The Alphabet Murders]]''.<ref>Hendrix, Grady. [http://www.nysun.com/article/38964 "The Cartoonist Who Crashed the Party"], ''[[The New York Sun]]'', September 1, 2006, accessed June 13, 2007. "Tashlin, a native of Weehawken, N.J., got his start animating "Looney Tunes" in the early 1940s before becoming the go-to guy for comedy as one of the few directors to successfully make the transition from animation to live-action, shaping star vehicles for one outsized celeb after another: Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield and, most famously, Jerry Lewis."</ref> |
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*[[Percie Vivarttas]] architect notable for [[Temple Beth-El (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Temple Beth-El]] in Jersey City.<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/T_Pages/Temple_Beth_El.htm Temple Beth-El at Jersey City Past and Present]</ref><ref>[http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=1000 Temple - Beth-El, Jersey City at Art & Architecture of New Jersey]</ref> |
*[[Percie Vivarttas]] architect notable for [[Temple Beth-El (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Temple Beth-El]] in Jersey City.<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/T_Pages/Temple_Beth_El.htm Temple Beth-El at Jersey City Past and Present]</ref><ref>[http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=1000 Temple - Beth-El, Jersey City at Art & Architecture of New Jersey]</ref> |
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*[[Josef von Sternberg]] (1894-1969), [[Austrian-American]] film director whose house, overlooking the Hudson and Manhattan, was later acquired by [[Nica Rothschild]]. |
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*[[Daniel Webster]] (1782–1852), American statesmen.<ref name=Genealogical/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 05:41, 19 January 2010
Weehawken, New Jersey | |
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Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Hudson |
Incorporated | March 15, 1859 |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
• Mayor | Richard F. Turner |
• Manager | James Marchetti[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
• Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
• Water | 0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
Elevation | 144 ft (44 m) |
Population (2007)[3] | |
• Total | 12,441 |
• Density | 15,891.3/sq mi (6,135.7/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 07086-07087 |
Area code | 201 |
FIPS code | 34-77930Template:GR[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882224Template:GR |
Website | http://www.weehawken-nj.us |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1930 | 14,807 | — | |
1940 | 14,363 | −3.0% | |
1950 | 14,830 | 3.3% | |
1960 | 13,504 | −8.9% | |
1970 | 13,383 | −0.9% | |
1980 | 13,168 | −1.6% | |
1990 | 12,385 | −5.9% | |
2000 | 13,501 | 9.0% | |
2007 (est.) | 12,441 | [3] | |
Population 1930–1990[5] |
Weehawken (pronounced WEE-haw-ken) is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 13,501.
Geography
Weehawken is part of the New York metropolitan area. Situated on the western shore of the Hudson River, along the southern end of the New Jersey Palisades, and across from Midtown Manhattan, Weehawken is the location of the western terminus of the Lincoln Tunnel.[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), of which, 0.9 square miles (2.2 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.7 km²) of it (43.71%) is water.
Though small, Weehawken has very urban population density that is among the highest in the United States and comparable with that of nearby Jersey City. Weehawken is a residential community of primarily one- and two-family homes (many built during the Edwardian era) and low-rise apartment buildings.
Weehawken has a retail district along Park Avenue (its boundary with Union City) and large office and apartment/townhouse developments along the Hudson River. A few scattered retail shops and light manufacturing facilities blend into their respective neighborhoods. Local zoning laws prohibit the construction of high-rise buildings that would obstruct sight-lines from higher points in town.
As the emergent Palisades define Weehawken's natural topography, so too the Lincoln Tunnel (which cuts the town in half) looms as an inescapable man-made feature. Geographically, Weehawken has distinct neighborhoods: Downtown (or The Shades), The Heights, Uptown (which includes Kingswood Bluff), and The Waterfront, which since 1990s has been developed for transportaion, commercial, recreational and residential uses. Though some are long abandoned (e.g., Grauert Causeway), there are still several outdoor public staircases (e.g., Shippen Steps) throughout the town, and a surprising number (more than 15) of "dead-end" streets. At its southeastern corner is Weehawken Cove which, along with the rail tracks farther inland, defines Weehawken's border with Hoboken. Its northern boundary is shared with West New York. Traversing Weehawken is Boulevard East, a scenic thoroughfare offering a sweeping vista of the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline.[7]
Name
The name Weehawken is generally considered to have evolved from the Algonquian language Lenape spoken by the Hackensack and Tappan. It has variously been interpreted as rocks that look like rows of trees, which would refer to the Palisades, atop of which most of the town sits or at the end of [8] the cliffs or the stream that flowed from them.
