On the Waterfront:

In the late 1800s, floating clubhouses for boat clubs and a floating public bath lined the Hoboken waterfront, and the Valencia was one of the larger and more impressive buildings. Except for one, all were gone by the early 1900s as the waterfront industrialized. Holland America Line made Hoboken its American homeport from 1882 to 1963, and at the Fifth Street Pier the ocean liners Nieuw Amsterdam, Statendam and Rotterdam were among the most stylish liners to cross the Atlantic. Hoboken also gained fame as the filming location for On the Waterfront in 1952-1953. Released in 1954, the film won 8 Academy Awards in 1955, including Best Picture, Best Director for Elia Kazan, and Best Actor for Marlon Brando. Its main locations included Pier C, the Holland America Fifth Street Pier, and the last surviving floating boathouse, and many Hoboken longshoremen appeared as extras in dockside scenes.

Hoboken, New Jersey · United States