▁called ▁" the ▁a venue ", ▁was ▁never ▁board ed ▁up , ▁and ▁the ▁tight - kn it ▁neighborhood s ▁remained ▁home ▁to ▁many ▁who ▁were ▁still ▁proud ▁of ▁their ▁city . ▁Stevens ▁remained ▁a ▁premier ▁technology ▁school , ▁Max well ▁House ▁kept ▁ch ug ging ▁away , ▁and ▁Beth le hem ▁Ste el ▁still ▁hous ed ▁sail ors ▁who ▁were ▁dry - d ock ed ▁on ▁its ▁pi ers . ▁Italian - Amer icans ▁and ▁other ▁came ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁" old ▁neighborhood " ▁to ▁shop ▁for ▁del ic at essen . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁the ▁western ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ke uff el ▁and ▁Es ser ▁Man ufact uring ▁Complex ▁( known ▁as ▁" C lock ▁Tow ers ") ▁was ▁converted ▁into ▁resident ial ▁apart ments , ▁after ▁having ▁been ▁an ▁architect ural , ▁engineering ▁and ▁draft ing ▁facility ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 8 ; ▁the ▁eastern ▁part ▁portion ▁became ▁resident ial ▁apart ments ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁( now ▁called ▁the ▁ ▁Grand ▁Adams ). ▁ ▁Water front ▁ ▁The ▁Hudson ▁Water front ▁defined ▁Hob oken ▁as ▁an ▁arch et yp al ▁port ▁town ▁and ▁power ed ▁its ▁economy ▁from ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 th ▁to ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century , ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁it ▁had ▁become ▁essentially ▁industrial ▁( and ▁mostly ▁in access ible ▁to ▁the ▁general ▁public ). ▁The ▁large ▁production ▁plants ▁of ▁Li pton ▁Te a ▁and ▁Max well ▁House ,