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Hoboken Mayor revokes promise of open space at 800 Jackson. Proposes high rise development up to 14th Street.
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Proposed development plan for 800 Jackson Street superimposed on photograph of site, showing view of Palisades cliffs completely blocked for the building’s 300 foot length. Mayor Roberts is sponsoring projects on west side that will benefit developers who are among his largest campaign donors (February 2005) Last spring, scores of demonstrators picketed Hoboken City Hall and later draped 300 feet [...]
Read More →Master Plan or master sham? 800 Jackson Street high rise negates recommendations of planning experts
(March 2004) For the past two years, the City of Hoboken, the Planning Board, the planning firm of Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates and numerous consultants have engaged the community at large in an intensive effort to rewrite the City’s Master Plan. Hundreds of Hoboken residents attended a series of open public meetings to provide input for this document that will [...]
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