I just drove through Paterson this past weekend. The falls are beautiful. But everything else was downright scary. Jersey City was similar. It really is a shame what has happened to so many of our once great and proud cities.
I lived in Paterson during the golden years. The city began going down a rat's hole in the early 1980's. That's when I decided to leave Paterson, never to return. Today Paterson is a hell hole where crime runs rampant and murders are not uncommon. I pray Paterson makes a grand comeback but I have lost whatever hope I once had. What happened to Paterson is the result of single parent homes, the lack of a proper education, and ignorance.
presently in the city of Paterson, All these LLC corporations and investors keep putting up these mega apartment complexes everywhere and the city of Paterson permits them and even offers them 25 years of tax abatements to do so. Meanwhile they help create all this traffic and congestion, overcrowded schools, and reduce the quality of life of the tax paying homeowners. The Planning and Zoning board needs to step up and stop allowing these mega apartment complexes.
My family came to Paterson at the beginning of the 1960s; I was born in the old Saint Joseph's Hospital (pre-Medical Center) & we lived in the Dublin section, parts of which no longer exist: Jersey & Pine Streets, off Grand between Mill & Spruce; see George Tice's valuable treasury 'Paterson', published by Rutgers University Press in 1972, of original black & white photographs taken between 1968-1971. This neighbourhood was razed to make way for the then-new exit ramps of the Bergen-Passaic Expressway, alias Interstate 80 & the junction of Route 19 (originally another Route 20, somehow supposed to connect with the main McLean Boulevard Route 20 & what's now Route 120 in the Meadowlands -- good luck with that! The original Lackawanna Train Station occupied that area as well [Pine Street], which no longer exists). At any rate, having grown up in Riverside between 5th & 10th Avenues, graduating from P.S. #18 by the old Silk Mill in 1982, the late great Official Paterson Historian Vincent Waraske (1935-2010) -- a graduate of the original Paterson State Teachers College, which became William Paterson College & ultimately William Paterson University -- was my historical mentor throughout the 1970s & finally recognised [pardon my preference for original British English spellings] for his lifelong efforts in 2003, when the City Council named him Official Paterson Historian. It is in his honour, when I was appointed Historical Preservation Commissioner by then-Mayor Jeffery Jones (2010-12), that I continue the office of Acting City Historian (Edward Smyk was the County Historian, with offices in Lambert Castle Museum at 2 Valley Road). The National Park Service finally took over our original offices in the S.U.M. Building (Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures, founded by Alexander Hamilton himself in 1791 & incorporated 4th July 1792, when the City of Paterson was formally established), 72 McBride Avenue Extension/Overlook Park, facing the Great Falls, across from the present Visitors' Center which was a petrol station before the last quarter of the 20th Century C.E. I still continue my original cultural-historical walking tours of the entire Historic, Downtown, Dublin, Stoney Road & adjacent sections, which I began decades ago when my Uncle worked for Sidney Schenker & Associates' architectural firm on Market Street (long-gone, 1960s to the very early '80s) ~ My thanks to Angelica Santomauro & Evelyn Hershey of the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark (83 Norwood, Haledon); June Avignone, author of 'Downtown Paterson' (Arcadia Press, 1999); Kelly Ruffel, formerly of the Historic Preservation Commission, now DCHA (Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs, Dey Mansion, Wayne); Frank Blesso of the Municipal Utilities Authority; Giacomo DeStefano, Paterson Museum Director; Gianfranco Archimede, Historic Preservation Commissioner; last but not least, Leonard Zax of the Hamilton Partnership for Paterson & all proud Patersonians who continue to defend our city's invaluable place of honour in U.S. History as the first planned industrial center of North America ~ Napoleon Nikolai Zivkovic, Acting Paterson Historian & Chairman, Greater Paterson Society { Post Script: Please keep in mind, Hamilton was also accompanied by the Marquis de Lafayette when he 'discovered' Paterson at the end of the Eighteenth Century C.E. -- this is often forgotten by many lecturers & speakers...also, the work of Washington, D.C. architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant was invaluable with regard to our city's early & extant infrastructure. }
My family also came to Paterson from Yugoslavia in the 1960's and I was raised on Spruce St near the corner of Spruce and Grand. Moved to California years ago and am very interested in Paterson history.