Three U.S. Navy ships have been named for the city. The USS Weehawken, launched on November 5, 1862, was a Passaic-class monitor, or ironclad ship, which sailed for the Union Navy during the American Civil War, encountered battles at the Charleston, South Carolina coast, and sank in a moderate gale on December 6, 1863. The Weehawken was the the last ferry to The West Shore Terminal on March 25, 1959 at 1:10 am, ending 259 years of continuous ferry service.[9] Weehawken Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was the site of a colonial Hudson River ferry landing.
Weehawken is to referred to in The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, and in Carl Sandburg's Pulitzer Prize-winning Corn Huskers.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 13,501 people, 5,975 households, and 3,059 families residing in the township. The population density was 15,891.3 people per square mile (6,132.7/km²). There were 6,159 housing units at an average density of 7,249.4/sq mi (2,797.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 73.05% White, 3.58% African American, 0.20% Native American, 4.67% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 13.94% from other races, and 4.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.64% of the population.
There were 5,975 households, out of which 20.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.1% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.8% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the township the population was spread out with 16.6% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 42.4% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $50,196, and the median income for a family was $52,613. Males had a median income of $41,307 versus $36,063 for females. The per capita income for the township was $29,269. About 9.3% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.
History
Weehawken was formed as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1859, from portions of Hoboken and North Bergen (see map). A portion of the township was ceded to Hoboken in 1874. Additional territory was annexed in 1879 from West Hoboken.[10]
Its written history began in 1609 when Henry Hudson, on his third voyage to the New World, sailed down what was later named The North River on the Half Moon and weighed anchor in Weehawken Cove.[11][dead link] At the time it was the territory of the Hackensack and Tappan, of the Turtle Clan, or Unami, a branch of the Lenni Lenape. They were displaced by immigrants to the province of New Netherland, who had begun to settle the west bank of the Hudson at Pavonia in 1630. On May 11, 1647, Maryn Adriansen received a patent for a plantation (of 169 acres) at Awiehaken. In 1658, Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant negotiated a deal with the Lenape to purchase all the land from "the great rock above Wiehacken", west to Sikakes (Secaucus) and south to Konstapels Hoeck (Constable Hook).[12] In 1661, Weehawken become part of Bergen when it (and most of northeastern New Jersey) came under the jurisdiction of the court at Bergen Square.
In 1674, New Netherland was ceded to the British, and the town became part of the Province of East Jersey. John Luby, in 1677, acquired several parcels totlaing 35 acres along the Hudson.[13] Most habitation was along the top of the cliffs since much of the low-lying areas were marshland. Descriptions from the period speak of the dense foliage and forests and excellent land for growing vegetables and orchard fruits. As early as 1700 there was regular, if sporadic ferry service from Weehawken.[14] In 1752, the first official grant for ferry service, the ferry house north of Hoboken primarily used for farm produce, and likely was sold at the Greenwich Village landing that became Weehawken Street.
During the American Revolutionary War, Weehawken was used as a lookout for the patriots to check on the British, who were in situated in New York and controlled the surrounding waterways. In fact, in July 1778, Lord Stirling asked Aaron Burr, in a letter written on behalf of General George Washington, to employ several persons to "go to the Bergen heights, Weehawk, Hoebuck or other heights to observe the motions of the enemy's shipping" and to gather any other possible intelligence.
Early documented inhabitants included a Captain James Deas, whose stately residence at Deas' Point was located atop a knoll along the river. Lafayette had used the mansion as his headquarters and later Washington Irving came to gaze at Manhattan.
Not far from Deas' was a ledge- 11 paces wide 20 paces long and situated 20 ft (6.1 m) above the Hudson along the Palisades. This ledge, long-gone, hosted 18 documented duels and many unknown ones between the years 1798–1845, the most famous being that between General Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, and Colonel Aaron Burr, sitting third Vice President of the United States, which took place on July 11, 1804. The duel was re-enacted on July 11, 2004, the 200th anniversary of the fatal duel, by descendants of Hamilton and Burr.[15] In the mid 1800s, James G. King built his estate Highwood on the bluff that now bears his name, and entertained many politic and artistic figures of the era, including Daniel Webster.
