Talk:Fort Lee, New Jersey

Noted Residents
The list of noted residents seems very inaccurate. I deleted a lot of the people on the noted residents list because it looks like someone just copied the list from the Alpine, New Jersey article without any fact checking.

I grew up in Fort Lee in the 50's and 60's. Albert Anastasia, the gangster who was murdered in a barber chair, lived there at the time of his death. Later, comedian Buddy Hackett lived in the same house. He was a member of the Jewish Community Center and was active in doing their fundraisers. When Frank Sinatra was married to Mia Farrow, he bought a house on Abbott Blvd. for his mother, and there were frequent Sinatra sightings in town. My father met him in a candy store on Main Street. I've also heard that comedienne Ann Marie (Dick Van Dyck Show) was born in Fort Lee.

It is not possible for someone to be born in Fort Lee as there are no hospitals in the boro.
 * A baby must be born in a hospital? --Bridgecross (talk) 13:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I believe that Richard Feder was/is a real person who was related to one of the writers from Saturday Night Live. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.182.163.104 (talk) 20:08, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

I remember that there was a Richard Feder listed in the Bergen County telephone book as a resident of Fort Lee. 169.253.4.21 (talk) 23:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

America's First Motion Picture Industry
The third paragraph seems as if someone just made up the entire thing. "Hollywood Film Laboratory?" I've never heard of such thing.I believe it should be revised entirely with credible information. --Me2Myself3AndI (talk) 22:14, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Added transportation section
I noticed that something was missing in this article, which I knew that it was about transportation. I added the fact about the transportation into the article. NHRHS2010 Talk  00:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Christ the Teacher Interparochial School
This is an advertisement. I'm replacing it with a list of private schools, the grades they serve, and the number of students.--Saladpope 2009-05-13 18:25 (UTC)

No source to claim that New York City residents have moved there
''Luxury high-rises built near the George Washington Bridge have attracted many New York City residents to the city as well, as Fort Lee offers some relief from the stresses and prices of living in New York City. ''

There's no source or evidence that supports this statement. What this statement also doesn't take into account is that the part of Manhattan it borders is not typically the place most people work. The property taxes and real estate costs in general are much higher too. What you notice too is that you'll find less traditional immigrant groups there (ex. Japanese, British). You can find this in wealthy parts of Manhattan too. It doesn't mean they've previously lived in Manhattan though. It's just like with downtown Brooklyn. Many yuppies (wealthy transplants from other states) have moved into neighborhoods like Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope and Cobble Hill. Similarly, you'll see more traditional (yet more educated/skilled) foreigners like Russians and Koreans living in these places. So I'll be taking out the following quote until a source is provided. Tom173.72.121.29 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:10, 18 August 2009 (UTC).

Palisades Amusement Park
I find it hard to believe that there is no mention of Palisades Amusement Park in this entire article. Whoever wrote the history section should realize that there WAS a history of Fort Lee besides movie studios and Koreans. Inasilentway (talk) 16:31, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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Riviera nightclub: How cover?
The history section seems incomplete, focusing on four topics as if they are the entirety of the history. What about the Riviera in the 1950s and 1960s? Here is some initial text, and a link to an overview article. Perhaps this material could be inserted somewhere? One possibility might be as a new history subsection with a title such as "Mid-century...":
 * In the 1950s and 1960s, Fort Lee was the site of the Riviera, one of the New York metropolitan area’s most popular nightclubs, situated atop the Palisades.

It seems records of such history may be in the process of being lost. I stumbled upon it when reading the WP article on Tony Lip, subject of the new film Green Book (film). --Presearch (talk) 19:58, 8 December 2018 (UTC)


 * PS Here are citations to more sources about the Riviera; possibly there's enough material for its own section or article.   (144 pages) 
 * --Presearch (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

I have now created a stand-alone page Riviera (nightclub). This new page can be linked from any new material that is added in the history section of this article. --Presearch (talk) 20:29, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

List of tallest buildings
Articles for deletion/List of tallest buildings in Fort Lee was closed as a merge to Fort Lee, New Jersey. The action will increase the length of the article considerably.Djflem (talk) 06:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

"Fort Ree" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Fort Ree. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 22 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. signed,Rosguill talk 19:23, 22 May 2021 (UTC)