@@srcemoj5750 grew up same place same corner 1967 -1995 still own property there and now live in the lakeview section of Paterson 1995- till present do you know what house or number??
thats because the jobs dried up and all the violence that comes with poverty etc drove the people who could get out out nd the people who could not get out had to stay ..one more racial divide in america
Growing up in Paterson ages ago it was such a beautiful city everyone kept their front sidewalks clean - walking around was so friendly = npw a days all of that has changed to the worst place to live in ,
Ridiculous. The people currently there never worked in those factories. Labor force can not be trained. It's a multi generational shit hole now. Manufacturing is gone, even from lower rent areas of this country. The guy is just talking hot air.
They need to make people take some classes on all the different origin nationality and everyone has it bad but honestly if you are a different origin are from a different country they need to get together and show everyone what they also lived like to an extent that they can try to understand each other to get along
Reading through these comments, it seems like everyone who has something good to say about Paterson was born in the 1950s or 1960s. Does the current generation ( post 1980 ) not have a single good thing to say about the city? Has it been that bad for that long? But moreover, the city needs to get past trying to rebuild relics of a lost era. History is nice but if you hold onto it too strongly you will never move forward. Stop talking about the Old Mills and the architecture. A waterfall is nice but it doesn’t make money. And with all the regulations, it’s impossible for anyone to sell anything other than drugs. Tear down the mills. Tear down Hinchliffe Stadium. Put up a museum for the old whites who want to come back on Sundays to relive their childhood. The rest of us want to move forward. Where the future at?
Was born in 80....and lived all through Paterson....don’t think I lived one place more than 3 years ...left for military in 99 and have only visited since.....I can say a few small good things ...the culture and independent vendors in the late 80s ...early 90s....as a teen I would go to a book store Kujichagulia that has closed ...but was one of the best book stores I’ve been to anywhere. Easter Egg hunts at Eastside Park was a lot of fun..with performances and so on....
growing up born and raised in paterson from the 2000s i can say paterson is really horrible…. the school system is really corrupt and bad and don’t care about kids…. violence left and right on every street, not a good place to raise a kid
@@lanadelreytv3945 born and raised in Paterson (1994) and I lived here my whole life. I recalled a time when a group of black kids threw rocks at people at roberto clemente park and one kid was hit and was bleeding in the water fountain they use to have there, that left me scarred. Paterson has always been bad, like you bad schools, teachers are neglectful (most of them are), and crime is rampant. Paterson is worse than you think, some crimes don’t get reported.
Paterson needs Jesus. The whole culture needs to change. Mf’s have no pride in their cities dumping trash right on the ground not giving a fuck about their fellow neighbors. Nothing but a rat race. I’m glad I left that dump of a city. Ptown will never change.
just saw an article that said Paterson is the countries 3 rd worst behind miami and Detroit . Could be wrong but I live in Paterson and shyt is getting worse. Haven't met anyone that couldn't read though but I do believe those statistics
Miami is booming! It's getting too expensive for us. A true international city. I grew up in Paterson and will always love her but it's too late to save ...
no maybe 5th not 3rd its not the city its criminals and people coming to paterson from other towns to do their drugs here then them other nicer towns needs to help combat the Opiods problem thats why its gotten bad
@@carameltones1I'm sure many here can't be this blind. Paterson has many people who are making their moves and thriving. So, I say why is there high crime. Very rarely, does anyone mention all of the programs in Paterson. Homeless shelters, drug programs, salvation army, evas kitchen, etc...People from all over New Jersey wander towards it. Also, Passaic County Jail. How can someone not even mention this and try to fix Paterson....Ok, let's talk solutions but how can this be left out. Is it an error or purposely left out to keep it in the hole? Perhaps, the later.
