Paterson

Jersey silk city

Paterson is a city in northeastern New Jersey, historically significant for its silk mills and manufacturing.

It sits along the Passaic River at the Great Falls, which powered early American industry.

The name also serves as a surname and occasionally a given name.

He grew up in Paterson.

NewJersey

Clifton

Passaic County municipality

HawthorneSurname from spiny shrubs
locomotiveRailway pulling machine
HamiltonFirst Treasury secretary

film

poetry

Metrical literary composition

routineRegular sequence of actions
contemplativeInclined to deep thought
independentFree from external control

2016 · Cannes · notebook · waterfall · quietude · observation · minimalist

industrial

textiles

Woven or knit materials

loomsEmerges menacingly, or textile frames
manufacturingIndustrial product creation
locomotiveRailway pulling machine

Colt · labor · workforce · strikes · unions · millrace · raceway · factory · machinery · production

poem

epic

Impressively grand in scope

AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
documentaryFactual film about reality

modernist · Rutherford · imagism · Ginsberg · Howl · Passaic · industrial · vernacular · fragments · montage

falls

Passaic

Jersey waterway and municipality

cascadeSuccessive downward flow
gorgeDeep, narrow valley
chasmDeep, steep-sided gap

mist · spray · plunge · cataract · hydropower · raceway · overlook · torrent · rapids · basin

Opposites

New Jersey urban hierarchy

PatersonNewark

Largest city in Jersey

Trenton · Jersey City · Princeton · Hoboken · Camden

industrial vs. post-industrial American cities

PatersonSilicon Valley

Bay Area tech corridor

San Francisco · Austin · Seattle · Boston · Charlotte

poetic/artistic representation

PatersonOhio

Midwestern state, major river

Lake Wobegon · Walden · Arcadia

Family

Patrick, Patterson

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G