07030 Hoboken
Carlos Saldanha
The Road from Rio
From the Marvelous City to the Mile Square City

How do you get from Rio De Janeiro to Hoboken? For Carlos Saldanha, the answer was not one you could find on Google Maps. The director of three Ice Age movie blockbusters, as well as the critic...
Dec 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
From Wall Street to Hudson Street
Former New York City traders take over hot Hoboken bars and eateries

Roger Corrado is no stranger to Hoboken. Born and raised here, Corrado grew up at 606 Hudson St. and married a girl from the Mile Square City. His father was a well-known Hoboken schoolteacher fo...
Dec 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Photos by Terri Saulino Bish and Alyssa Bredin
Working Out With 07030

Working Out With—Alfred Santiago
Alfred Santiago is hard to miss. If you’re part of the local bar scene, you may remember him from the time when, say, you had one too many at Mikie Squared on Washington Street (he’s head of secu...
Dec 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Sergio Amato PHOTOS BY TERRI SAULINO BISH AND ALYSSA BREDIN
WEST SIDE STORY 07030

Ciao Amici!
Social clubs strengthen ties to the old country

The men who powered the tea and coffee and candy and garment factories, the plants and shipyards and industry that made Hoboken great live on in its Italian social clubs. These friendly, old-worl...
Dec 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Cover photo by Terriann Saulino Bish and Alyssa Bredin
EDITOR’S LETTER 07030

Sandy’s Wake
The articles for this issue had already been written when Hurricane Sandy ripped through Hoboken and neighboring towns. All other stories pale next to story of the suffering this furious storm ca...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Photos by Mike Stenzler
The Buddy System 07030
Meeting up and making friends in the Mile Square City

After our debut issue, we got a couple of requests to cover groups that are trying to make it easier for busy Hobokenites to interact in real time. Translation: Meet people to hang out with. Mike...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Vaccari Wave Tank Photos courtesy of Steven's Institute of Technology
Populist Science
We have ocean engineers in our midst!

“So, do you believe in climate change, or what?” asks Dr. Alan F. Blumberg, as I enter his spacious office at Stevens Institute of Technology. It’s 100 degrees out—the hottest day of the year—and ...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Reverend Phil Photos by Terriann Saulino Bish and Alyssa Bredin
PEOPLE POWER 07030

Reverend Phil
A Baptist pastor feels called to shepherd the Hoboken flock

It was 2009, and New Jersey native Philip Rizzo was attending the New England Baptist College in Southington, Conn., when he saw the light. “I knew God was burdening me to start a church in Hoboke...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Photos of Work It Out Studio by Nick Stango
So you think you can Zumba?
Dancercise craze grips the city

Zumba has been around for almost two decades, but it seems as if interest in it has skyrocketed in the last few years, and Hoboken is holding its own. Here’s a Zumba 101 in case you’ve been livi...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Hudson Street Photos by Victor M. Rodriguez
HOW WE LIVE 07030
HUDSON STREET
This was not my first experience with this stately Victorian on Hudson Street. A few years ago, the owners gave me a tour of their beautiful back garden, which was landscaped by Valerie Hufnagel....
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
(L.-R. Jasper, Malcolm, and Lillian Martin PHOTOS BY ANDREW HANENBERG
Daddy Track
The life and times of full-time fathers

Malcolm Martin thinks his 10-year-old daughter, Lillian, is pretty interesting to talk to. A typical conversation when he was home caring for her and 6-year-old Jasper revolved around why Hong Kon...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Neeta King - AARAA Photos by Andrew Hanenberg
HOW WE WORK 07030

Businesses make Hoboken work
AARAA 408 Sixth St. (201) 386-0101 aaraa.com The name of this unique boutique has nothing to do with the owner wanting it to pop up first in your online search. Turns out, it’s an Urdu word...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story