Union City - City Hall
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2014-08-26
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Union City at one time was the most densely populated city in the United States.
Over the years the city has had two nick names two nicknames, "Embroidery Capital of the United States" and "Havana on the Hudson".
Immigration from Cuba to Union City began slowly in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when jobs in the local embroidery and textile factories were abundant. By 1955, the city's Cuban population was large enough that Fidel Castro visited Union City to raise money for his revolt against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, though a speech he gave one night at a bar on 26th Street, Le Molino Rojo led to a brawl that resulted in Castro's arrest.
Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, large numbers of Cubans in professional occupations emigrated to Union City, resulting in Union City's status as the nation's second-largest Cuban population, behind Miami, Florida.
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Union City, Union City City Hall, Embroidery Capital of the United States, Havana on the Hudson, Fidel Castro, Hudson County, The Gateway Region, Gateway, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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