This Day in History: 1951-07-02
John C. Williams, the President of L. Bamberger & Co. announced that the company had bought 57 acres at the s-w corner of Routes 4 and 17 for the construction of a vast new shopping center. He said that the success of the Bamberger Store in Morristown had encouraged them to build in this hub of Bergen County. It would be, he said, within 8 miles of the Hudson and 4 miles from Paterson. It would serve an immediate area whose population had grown 18% since 1940. Many other stores would also build at the site and there would be parking for thousands of cars. (Bristow)