With the ferry, the Hackensack Plank Road (a toll road that was a main artery from Weehawken to Hackensack), and later, the West Shore Railroad, built during the early 1870s, the waterfront became a transportation hub. The wealthy built homes along the top of the New Jersey Palisades, where they might flee from the sweltering heat of New York, and breathe the fresh air of the heights. Weehawken became the playground of the rich during the middle to late 1800s. A series of wagon lifts, stairs, and even an elevator designed by same engineer of those at the Eiffel Tower (which at the time was the world's largest) [9] were put in place to accommodate the tourists and summer dwellers. The Eldorado, a pleasure garden, drew massive crowds.
The turn of the century saw the end of the large estates, casinos, hotels, and theaters as tourism gave way to subdivisions (such as Highwood Park and Clifton Park) and the construction of many of the private homes still seen in town. This coincided with the influx of the Germans, Austrians, and Swiss, who built them and the breweries and embroidery factories in nearby Union City and West New York, NJ. While remaining essentially residential, Weehawken continued to grow as Hudson County became more industrial and more populated. Shortly after the first World War, a significant contingent of Syrian immigrants from Hims (a major textile center in its own right) moved into Weehawken to take advantage of the burgeoning textile industry.
Since the 1990s, a growing population of individuals and childless families (often retirees, gay men and women, or newlyweds) have taken up residency in town.
Points of interest
Though the panoramic view (from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to George Washington Bridge) may be its most famous attraction, Weehawken is also home to other sites of historic, aesthetic, and engineering importance:
- Hamilton Park, on Boulevard East, site of former Eldorado Park.
- King's Bluff, a historic district at "the end of the Palisades" with many homes in an eclectic array of architectural styles.
- The Weehawken Water Tower on Park Avenue was built in 1883[16] as part of the Hackensack Water Company Complex, and inspired by Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.[17] The Tower is cited on the Federal Maritime Chart as the "Red Tower", and serves as warning to ships traveling south along the Hudson that they are approaching New York Bay.[18]
- The former North Hudson, New Jersey Hospital on Park Avenue.[19]
- Hackensack Plank Road, an early colonial thoroughfare climbing from the The Shades to The Heights and further north.
- The Horseshoe on Shippen Street, a cobbled double hairpin street leading to Hackensack Plank Road.
- Shippen Street Steps, at the bottom of which is located Weehawken's original town hall.
- Hackensack Number Two, at Highpoint Avenue, a reservoir previously part Hudson County's water system along with #1 (demolished), and #3 and #4 in Jersey City Heights in the Gregory/Highpoint Historic District. All are named for the river from which water was pumped into them.
- The Lincoln Tunnel Toll Plaza, designed in Art Deco style, and The Helix, an eight-lane circular viaduct leading to it. In the 1960s, a rail-workers strike required Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, to unload in Weehawken and march their caravans, cages, and elephants through the Lincoln Tunnel.
- Lincoln Tunnel Ventilation Towers
- The Weehawken Public Library, former home of the Peters Brewery family, overlooking Park Avenue and I-495.
- The Atrium, home to Hudson River Performing Arts Center-sponsored events.[20]
- The NY Waterway Ferry Terminal, located at the site of The United Fruit Company, which for many years was the largest banana import facility in the nation.
- The West Shore Railroad Tunnel, carved through the cliffs, and now used for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.
