Hoboken Fire Victims Memorial Project

12/25/2023

In this year of our Lord as we celebrate Christmas, let us remember those we dedicated efforts for earlier this year honoring those devastated in the Hoboken fires, past to present.

May they be granted peace.

03/21/2023

The 56 confirmed victims researched by the HFVMP which we know is incomplete. Please pray for all of them, their families, and all the victims past to present in the Hoboken Fires.

Alberto Langini – age unknown
Julia Rodriguez – age unknown
Jesus Rodriguez - 11
Gayatri Rampersad - 35
Sandra Rampersad - 12
Indravati Rampersad - 11
Bholaram Rampersad - 10
Inder Rampersad - 8
Fatbay Rampersad - 7
Sharmun Rampersad - 4
Neelavati Rampersad - 2
Jacob Drepaul - 43
Gangapati Drepaul - 39
Roxanne Drepaul - 17
Adrian Drepaul - 15
Mukesh Drepaul - 13
Veronica Drepaul - 11
Raynond Drepaul - 9
Premnath Drepaul - 6
Pradeep Drepaul - 5
Nicholas Torres - 24
Maria Teresa Torres - 17
Margarita Torres - 16
Marilyn Torres -14
Edna Gadea - 39
Tawary Colon - 1
Louis Sanchez - 8
Victor Sanchez - 2
Modesto Cordero, Jr. - 7
Javier Galicia - 2
Goduvin Mercado - 34
Ana Mercado - 35
Ruth Mercado - 13
Dennise Mercado - 12
Walter Mercado - 10
Kenneth Mercado - 9
Manuel Vega - 76
Reineira Rios - 43
Frank Rios - 20
Marybell Rios - 18
Jesus Rios 13
Walter Mitchell - 51
Howard Warshaver - 52
Anna Hilda Perez - 45
Francisca Vasquez - 41
Juan Serrano - 38
Olga Garcia - 22
Luz Delia Garcia - 17
Ismael Vasquez - 15
Angel Luis Perez - 8
Luis Xavier Colon - 4
Charles Serrano - 3
Jorge Negron – 18m
Catherine Torres – 6m
Erica Negron – 1m
Maria Colon - 20

03/15/2023

https://hudsoncountyview.com/plaque-to-commemorate-56-lives-lost-in-intentional-hoboken-fires-unveiled-at-olivieri-park/

A plaque was unveiled at Tom Olivieri Park to commemorate the 56 lives lost in intentional Hoboken fires in the lates 70s and early 80s.

03/12/2023

Today's event will be covered by the Hudson County View live at 2:30:

03/08/2023

The HFVMP officially announces an invitation to all member of the public:

The Hoboken Fire Victims Memorial Project will hold an official plaque unveiling Sunday afternoon honoring victims past to present of the Hoboken Fires 1978-1982.

When: Sunday, March 12th, 2023, at 2:30 PM

Where: Tom Olivieri Park, 1225 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, NJ

The victims of the Hoboken Fires past to present numbering in the thousands during the period of 1979 to 1983 will be honored at the official plaque unveiling.

56 people, mostly women and children died in the Hoboken Fires.

At 4:00 pm, the Hoboken Historical Museum will feature Janet Ayala, a survivor who lost her mother, father, brother and nephew in one of the Hoboken fires.

The Hoboken Historical Museum is located at 1301 Hudson St.

02/25/2023

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/02/a-city-built-on-tombstones-the-horrors-and-trauma-of-hobokens-arson-fires-four-decades-later.html

“The sad part is that the people who probably live in Hoboken don’t even know the history of it,” said a survivor of the devastating fires.

02/21/2023

The Hoboken Historical Museum is hosting an exhibit on the Hoboken Fires. For more information, please see the details at:

Exhibitions Current Exhibitions Main Gallery Upper Gallery Past Exhibitions Main Gallery Lectures Upper Gallery Exhibition Videos Virtual Exhibits Main Gallery The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982We are proud to announce two exhibits by photo-based artist and arts educator, Christopher López. “The Fires:...

01/13/2023

The Memorial Plaque is here!
We've created it in both English & Spanish.

More to come.

01/13/2023

The Memorial Plaque is here!
More to come.

09/09/2022

The Hoboken Fire Victims Memorial Project is proud to announce we are seeing built the construction of the memorial plaque that will be mounted in Tommy Olivieri Park.

It's been a long, challenging road with roadblocks in recent years but we are finally heading to that day we can honor all those who suffered and died in the Hoboken Fires, past to present.

Hoboken is not the only city to struggle with gentrification, but the fires that plagued the city in the 1970s and 80s displaced thousands of people, killed dozens and scarred the city’s landscape and social fabric. This page brings together some resources for learning more about the period.

05/31/2022

The Olivieri Family has canceled the event for this Sunday due to damage of the mural. They will await repairs and reschedule.

PLEASE NOTE THE OLIVIERI EVENT IS CANCELLED THIS SUNDAY.

There will be a park dedication ceremony Sunday, June 5th in Hoboken in memory of and for the renamed Tommy Olivieri Park at 1:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome to attend this momentous occasion:

1225 Willow Ave.