Cold and clear in Hoboken

by Carly

Saturday January 03, 2009, 1:52 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

Brrr... it's a crisp and cold Saturday out there but that hasn't stopped people from venturing out to Pier A park this afternoon in Hoboken.

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Foggy day in Hoboken

by Carly

Saturday December 27, 2008, 3:14 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowA jogger along Sinatra Drive this afternoon.

The fog is so thick today in Hoboken it's even impossible to see those million-dollar Manhattan skyline views.

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Another water main break in Hoboken

by Carly

Friday December 26, 2008, 5:21 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowCrews repair a broken water main in Hoboken today.

We predicted that with the temperatures changes there'd be water main breaks in Hoboken -- and there was one today at the 7th Street Dunkin' Donuts.

It was only a small main that broke and crews repaired it so leaking water wouldn't freeze on the crosswalk.

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Some Hoboken streets could use another plowing

by Carly

Saturday December 20, 2008, 3:02 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

With another storm expected to hit our area early tomorrow morning and temperatures staying in the 20s all day, some Hoboken streets could use another plowing/salting. Here's a view down Adams at 12th Street, near the new Dunkin' Donuts.

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Lots of fender-benders today in Hoboken

by Carly

Friday December 19, 2008, 1:51 PM

Byron Smith/The Jersey JournalA Jersey City Incinerator truck is filled with salt to battle slippery road conditions in today's snowstorm.

So, how are Hoboken roads looking today?

Hoboken Now called Central Garage, the people in charge of salting Hoboken roads, and the HPD. They've had "quite a few" reports of accidents already today, we're told. Luckily, no accidents involved injuries, but there have been some fender-benders throughout town.

Where are the particularly bad spots in Hoboken?

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Gray, wintry day in Hoboken

by Carly

Tuesday December 16, 2008, 2:58 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

A seagull on the Hudson River waterfront today in Hoboken, as a mixture of rain and sleet came down.

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Boston Chicken (?) in Hoboken

by Carly

Wednesday December 10, 2008, 1:02 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

Just a middle-of-the-week observation: It's been a while since I've seen a "Boston Chicken" anywhere (the company officially changed their name to Boston Market in 1995), but I guess nobody bothered to tell the one in Hoboken that.

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Bad Santa

by Carly

Thursday December 04, 2008, 2:40 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

Well, we all know it's the holidays once that mechanical moving Santa gets put out in front of Yes, I Do! gift shop in Hoboken.

I'm sorry, I like Christmas and all but that thing creeps me out.

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Cluck-U Chicken coming soon to Hoboken

by Carly

Wednesday December 03, 2008, 2:10 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowWork on the storefront yesterday. Nice and purple.

We heard the Cluck-U Chicken that's being built on Washington Street (next door to the Blimpie) is set to open in the next three weeks.

Cluck-U Chicken will be located in what used to be Juice Garden. That place was always kind of empty but they made me a really good lemonade once.

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Post-Thanksgiving Friday in Hoboken

by Carly

Friday November 28, 2008, 5:27 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowParts of Hoboken looked a little like "dead zones" this afternoon.

With so many people away for the long holiday weekend, Hoboken felt like a ghost town today! If you stuck around the 'boken this weekend (yeah, I said it), how'd you spend this post-Thanksgiving Friday?

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Road work along Washington Street

by Carly

Tuesday November 25, 2008, 1:11 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

Washington Street (or "the Avenue" as some people in town call it) at Fourth was partially blocked off this morning, as a new electric line was installed under the street.

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Great (Hoboken) Smokeout

by Carly

Friday November 21, 2008, 4:01 PM

Photos courtesy of Mahaley Stewart BowlesYou need those lungs! A mom pledges to stop smoking for one day by filling a balloon with "smoke-free air."

Did you notice these people by the Hoboken PATH station yesterday?

The American Cancer Society sponsored the Great American Smokeout yesterday, urging those who light up to give up smoking for one day.

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No, no fire in uptown Hoboken today

by Carly

Tuesday November 18, 2008, 1:34 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowStill floating. The Hoboken Fire Department's Fire and Rescue boat.