- Hamilton Memorial, at the northern end of Hamilton Avenue at the Boulevard Curve. The first memorial to the duel was constructed in 1806 by the Saint Andrew Society, of which Hamilton had been a member. A 14-foot (4.3-m) marble cenotaph, consisting of an obelisk, topped by a flaming urn and a plaque with a quote from Horace, surrounded by an iron fence, was constructed approximately where Hamilton was believed to have fallen.[21] Duels continued to be fought at the site, and the marble was slowly vandalized and removed for souvenirs, leaving nothing remaining by 1820. The tablet itself did survive, turning up in a junk store and finding its way to the New York Historical Society in Manhattan, where it still resides.[22]
From 1820 to 1857, the site was marked by two stones, with the names Hamilton and Burr, placed where they were thought to have stood during the duel. When a road from Hoboken to Fort Lee was built through the site in 1858, an inscription on a boulder where a mortally wounded Hamilton was thought to have rested—one of the many pieces of graffiti left by visitors—was all that remained. No primary accounts of the duel confirm the boulder anecdote. In 1870, railroad tracks were built directly through the site, and the boulder was hauled to the top of the Palisades, where it remains today.[23] In 1894, an iron fence was built around the boulder, supplemented by a bust of Hamilton and a plaque. The bust was thrown over the cliff on October 14, 1934 by vandals, and the head was never recovered;[24] a new bust was unveiled on July 12, 1935.[25][26]
The plaque was stolen by vandals in the 1980s, and an abbreviated version of the text was inscribed on the indentation left in the boulder, which remained until the 1990s, when a granite pedestal was added in front of the boulder, and the bust was moved to the top of the pedestal. New markers were added on July 11, 2004, the 200th anniversary of the duel.[27]
Government
Local government
Weehawken operates under the Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) form of municipal government.[28]
As of 2008 members of Weehawken's Township Council are:[29]
- Richard F. Turner, Mayor
- Robert Zucconi, Councilman-at-Large
- Carmela Silvestri Ehret, 1st Ward Councilwoman
- Rosemary J. Lavagnino, 2nd Ward Councilwoman
- Robert J. Sosa, 3rd Ward Councilman
James Marchetti is the Township Manager.
Federal, state and county representation
Weehawken is in the Thirteenth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 33rd Legislative District.[30]
Education
The Weehawken School District serves public school students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005–06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[31]) are Daniel Webster School (307 students in PreK through 2nd grade), Theodore Roosevelt School (342 students in grades 3–6) and Weehawken High School (541 students in grades 7–12).
Transportation
Rail
During the 1940s and 1950s, Weehawken and Hudson County saw its extensive streetcar/trolley system dismantled and replaced by buses (as had happened in many cities across the USA).
Today, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) provides service on the waterfront at Lincoln Harbor and Port Imperial, where transfer to the boat is possible. The system connects with neighboring North Hudson locations at Bergenline Avenue and 48th Street (Union City/West New York) and Tonnelle Avenue (North Bergen) heading westbound and continues southbound towards Hoboken, Jersey City and Bayonne.
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad opened the North River Tunnels, with a western portal in North Bergen and terminus in the also newly opened Pennsylvania Station. Now used by the Northeast Corridor line, it is operated by Amtrak and shared with New Jersey Transit trains. Although the tunnel runs deep underground through the township, there has never been a stop in Weehawken, but one is being considered for the proposed Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel (THE Tunnel). Weehawken is a short bus or light-rail trip away from Hoboken Terminal, where connections to New Jersey Transit trains and the PATH system is possible.
Surface
Bus service is provided by New Jersey Transit to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 123, 126, 128, 156, 158, 159, 165, 166, 168 and 319 routes. The George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is served by the 181, Newark by the 67, and Jersey City on the 23, 68, 84, 86 and 89 routes.[32] There is also service by "carrito" (licensed mini-bus) with destinations in Journal Square and Pavonia/Newport in Jersey City, Manhattan, Paterson, and southeast Bergen County.
Water
In 1959, the last boat left the Western Shore Terminal, ending almost 300 years of ferry service. But in the late 1980s, the ferry returned in the form of NY Waterway. Ridership continues to grow (it was extremely high after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but some of the growth was temporary) and new ferry stops are being planned for the west bank of the Hudson from Fort Lee to Bayonne. In 2006, in agreement with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the company opened new major terminals on Weehawken's waterfront and West 38th Street in Manhattan.
Currently, NY Waterway offers service to midtown and lower Manhattan, as well sight-seeing trips and seasonal excursions to the Hudson Valley, Yankee Stadium, and Sandy Hook.
