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==History== West New York was incorporated as a town by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on July 8, 1898, replacing [[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Township]], based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 149. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref><ref>Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. [https://books.google.com/books?id=nOkkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA306 ''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period''], p. 306. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 15, 2015.</ref> West New York underwent a massive growth at the beginning of the 20th century, driven by development of textile industries that made [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] the "Embroidery Capital of the United States".<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/12/20/301764932.pdf "Commercial Growth in New Jersey Town on Heights has Doubled Population within Last Five Years"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 20, 1914. Accessed September 29, 2014.</ref> The town was populated mainly with [[Italian American]]s and [[German American]]s.<ref>Martin, Lydia. "Cuban cool" ''[[The Star-Ledger]]''. August 9, 1995; Pages 41 & 54.</ref><ref>Juri, Carmen (August 9, 1995). "Jersey's Cuban flavors" ''[[The Star-Ledger]]''. pp. 41 and 54.</ref> Throughout the 1960s, West New York had an influx of Cuban [[émigré]]s to the area,<ref>[[Calvin Trillin|Trillin, Calvin]]. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1975/06/30/1975_06_30_094_TNY_CARDS_000317996#ixzz1CVY26uxX "Observations while Eating Carne Asada on Bergenline Avenue"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', June 30, 1975. Accessed September 29, 2014.</ref> leading it to once being called [[Havana on the Hudson]]; the city has a [[List of U.S. communities with Hispanic majority populations|majority Hispanic population]]. High-rise apartments, some of which place among the [[tallest buildings in North Hudson]], were built along [[Boulevard East]],<ref>Norman, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/04/realestate/palisades-new-york-s-other-west-side.html "Palisades: New York's Other West Side"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 4, 1982. Accessed September 29, 2014.</ref><ref>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/realestate/09living.html "Blending Two Cities into One"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 9, 2005. Accessed September 29, 2014. "At John F. Kennedy Boulevard East, known as 'Boulevard East,' the population, housing mix and scenery change abruptly. Mostly New York City professionals and empty-nesters live in towers that soar 30 stories or more over the Palisades, a 450-foot-high belt of cliffs that line the New Jersey side of the Hudson."</ref> adding to the population of the town and giving it one of the [[List of United States cities by population density|highest population densities in the country]]. Since the 1980s, the [[Hudson Waterfront]], which the [[Weehawken Terminal]] had been a part of, has been redeveloped from an industrial to a residential and recreational area, for instance, with the creation of the [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]].
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