Hoboken celebrates Sinatra’s 100th birth anniversary

Throughout the year, the city has had outdoor screenings of his movies, a Sinatra Idol competition and concerts

Last updated: September 16, 2018 | 00:24

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The mile-square New Jersey city where Frank Sinatra was born is finding the centennial of his birth to be a very good year.

Throughout 2015, Hoboken has remembered its native son with outdoor screenings of his movies, a Sinatra Idol competition and concerts that will be capped by a centennial birthday bash on December 12.

The Hoboken Historical Museum has seen a 300 per cent jump in visitors since opening a Sinatra exhibit in early August and has hired extra staff.

The city has named a street, park and post office after the entertainer.

Sinatra died in California in 1998 at age 82.

A couple walks past the former Frank Sinatra museum, called

Chris Headrick, of Burnsville, Minnesota, points at a map showing important places in the life of singer Frank Sinatra at the Hoboken Historical Museum. The museum is hosting an exhibit celebrating Sinatra's upcoming 100th birthday on December 12.

Greg Headrick, of Burnsville, Minnesota,looks at Frank Sinatra memorabilia at the Hoboken Historical Museum in Hoboken, New Jersey. The museum is hosting an exhibit celebrating Sinatra's upcoming 100th birthday on December 12.

Chris Headrick, of Burnsville, Minnesota, watches a documentary on singer Frank Sinatra at the Hoboken Historical Museum in Hoboken, New Jersey.

An arch commemorates the spot singer Frank Sinatra's childhood home used to be in Hoboken, New Jersey. The house burned down in the 1950s.

Robert Foster, second from far right, and volunteers Dennis English, second from far right, and Maria Lara, right, work on putting up a poster with a star for singer Frank Sinatra at the Hoboken Historical Museum in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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