Air
- Newark Liberty Airport (EWR), 13.1 miles away, is the closest airport in New Jersey with scheduled passenger service.[33]
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is 11.9 miles away in Flushing, Queens.[34]
- John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) is 19.4 miles away on Jamaica Bay in Queens.[35]
- Teterboro Airport, in the Hackensack Meadowlands, serves private and corporate planes, and is located 9.4 miles away.[36]
Emergency services
Fire
Weehawken Volunteer First Aid and the Weehawken Police Department were among the many Hudson County agencies that responded to the January 2009 crash of Flight 1549, for which they received accolades from the survivors.[37][38]
Noteworthy residents
Notable current and former residents of Weehawken include:
- Ed Alberian (1920–1997), entertainer, whose credits include early television's Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody Show, The Beachcomber Bill Show, and Let's Have Fun.[39]
- Adele Astaire (1896–1981), Fred Astaire's elder sister, dancer and entertainer in vaudeville, on Broadway and the West End [40]
- Fred Astaire (1899–1987), legendary Hollywood actor/dancer.[41]
- Francis Bitter (1902–1967), son of Karl Bitter, physicist know for his research with magnets and long career at MIT.[42]
- Karl Bitter (1867–1915), sculptor, established atelier in town, where he lived and worked until his death.[43]
- John H. Bonn (1829-1891) founder of North Hudson County Railway.[44]
- Nica de Koenigswarter nee Rothschild, (1913–1988), known as the "bebop baroness" for her patronage of many jazz musicians.[45]
- Franck de Las Mercedes (born 1972), postmodern artist.[46]
- John Diebold (1926–2005), computer scientist, considered to be an automation evangelist.[47]
- John J. Eagan (1872–1956), a Democrat who represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1921.[48]
- John Erskine (1879–1951), educator and author, who reflects on the town in The Memory of Certain Persons.[49]
- Edward Feigenbaum (born 1936), computer scientist who collaborated on the development of the first expert system Dendral.[50]
- Peter Fiordalisi (1904–1988), modern artist whose work was inspired by the New Jersey Palisades.[51]
- Barry Harris (born 1929), jazz pianist and educator.[52]
- Glenn Hauman (born 1969), writer, artist, editor, and electronic publisher.[53][54][55]
- Robert Hilferty (1959 –2009), journalist, filmmaker and AIDS activist.[56]
- Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (1897-1982), director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1947-1950).[41]
- James G. King (1791–1853), businessman and politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1849 to 1851.[57]
- John Marin (1870–1953), modern American artist.[58]
- Steven Massarsky (1948–2007), American lawyer and businessman; founder of Voyager Communications.[59]
- Thelonious Monk (1917–1982), jazz legend.[45]
- William E. Ozzard (1915–2002), New Jersey Senate president, 1963.[60]
- Kate Pierson (1948), vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's.[61][62]
- Jerome Robbins (1918–1998), choreographer, famous for West Side Story and many works for the New York City Ballet.[63]
- William Ranney (1813–1857), famed 19th Century Western painter.[64]
- Gerard Schwarz (1947), conductor, currently with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.[65][dead link]
- Frank Tashlin (1913–1972), film director, whose credits include The Glass Bottom Boat and The Alphabet Murders.[66]
- Percie Vivarttas architect notable for Temple Beth-El in Jersey City.[67][68]
- Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), Austrian-American film director whose house, overlooking the Hudson and Manhattan, was later acquired by Nica Rothschild.
- Daniel Webster (1782–1852), American statesmen.[44]
See also
- Bergen, New Netherland
- Bergen Township
- Burr-Hamilton duel
- Gateway Region
- Gold Coast, New Jersey
- Hudson River Waterfront Walkway
- New Jersey Palisades
- North Hudson, New Jersey
- Weehawken Reporter
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey
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- ^ "Peasant Sculptor from Sweden Seeks Field for His Art in America", The New York Times, July 1, 1906, accessed May 8, 2007. "Along with the painters who seek the seclusion of the grim-visaged cliffs for their work, there is a goodly quota of sculptors -- the studio of Karl Bitter tops the heights of Weehawken."
- ^ a b John Hillric Bonn, Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Editor, 1900
- ^ a b Thelious Junior biography at PBS.org
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- ^ "Graduation ceremonies program, 1974" (Press release). Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Weehawken, NJ. June 1974.
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- ^ "Out of the Dark Room", Time, March 16, 1962, accessed June 13, 2007. "In many ways, it took Marin 40 years to find himself. Raised by two maiden aunts in Weehawken. N.J. (his mother died nine days after his birth), he attended Stevens Institute of Technology for a year, drifted from job to job, spent six frustrating years trying to turn himself into an architect."
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External links
- Township of Weehawken website
- Weehawken School District
- School Performance Reports for the Weehawken School District, New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Weehawken School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Map of Township
- Weehawken Time Machine – historic images
- AM New York special report on Weehawken
- Weehawken and You Homepage
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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