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People's Park, Paterson
Populated place in Passaic County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People's Park is a section of Paterson, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Eastside neighborhood. It is a mixed-use area with a diverse population. It is roughly bounded by Interstate 80 to the south, Madison Avenue to the west and Market Street to the north.[1] It is a mostly residential neighborhood located north of 23rd Avenue and South of Market Street.
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In the late 1940s, Paterson State Teachers College was located in the upper two floors of Public School #24 located at the intersection of East 22nd Street and 19th Ave. Hugh Robinson attended PS24 during this period.
The section of Twenty-First Avenue in this area was once a predominantly Italian-American neighborhood, but today it has a large Hispanic population and is referred to as La Ventiuno by Paterson's Spanish-speaking community. It is an active and vibrant retail strip featuring a variety of shops and services catering to a diverse clientele. Although there is still a significant Italian presence left in the neighborhood, it also has a large first-generation Latin American population, particularly Colombian.[2][3]