But now the Paterson Museum has gone one better.
The buildings were adapted to new uses, including the Paterson Museum, offices and artists' residences.
Some of the old mill buildings of the area have been converted into housing and retail in addition to the Paterson Museum.
The submarine is now preserved at Paterson Museum, New Jersey.
The police have charged the Paterson Museum's director, Thomas Peters, who has spent his professional life trying to preserve the museum.
The Paterson Museum and Lambert Castle are situated in this neighborhood.
The vessel was recovered in 1927 and is now on display at the Paterson Museum in New Jersey.
Some 50 years later, the same fate overtook the Rogers plant, once a huge factory where locomotives were assembled but now the Paterson Museum.
Part of Mr. Shapiro's latest collaboration is on view through next Sunday at the Paterson Museum.
The Paterson Museum acquired the scripts two years ago from a local collector in exchange for recording equipment designed by Thomas Edison.