A Walk Through Hoboken- PBS Program (2003)

Hoboken, NJ, the "Mile-Square City" on the Hudson, famous for native son Frank Sinatra and long the target of jokes, is the next stop in Thirteen/WNET New York's highly popular series of "video walking tours," which highlight fascinating neighborhoods throughout Thirteen's viewing area. 

A WALK THROUGH HOBOKEN WITH DAVID HARTMAN AND HISTORIAN BARRY LEWIS traces the story of Hoboken from the Dutch governor's acquisition of the commercially viable land the Lenni Lenape Indians through today. Along the way, Hartman and Lewis examine the legacy of Colonel John Stevens, a visionary inventor and entrepreneur who in 1820 turned this wild, marshy waterfront into a resort for New York weekenders. 

They trace its rise through World War I as a major hub of shipping and transportation and they glimpse at Hoboken's industrial heyday, when giants from Bethlehem Steel to Hostess Cakes set up shop in the thriving city.