@@arsonistyt8161 YOU are typical of the ignorance that pervades the republican base. You don't read, you don't know the facts. Even your "name" implies you're an idiot.
The brases to hold up the JP Holland submarine and others factory are the same as the fiber glass seats in the hinchcliffe we have know that they need but the government is death dumb and blind
I agree Camden is really bad too. I am from Cumberland co and went to Rutgers Camden, so I am very familiar with Camden. But the explosion of the heroin trade has really turned Paterson upside down. The 2 cities actually have a lot in common historically, with the closing of the factories and the immense loss of working class jobs.
m smith I’ve lost my job many times. I’m not a heroin addict. Still live in Paterson. See drug dealers everyday. Still not a heroin addict. Drugs don’t do themselves.
I was born in Paterson General Hospital in 1952. We lived on Lane Street, Water Street, Matlock Street, CC Projects, all shitholes. I've seen the CC Projects go from shiny new apartments to shitholes in five years. I've heard on another video Paterson people saying "show the good parts of paterson". Yeah well the good parts of Paterson are only good in comparison to the bad but still shitholes. It was bad then, it's worse now.
Truth hurts doesn't it? And just for your information, I worked politically under mayor Frank X. Graves Jr. I know EXACTLY what kind of a corrupt shithole Paterson is.
Oh I apologize Mr. Trump. I didn't realize you knew so much about Paterson because you worked here decades ago... Thanks for letting me know. Sincerely, AssWipe
I still have family there idiot, Mr. Trump? Lol, Do you even know who Frank Graves Jr. was? I don't believe Mr. Graves (or king Graves as he was known) would have a Trump working for him. I think that one brain cell you have is malfunctioning.
Here you go kiddo, I knew this guy when he just got into politics th-cam.com/video/1fEU7MTGUbI/w-d-xo.html It's one of the big problems in Paterson. Political corruption, It destroyed the city and the people of Paterson paid for it.
I just drove through Paterson this past weekend. The falls are beautiful. But everything else was downright scary. Jersey City was similar. It really is a shame what has happened to so many of our once great and proud cities.
I was raised in Paterson.....tons and tons of closed factories .....very interesting documentary
I lived in Paterson during the golden years. The city began going down a rat's hole in the early 1980's. That's when I decided to leave Paterson, never to return. Today Paterson is a hell hole where crime runs rampant and murders are not uncommon. I pray Paterson makes a grand comeback but I have lost whatever hope I once had. What happened to Paterson is the result of single parent homes, the lack of a proper education, and ignorance.
what drives the single parent homes and lack of proper education is the unemployment and poverty
Such a shame. Drugs and corruption bringing Silk City to such a low point.
Same as every town in America
Yeap, the sme corruption thwt is destroying the country destroyed Payterson.
Fthe poloticains, it's a unaparty.
presently in the city of Paterson, All these LLC corporations and investors keep putting up these mega apartment complexes everywhere and the city of Paterson permits them and even offers them 25 years of tax abatements to do so. Meanwhile they help create all this traffic and congestion, overcrowded schools, and reduce the quality of life of the tax paying homeowners. The Planning and Zoning board needs to step up and stop allowing these mega apartment complexes.
Manufacturing is national security.
YES
I like this man. I like his ideas, what kind of manufacturing would be bring back?
What happened? The 1973 riots followed by "White Flight". That's what happened.....
Whites were leaving long before that.
