Hoboken Historical Museum Launches COVID-19 Archive Project
The impact of COVID-19 on Hoboken will be significant. In addition to the beloved residents who have been lost to the pandemic, the social fabric…
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FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “The Way You Look Tonight”
(ABOVE: Frank Sinatra with first wife Nancy Barbato Sinatra - NY Daily News Archive) "Some day, when I'm awfully low When the world is cold…
“WE CAN NEVER FORGET”: Hoboken Memorial Day Parade Soldiers On, Preserving a 122-Year Salute to Those Who Gave All — PHOTO GALLERY
For 121 years, the City of Hoboken had held a Memorial Day Parade. That streak made it the longest-running parade in the entire State of…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “Pennies From Heaven” (Hoboken Relief Fund – Love Local)
(ABOVE: image via ebay—*not real money*) Hoboken needs help—no doubt about that... Our community has suffered significant losses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As state and…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “The Call of the Canyon” (feat. Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
"Just a melancholy echo ling'ring when the day is through It's the call of the canyon, once again I'm dreaming of you..." No doubt we're…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “Swinging On A Star” | Sinatra Memorial Returns to 415 Monroe Street
(images courtesy of John Heidenry) Francis Albert Sinatra was born at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken on December 12, 1915. The house itself is long…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “It Might As Well Be Spring”
"I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string I'd say that I had spring fever…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “Ain’t No Sunshine” (Nancy Sinatra); RIP Bill Withers
(ABOVE: Photo via AP) Soul singer Bill Withers has passed away. He was 81. A three-time Grammy Winner, Withers wrote and sang iconic songs that…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “Nice ‘n’ Easy” (Sinatra Social Distancing)
"Let's take it nice 'n' easy, it's gonna be so easy..." Easy for you to say... For a man who was out every night and…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold” (Coronavirus Edition)
Have you washed your hands? Good. Now sit down and read this... In April 1966, writer Gay Talese published a groundbreaking article in Esquire titled…