Don't be alarmed if you heard fire trucks racing through uptown Hoboken twenty minutes ago.

There was a false alarm on Hudson Street. Extreme temperature variations -- such as when it goes from warm to very cold, like the past couple days -- can cause fire alarms to falsely go off.

Firefighters also swung by to check on their fire and rescue boat, which is docked in the Shipyard Marina.

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Bloom spa moving into Fowad

by Carly

Friday November 14, 2008, 1:13 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowConstruction this morning to turn Fowad's into Bloom spa.

Hoboken Now was on my way to the Hoboken public library this morning when we noticed work outside what used to be Fowad discount clothing store. You may have heard Bloom spa will be moving into that location.

Fowad closed this spring -- no more racks of $8 sweaters on Washington Street! (Confession: I bought an Anne Klein cardigan there once; I actually get a lot of compliments on it.)

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We are (all) family in Hoboken

by Carly

Wednesday November 05, 2008, 10:17 AM

Overheard ...

Hoboken Now was riding our bike past the Neumann Leathers building last night around 12:30 a.m., when we heard someone blasting Sister Sledge's "We are Family" from one of the upstairs studios. Sounded like a party!

A celebration for Obama, perhaps?

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Halloween in Hoboken ... after dark

by Carly

Friday October 31, 2008, 9:14 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowA mad chef and his servant, Jeffrey Painter and Maggie Chiaro.

When the sun goes down, Hobokenites come out to enjoy a more adult version of Halloween. (Well, we use the term "adult" loosely.) We scampered around Hoboken this evening to capture the sexy, the clever and the uh, scary takes on Halloween in Hoboken.

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Photos from the Hoboken Ragamuffin Parade

by Carly

Friday October 31, 2008, 5:37 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowBy far the cutest costume I've seen all day.

Hoboken Now swung by the annual Ragamuffin Parade, which brought the kids of Hoboken out in droves and shut down Washington Street this afternoon.

Here are some photos from the parade:

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Hoboken is scary all the time ...

by Amy

Friday October 31, 2008, 3:31 PM

Amy Sara Clark / Hoboken NowCan someone please set these poor spirits free?

... if you look in the right places. Happy Halloween.

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Cold rain and flooding in Hoboken today

by Carly

Tuesday October 28, 2008, 12:02 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowA car drives through the flooded intersection of Newark Street and Park Avenue this morning.

Of course, a cold, wet day in Hoboken wouldn't be complete without some flooded streets. Hoboken Now ventured out to the closest, flood-prone spot by our "office" (the downtown Starbucks). The intersection of Newark and Park looked like that at around 11 today. And Henderson Street entering Hoboken at Observer Highway turned into some kind of small inland sea.

So that's only two spots around Hoboken today. Have you noticed bad flooding in your neighborhood?

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Rain and wind knock down tree branches outside Onieal's

by Carly

Tuesday October 28, 2008, 11:15 AM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowCity workers remove fallen tree branches from Fourth Street, outside Onieal's, this morning.

About twenty minutes ago, a combination of rain and wind knocked down several big branches from a tree outside Onieal's pub/restaurant at the corner of Fourth and Park. That stretch of Fourth Street is temporarily shut down as workers clear the branches from the street.

Crews at the scene told me no cars were damaged when the branches fell, luckily.

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Wait ... isn't that Hoboken's City Hall in that Obama video?

by Amy

Thursday October 23, 2008, 3:15 PM

Have you seen this video from MoveOn.org? (If not, and you have even a few Democratic friends, it's only a matter of time ...)

But have you noticed where the protesters are standing? Isn't that Hoboken's very own City Hall in the background?

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New sidewalks for some parts of Hoboken

by Carly

Wednesday October 22, 2008, 2:47 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowThe sidewalk along 8th Street outside St. Matthew's is expected to be finished tomorrow.

We've heard more than one complaint about the state of Hoboken's sidewalks.

But, as you can see today, at least the sidewalk on 8th Street around St. Matthew's Trinity Church is being repaired. They're fixing up the sidewalk this week and it should be finished tomorrow.