My family came to Paterson at the beginning of the 1960s; I was born in the old Saint Joseph's Hospital (pre-Medical Center) & we lived in the Dublin section, parts of which no longer exist: Jersey & Pine Streets, off Grand between Mill & Spruce; see George Tice's valuable treasury 'Paterson', published by Rutgers University Press in 1972, of original black & white photographs taken between 1968-1971. This neighbourhood was razed to make way for the then-new exit ramps of the Bergen-Passaic Expressway, alias Interstate 80 & the junction of Route 19 (originally another Route 20, somehow supposed to connect with the main McLean Boulevard Route 20 & what's now Route 120 in the Meadowlands -- good luck with that! The original Lackawanna Train Station occupied that area as well [Pine Street], which no longer exists). At any rate, having grown up in Riverside between 5th & 10th Avenues, graduating from P.S. #18 by the old Silk Mill in 1982, the late great Official Paterson Historian Vincent Waraske (1935-2010) -- a graduate of the original Paterson State Teachers College, which became William Paterson College & ultimately William Paterson University -- was my historical mentor throughout the 1970s & finally recognised [pardon my preference for original British English spellings] for his lifelong efforts in 2003, when the City Council named him Official Paterson Historian. It is in his honour, when I was appointed Historical Preservation Commissioner by then-Mayor Jeffery Jones (2010-12), that I continue the office of Acting City Historian (Edward Smyk was the County Historian, with offices in Lambert Castle Museum at 2 Valley Road). The National Park Service finally took over our original offices in the S.U.M. Building (Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures, founded by Alexander Hamilton himself in 1791 & incorporated 4th July 1792, when the City of Paterson was formally established), 72 McBride Avenue Extension/Overlook Park, facing the Great Falls, across from the present Visitors' Center which was a petrol station before the last quarter of the 20th Century C.E. I still continue my original cultural-historical walking tours of the entire Historic, Downtown, Dublin, Stoney Road & adjacent sections, which I began decades ago when my Uncle worked for Sidney Schenker & Associates' architectural firm on Market Street (long-gone, 1960s to the very early '80s) ~ My thanks to Angelica Santomauro & Evelyn Hershey of the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark (83 Norwood, Haledon); June Avignone, author of 'Downtown Paterson' (Arcadia Press, 1999); Kelly Ruffel, formerly of the Historic Preservation Commission, now DCHA (Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs, Dey Mansion, Wayne); Frank Blesso of the Municipal Utilities Authority; Giacomo DeStefano, Paterson Museum Director; Gianfranco Archimede, Historic Preservation Commissioner; last but not least, Leonard Zax of the Hamilton Partnership for Paterson & all proud Patersonians who continue to defend our city's invaluable place of honour in U.S. History as the first planned industrial center of North America ~ Napoleon Nikolai Zivkovic, Acting Paterson Historian & Chairman, Greater Paterson Society { Post Script: Please keep in mind, Hamilton was also accompanied by the Marquis de Lafayette when he 'discovered' Paterson at the end of the Eighteenth Century C.E. -- this is often forgotten by many lecturers & speakers...also, the work of Washington, D.C. architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant was invaluable with regard to our city's early & extant infrastructure. }
My family also came to Paterson from Yugoslavia in the 1960's and I was raised on Spruce St near the corner of Spruce and Grand. Moved to California years ago and am very interested in Paterson history.
I was wondering where was the Dublin area that I saw in a photo of an old map of Paterson! Thanks!
Are you still doing walkings-historic tours of Paterson?
Waoo hi i usto live right in front of the hospital back then 1983 Leslie st and hine st i went to school 8
@@srcemoj5750 grew up same place same corner 1967 -1995 still own property there and now live in the lakeview section of Paterson 1995- till present do you know what house or number??
Talking about Paterson? Then at least SPELL it right! PATERSON...Thank you!
GRAZIA! MERCI! A lifelong pet-peeve of mine ~ Napoleon Nikolai Zivkovic, Acting Paterson Historian
It's Paterson, incidentally: One 't' -- we cultural/literary/historical/poetic types care. ~ NNZ, Acting Paterson Historian/Editor & Redactor-About-Town, et cetera ;-)
I was born and raised in Paterson NJ in1968 my brother was born and 1971i was born we lived on 5th ave
My Grandparents and Great grandparents lived on 6th ave near schilleri funeral home
I’m from Paterson.. I miss it sometimes but it’s not the same
What happened is hard working people moved out and shit bags moved in. That's about the size of it.
thats because the jobs dried up and all the violence that comes with poverty etc drove the people who could get out out nd the people who could not get out had to stay ..one more racial divide in america
Growing up in Paterson ages ago it was such a beautiful city everyone kept their
front sidewalks clean - walking around was so friendly = npw a days all of that
has changed to the worst place to live in ,
its still working residents there and good people too, but out of the good people there are the bad too
Some of the best people came from Ptown
What?
