▁General ▁Pers hing ' s ▁s log an , ▁" He aven , ▁Hell ▁or ▁Hob oken ... ▁by ▁Christmas ." ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁war , ▁It ali ans , ▁mostly ▁stem ming ▁from ▁the ▁Adri atic ▁port ▁city ▁of ▁M olf etta , ▁became ▁the ▁city ' s ▁major ▁eth nic ▁group , ▁with ▁the ▁Irish ▁also ▁having ▁a ▁strong ▁presence . ▁While ▁the ▁city ▁experienced ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression , ▁jobs ▁in ▁the ▁ships ▁yards ▁and ▁fact ories ▁were ▁still ▁available , ▁and ▁the ▁ten ements ▁were ▁full . ▁Middle - Europe an ▁Jews , ▁mostly ▁German - spe aking , ▁also ▁made ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁established ▁small ▁business es . ▁The ▁Port ▁Author ity ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁which ▁was ▁established ▁on ▁April ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁o vers aw ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Holland ▁T unnel ▁( comple ted ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 ) ▁and ▁the ▁Lincoln ▁T unnel ▁( in ▁ 1 9 3 7 ), ▁allowing ▁for ▁easier ▁veh icular ▁travel ▁between ▁New ▁Jersey ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁by pass ing ▁the ▁water front . ▁ ▁Post - World ▁War ▁II ▁The ▁war ▁facil itated ▁economic ▁growth ▁in ▁Hob oken , ▁as ▁the ▁many ▁indust ries ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁were ▁cru cial ▁to ▁the ▁war ▁effort . ▁As ▁men ▁went ▁off ▁to ▁battle , ▁more ▁women ▁were ▁h ired ▁in ▁the ▁fact ories , ▁some ▁( most ▁not ably , ▁Tod