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Hoboken Farmers' Market today

by Carly

Tuesday October 07, 2008, 2:40 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

Like it does every Tuesday, the Hoboken Farmers' Market will be open from 3-7:30 p.m. today outside the Barnes & Noble downtown. And it's one of your last chances to stock up on summer veggies, like tomatoes, eggplant, summer squash and corn.

"We dodged a bullet by not getting that frost last night," said Jeff, of Union Hill Farms in Denville. In anticipation of a freeze, Union Hill Farms picked lots of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants yesterday, which you can buy this afternoon in Hoboken.

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Hoboken parking enforcement contributes to global warming

by Carly

Thursday October 02, 2008, 10:46 AM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowPut, put, put.

Not only do they give tickets, they pollute! Hoboken Now snapped this photo of a Hoboken parking enforcement cart spewing gas fumes all the way down Washington Street. Get those things fixed! Or maybe -- since Hoboken'll be getting more bicycle lanes -- parking enforcement can ride around town on bikes. Not a bad idea!

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Lots of fire trucks, but no fire

by Carly

Thursday September 25, 2008, 3:56 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowFire trucks at Newark and Hudson streets this afternoon.

All that commotion at Newark and Hudson streets this afternoon?

There was a false fire alarm at 79 Hudson Street (the office building) around 3:15 today, according to the Hoboken Fire Department.

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REMINDER: Hoboken's best front garden 2008

by Amy

Sunday September 07, 2008, 11:41 AM

Amy Sara Clark / Hoboken Now

Well the flowers were well watered yesterday, so today is a great day to capture your favorite front garden on digital media and enter it in our first unofficial contest: Hoboken's Best Front Garden 2008 (Deadline: Sept. 15)

Winners got a free subscription to Hoboken Now ; ) and lots of glory.

How do you enter?

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Well, so much for the Hoboken Italian Festival

by Carly

Saturday September 06, 2008, 3:55 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowLooking down Sinatra Drive this afternoon.

As the rain came down and the wind started to pick up, Tropical Storm Hanna washed out the third (and usually biggest) day of the Hoboken Italian Festival. If you're brave (or crazy) enough, there was still a sausage stand up around 3:45 this afternoon and the zeppole still taste great, even if they are a little wet.

And, says festival organizer Greg Gallo, "we'll be back tomorrow; it's supposed to be beautiful!"

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What's Hoboken's best front garden?

by Amy

Thursday September 04, 2008, 2:03 PM

Amy Sara Clark / Hoboken NowIs this the best front garden in Hoboken or do you have another candidate? Upload your photos by Monday, Sept. 15.

Being the urban mecca it is, there's not a lot of space to garden in Hoboken. But some residents manage to do amazing things with the little patch of ground they have. And us pedestrians are quite thankful for those patches of tranquility.

So, as summer winds down, we'd like to show our appreciation with a very unofficial contest:

Hoboken's Best Front Garden 2008 (Deadline: Sept. 15)

How it works:

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Farmers' Market today

by Carly

Tuesday September 02, 2008, 5:12 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

Don't forget to stop by the Hoboken Farmers' Market on your way home from work today and pick up all the summer produce you can get your hands on. The Farmers' Market is open 'till 7:30 tonight.

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

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Obama t-shirts cause controversy in downtown Hoboken

by Carly

Friday August 29, 2008, 2:52 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowThe offensive shirt.

A street vendor hawking Obama-themed t-shirts caused quite a stir at the intersection of Newark and Hudson streets in Hoboken this afternoon.

"It's insulting for me to see," one woman angrily told the vendor, who is named Frank Bongiorno. She didn't want to give her name, but said she works as a real estate agent in town.

After confronting Bongiorno, she told me, "My husband was a Vietnam veteran and when he came home, people called him a baby-killer and worse. He died for his country from complications from Agent Orange three years ago. How can you put this man's face on a shirt like that when he would not salute the flag?," she asked, referring to Obama. "How can you sell a t-shirt like that?"