I don’t see many hard working people, most people live off welfare and section 8 and I don’t see many good people here, just speaking from experience.
@@wordandwater9027 i understand but there are some Good working people here
@@carameltones1 I’m not denying that, but sadly the majority of people here aren’t so hard working. Lived here my whole life, i’ve seen it firsthand.
Ridiculous. The people currently there never worked in those factories. Labor force can not be trained. It's a multi generational shit hole now. Manufacturing is gone, even from lower rent areas of this country. The guy is just talking hot air.
Paterson is spelled incorrectly THREE times. There is only one "S" in Paterson.
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I don't understand why we don't harness the power of the Passaic generate electricity as far as I'm concerned that would straighten up Patterson
They need to make people take some classes on all the different origin nationality and everyone has it bad but honestly if you are a different origin are from a different country they need to get together and show everyone what they also lived like to an extent that they can try to understand each other to get along
Why wouldn’t they just assimilate and there would be no need for classes?
Reading through these comments, it seems like everyone who has something good to say about Paterson was born in the 1950s or 1960s. Does the current generation ( post 1980 ) not have a single good thing to say about the city? Has it been that bad for that long?
But moreover, the city needs to get past trying to rebuild relics of a lost era. History is nice but if you hold onto it too strongly you will never move forward. Stop talking about the Old Mills and the architecture. A waterfall is nice but it doesn’t make money. And with all the regulations, it’s impossible for anyone to sell anything other than drugs.
Tear down the mills. Tear down Hinchliffe Stadium. Put up a museum for the old whites who want to come back on Sundays to relive their childhood. The rest of us want to move forward. Where the future at?
Was born in 80....and lived all through Paterson....don’t think I lived one place more than 3 years ...left for military in 99 and have only visited since.....I can say a few small good things ...the culture and independent vendors in the late 80s ...early 90s....as a teen I would go to a book store Kujichagulia that has closed ...but was one of the best book stores I’ve been to anywhere. Easter Egg hunts at Eastside Park was a lot of fun..with performances and so on....
growing up born and raised in paterson from the 2000s i can say paterson is really horrible…. the school system is really corrupt and bad and don’t care about kids…. violence left and right on every street, not a good place to raise a kid
@@lanadelreytv3945 born and raised in Paterson (1994) and I lived here my whole life. I recalled a time when a group of black kids threw rocks at people at roberto clemente park and one kid was hit and was bleeding in the water fountain they use to have there, that left me scarred. Paterson has always been bad, like you bad schools, teachers are neglectful (most of them are), and crime is rampant. Paterson is worse than you think, some crimes don’t get reported.
Paterson needs Jesus. The whole culture needs to change. Mf’s have no pride in their cities dumping trash right on the ground not giving a fuck about their fellow neighbors. Nothing but a rat race. I’m glad I left that dump of a city. Ptown will never change.
Btw this is some racist shit. White people aren’t the only people who enjoy museums. Maybe you should go visit one. You might learn something pig.
just saw an article that said Paterson is the countries 3 rd worst behind miami and Detroit . Could be wrong but I live in Paterson and shyt is getting worse. Haven't met anyone that couldn't read though but I do believe those statistics
Miami is booming! It's getting too expensive for us. A true international city. I grew up in Paterson and will always love her but it's too late to save ...
no maybe 5th not 3rd its not the city its criminals and people coming to paterson from other towns to do their drugs here then them other nicer towns needs to help combat the Opiods problem thats why its gotten bad
@@carameltones1I'm sure many here can't be this blind. Paterson has many people who are making their moves and thriving. So, I say why is there high crime. Very rarely, does anyone mention all of the programs in Paterson. Homeless shelters, drug programs, salvation army, evas kitchen, etc...People from all over New Jersey wander towards it. Also, Passaic County Jail. How can someone not even mention this and try to fix Paterson....Ok, let's talk solutions but how can this be left out. Is it an error or purposely left out to keep it in the hole? Perhaps, the later.
