Pier A
Pier A may refer to: * Pier A, Hoboken *City Pier A Pier A (also known as City Pier A) is a pier in the Hudson River at Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was built from 1884 to 1886 as the headquarters of the New York City Board of Dock Commissioners and the New York City Polic ...

Landmarks Of Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken, New Jersey is home to many parks, historical landmarks, and other places of interest. Landmarks Association of Exempt Firemen Building Carlo's Bakery A famous bakery and setting for the TLC reality television series ''Cake Boss''. It is located on Washington Street, across from City Hall. Castle Point Castle Point is the highest point in Hoboken. The name is a corruption of "Castille Point", due to its supposed resemblance to the Castilian coast in Spain. To early navigators, the high serpentine crag jutting over the river reminded them of a miniature Rock of Gibraltar (although the Rock of Gibraltar is actually in Andalusia, not Castile which has no coast). The land was bought at public auction in 1804 by Col. John Stevens, who built his estate there. After his death, his son Edwin Augustus Stevens took responsibility of the estate and in 1853 built a 40-room mansion, the "Stevens Castle", on land adjacent to the point. It was acquired by Stevens Institute of Tech ...
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