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Hey, Hoboken, what are doing for Labor Day weekend?

by Carly

Friday August 29, 2008, 1:28 PM

Hoboken Now harassed a couple people on the wild streets of Hoboken today, and asked them if they have any fun plans for the three-day weekend.

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

"I'm going to Bridgehampton -- one of my girlfriends has a house there. We're taking the Jitney there and we'll kayak, go to the beach, barbeque, do the club/bar scene. I normally go 'down the shore' but this year, it's the Hamptons. I prefer the Jersey shore; the scene is more laid back and less pretentious, but I'll be with my gal pals so it doesn't matter where we are. And the Hamptons aren't shabby!" Halley Wolowiec, 38, Hoboken

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Pedestrian struck at 1st and Washington

by Carly

Thursday August 28, 2008, 5:06 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowA crowd gathers around the injured man on Washington Street this afternoon.

A pedestrian was hit by a truck just a few minutes ago at the notoriously bad intersection of First and Washington streets.

We're still not sure how the accident happened, but from one resident who lives nearby: "This corner is known for being bad. People run the red light coming up First Street, or they make a right on red, even though they're not supposed to. And pedestrians cross the street all the time when they're not supposed to, talking on their cell phones," he said, watching the injured man being lifted in the ambulance. "It's all part of the 'me' generation -- it's my street so you have to get out of the way."

"And cops go by here all the time, talking on their cell phones," he added.

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Suspicious package on Sinatra Drive?

by Carly

Wednesday August 27, 2008, 3:41 PM

Hoboken police responded to a call of a suspicious package discovered this afternoon on Frank Sinatra Drive between 5th and 6th streets.

After the Hoboken PD bomb squad inspected the package, it was discovered to be personal property and not a threat, said a Hoboken city spokesperson.

Sinatra Drive was temporarily closed and is now reopened to traffic.

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"Signs of Autumn"

by Carly

Tuesday August 26, 2008, 11:04 AM

Andrea Milo's "Before the Storm" will be on display at the exhibit.

Do you use the Sovereign Bank in Hoboken? Work by local Hoboken artists will be coming there soon....

An exhibit from hob'art cooperative gallery will be on display inside the Sovereign Bank at 86 River Street from September 5th to November 29th. The show, "Signs of Autumn," features artwork inspired by the colors and scenes of the fall season.

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Puppies!

by Lysa

Monday August 25, 2008, 4:23 PM

Lysa Chen/Hoboken NowAaaaaaaaaawwww!

That's where Damein Callum of Garfield is selling 7-week-old American pit bull terriers. He's been there for two hours, he says, and it seems everybody just has to stop to give the puppies a pat and a cuddle. Hoboken Now even saw two police officers take a second to coo over these little guys.

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Dangerous sidewalk in front of 8th Street firehouse

by Carly

Wednesday August 20, 2008, 10:12 AM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowWatch your step!

A buddy of ours suggested we take a walk past the 8th Street fire house.

"The sidewalk is horrible! What happens when someone trips and falls?"

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Another day, another sinkhole

by Carly

Tuesday August 19, 2008, 4:44 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowMaintenance crews test the sinkhole to see if it's connected to Hoboken's sewer or water lines.

Yet another day, another sinkhole on the falling-apart streets of Hoboken. A homeowner called the city about this little one that occurred on Court Street this afternoon.

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Slowly but surely, FiOS TV is coming...

by Carly

Tuesday August 19, 2008, 11:35 AM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowInstalling FiOS at Third and Clinton today.

Like we told you earlier this summer, yes, Verizon FiOS TV is coming to Hoboken.

In some good news, Verizon crews are all over town this morning, installing the new fiber optic cable wires. Maybe they're near your house? Cablevision must be pissed!

Editor's Note: Um, Comcast probably isn't pissed. Hoboken only gets Cablevision, not Comcast. Our mistake! :-)

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowAnd on First Street.

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Hoboken, Precious; Precious, Hoboken

by Lysa

Sunday August 17, 2008, 3:50 PM

Lysa Chen/Hoboken NowEver patient, Precious lounges as I snap a pic.