Cash Carlton Brooks
Here I'm rocking like a hurricane
Paterson ❤️❤️❤️
I’m from Paterson, I left it put me through hell.
Paterson 🤦♀️ 🤦♂️ 🤦
@@diorr.r I sadly understand, Paterson will leave you traumatized.
Not once did they mention Dominican Americans in this piece, Dominicans are the biggest majority in Paterson.
try dominican chinese
So basically, this was 6 years ago. And nothing has changed!
Not true
@@currenturban8457
Can you share what has changed, sincerely want to know.
@@dilee2086 new mayor, new changes in education, new small business development, new cleanup, new parks and recreation.
@@currenturban8457 AND IT GOT WORSE 😂
@@LosHomiesDre how?
Why is the red, black and green flag on his desk?
+Agnes McLoughlin ...It's the Black Liberation Flag.
+Jim Mc Thank you. No comment!
Because it’s HIS desk and he can put whatever he damn well pleases on it
What happened? Democrat, that's what happened. High taxes on companies hurt the employees.
@B Babbich They aren't less performing, they are self efficient.
@@arsonistyt8161 YOU are typical of the ignorance that pervades the republican base. You don't read, you don't know the facts. Even your "name" implies you're an idiot.
People do all this shit about the city and can't even spell the name right smh
I live in paterson
The brases to hold up the JP Holland submarine and others factory are the same as the fiber glass seats in the hinchcliffe we have know that they need but the government is death dumb and blind
Is it the flag of Malawi?
it's 1 T..Paterson. 😄
Worst city in NJ, one of the worst in the country.
I live in Paterson. Camden is worse dude and Camden is the worst city in nj and has one of the highest crimes rates out of any city in the country
I agree Camden is really bad too. I am from Cumberland co and went to Rutgers Camden, so I am very familiar with Camden. But the explosion of the heroin trade has really turned Paterson upside down. The 2 cities actually have a lot in common historically, with the closing of the factories and the immense loss of working class jobs.
its not that good in some parts of paterson but its not the worst city
m smith I’ve lost my job many times. I’m not a heroin addict. Still live in Paterson. See drug dealers everyday. Still not a heroin addict. Drugs don’t do themselves.
@@Impertinent1 It takes a certain type of person to say this.
Mayor torres lier
Miss me with the blah blah.Thomas Fredrick is rolling in his Grave.
Make babies n go 2 welfare
Stop spreading lies everyone is not on welfare People do work too not just sit around there are tax payers too
Paterson
I was born in Paterson General Hospital in 1952. We lived on Lane Street, Water Street, Matlock Street, CC Projects, all shitholes. I've seen the CC Projects go from shiny new apartments to shitholes in five years. I've heard on another video Paterson people saying "show the good parts of paterson". Yeah well the good parts of Paterson are only good in comparison to the bad but still shitholes. It was bad then, it's worse now.
ok, Trump. Thanks for calling my city a shithole. Have a nice day -_-
Truth hurts doesn't it? And just for your information, I worked politically under mayor Frank X. Graves Jr. I know EXACTLY what kind of a corrupt shithole Paterson is.
Oh I apologize Mr. Trump. I didn't realize you knew so much about Paterson because you worked here decades ago... Thanks for letting me know. Sincerely, AssWipe
I still have family there idiot, Mr. Trump? Lol, Do you even know who Frank Graves Jr. was? I don't believe Mr. Graves (or king Graves as he was known) would have a Trump working for him. I think that one brain cell you have is malfunctioning.
Here you go kiddo, I knew this guy when he just got into politics th-cam.com/video/1fEU7MTGUbI/w-d-xo.html It's one of the big problems in Paterson. Political corruption, It destroyed the city and the people of Paterson paid for it.
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Learn effin English. I did at the age of 5.
I live in paterson