which are owned by Cubans. Business ownership by Cubans in the city peaked at 80 percent in 1990. Amanda Brown
Political exiles from Cuba so transformed Union City that it is nicknamed “Havana on the Hudson.” Cuban-American men play dominoes at all hours in José Martí Park, a tiny vest-pocket park named in honor of the 19th-century national hero, a poet and revolutionary. An art gallery across the street, QbaVa Gallery, features the work of Cuban-American and Cuban artists. Cuban immigrants to northern New Jersey have transformed neighborhoods.
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