If you've passed by the 200-block Washington Street real estate business, then you are likely already familiar with this laid-back kitty cat, even if you haven't been introduced formally. Precious spends her days lounging in Riverside's storefront windows, i.e. feline heaven. (What cat wouldn't love that view?)

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EMS, police, fire drill in Hoboken?

by Lysa

Sunday August 17, 2008, 10:55 AM

Lysa Chen/Hoboken NowEmergency vehicles outside the Hoboken PATH station

Lysa Chen/Hoboken NowPeek at a diagram about the "incident"

One of the staircases at the entrance was barred off with yellow "CAUTION" tape this morning, and a bunch of emergency and special operations vehicles (including Hoboken EMS, Trenton EMS, Atlanticare Regional Medical Center EMS, McCabe EMS, Port Authority Police, Fire Department of New York, NJ Transit Police and even more) were parked outside.

A Port Authority policeman watching the blocked staircase couldn't say what was going on but did say, "It's nothing interesting -- trust me." After a bit more snooping, it seems like it's all just some sort of drill.

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Bluefishing in Hoboken

by Carly

Saturday August 16, 2008, 2:12 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowAnyone want to complain about fish guts?

So we know it's probably not a good idea to eat something pulled outta the Hudson every night of the week, but fishing off Pier A in Hoboken continues today. Above, Ricky Barnett of Newark displays the bluefish he caught this afternoon.

"I don't eat them. People do, but I just catch them for sport and throw them back," said Barnett. "If I want to eat a piece of fish I go to the grocery store and get a nice filet."

Barnett says he's been out here fishing every Saturday for the past six years. "Pier A is the best place in Hoboken to fish. The 14th Street pier would be a good spot but the current is too fast there. You get bluefish, striped bass and flounder here."

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And you thought your morning commute was bad ...

by Carly

Wednesday August 06, 2008, 2:32 PM

Photo credit: Steve Dill

*Update: 2:30 p.m. Well, we have some more information on how this car-in-the-hole incident happened. According to Fred Moret, an employee with Hoboken's Department of Environmental Services who responded to the water main break, the woman came out of her apartment building on Park Ave. just before 8 a.m. today. She walked past the water main break and United Water trucks to her SUV, seemingly not to notice the giant crater in the middle of the street. She pulled her SUV out and drove towards the hole.

The United Water trucks moved out of the way to let her pass but workers started screaming at her to stop driving as she approached the hole. "She went two more feet and she was in the hole," said Moret. The woman was shaken, but not hurt. She climbed out of the car and using a flatbed truck, city workers pulled her car out of the sinkhole.

A Hoboken Now reader sent us these photos of the car that somehow drove right into the giant sinkhole on Park Avenue this morning, caused by a water main break.

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They really ARE rats with fluffy tails ...

by Amy

Wednesday August 06, 2008, 1:47 PM

Amy Sara Clark / Hoboken NowBelieving he's unobserved, this fluffy-tailed-Satan-rodent shows his true soul.

People have always said they're rats in cuter form, but there's never been proof until this week, when Hoboken Now's undercover unit caught this fluffy-tailed devil-rodent tearing through a trash bag on the 200 block of Hudson Street, Monday.

Did the culprit get away with it? Hoboken Now's breaking-news team was there to capture the action:

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Water main break in downtown Hoboken

by Carly

Wednesday August 06, 2008, 9:17 AM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowThe crater in the middle of Park Avenue this morning. A woman apparently drove her car into it by accident.

A water main broke under Park Avenue around 5 a.m. this morning, causing the street to collapse and resulting in a twelve-foot wide crater in the middle of Park Ave, between Newark and Observer Highway.

Residents on the municipal garage side of Park Avenue to Newark Street lost water; the opposite side of Park Avenue has water, officials at the scene said. United Water expects the water to be turned back on in about six hours.

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Scenes from the fountain

by Byron

Saturday August 02, 2008, 5:04 PM

Byron Smith / Hoboken NowKids and parents cool off during the hot summer afternoon at the Pier A fountain in Pier A Park in Hoboken, Friday, August 1, 2008.

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Pier A Park, always entertaining

by Byron

Saturday August 02, 2008, 8:52 AM

Byron Smith / Hoboken NowNicolette Kavlesar, 5, plays inside of a sculpture in Pier A Park, in Hoboken, Friday August 1, 2008.

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Who needs a pool when you have Pier A?

by Amy

Thursday July 31, 2008, 1:14 PM

Amy Sara Clark / Hoboken NowEmily Rawlinson, 4, of South Orange, gets a towel from her grandfather, Gary Metzler, of Secaucus, as cousin Leyla Guvenel, 3, stands by at Pier A Park.

It's no pool, but Hoboken's Pier A fountain has charms all its own, not to mention the best view in the city, as Emily Rawlinson, 4, of South Orange, discovered when she came to the fountain with her family yesterday.

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Carrying St. Ann through the streets of Hoboken

by Carly

Saturday July 26, 2008, 12:50 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

That parade you hear winding through the streets of Hoboken today is the procession of St. Ann. Every year, St. Ann's festival culminates in the 120-plus female members Hoboken's St. Ann's Guild carrying a statue of St. Ann over eight Hoboken city blocks.

The statue of St. Ann weighs 600 pounds. On a hot day like today, isn't she heavy?

"We say she's getting heavier every year since she eats too much pasta," one St. Ann's parishioner told me. "We usually carry her about two blocks and then switch. And they used to carry her barefoot, too."

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What doesn't belong at St. Ann's?

by Carly

Friday July 25, 2008, 10:03 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowCheap shoes.

For tonight's "St. Ann's Festival installment" Hoboken Now thought we'd point out what we think doesn't quite belong at an Italian street fair in Hoboken.

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How do they make that zeppole?

by Carly

Wednesday July 23, 2008, 8:39 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowThe bakers: Women from St. Ann's Guild in the church basement. They make the zeppole dough in that big tin.

That's what Hoboken Now wanted to know. And so we asked the women of Hoboken's St. Ann's Guild to let us in on the 98 year-old secret recipe.

And they said no.

Well, ok, so I wasn't allowed to see the first step of the recipe -- where the women mix the ingredients in a large tin.

"Just say it's flour, water and a lot of love," one guild member told me.

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St. Ann's Festival tonight in Hoboken

by Carly

Tuesday July 22, 2008, 11:16 PM

Live music, sausage & pepper sandwiches and zeppole -- oh my!

Did you stop by St. Ann's Festival tonight? Hoboken Now did. Enjoy our (as always, very homemade) video of the sights, sounds and tastes of Hoboken's Feast of St. Ann, held at 6 p.m. every night this week in front of St. Ann's Church at 7th and Jefferson.

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UPDATE: Power restored to downtown Hoboken

by Carly

Tuesday July 22, 2008, 2:36 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowHoboken fire trucks are on the scene to keep pedestrians away from what might be a live wire in the street.

UPDATE: As of 2:20 this afternoon, power has been completely restored to downtown Hoboken, said a PSE&G respresentative.

Starting at about 12:30 p.m. today, 1,436 Hoboken customers lost power, mostly on Grand and Newark streets, but also some locations on Park Avenue and Willow Avenue.

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken Now

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Hoboken, where do you brunch?

by Lysa

Sunday July 13, 2008, 11:54 AM

Lysa Chen/Hoboken Now11:30 a.m.: The Hoboken Gourmet Company on Washington Street is packed! Today's special is breakfast tacos. Mmmm.

I asked one table for their recommendation. They said they didn't consider themselves regular brunchers, but when they do grab brunch, it's always the Hoboken Gourmet Company. And it's apparently too good to share, because they wouldn't say much more...

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'Big John' in Hoboken

by Carly

Saturday July 12, 2008, 10:22 AM

Carly//Hoboken Now

Hey Hoboken, ever wondered what that bizarre tower on the Hoboken waterfront is?

Well, we have. And, believe it or not, the tower, part of Stevens Institute of Technology and overlooking Sinatra park soccer fields, was at one time a giant toilet.

It was built by Stevens to aid in the design of the World Trade Center. The tower was created to study plumbing in high-rise buildings and some of the engineering developed there was used in the twin towers.