We believe that successful waterfronts begin with sound planning, time-tested urban design and an understanding that the water’s edge belongs to the public.
Thank you! Thank you!
Your generous support this past year has sustained us through a difficult time. We truly appreciate your generosity. Last year, major progress was made at Union Dry Dock and the Monarch Pier, future connections to the continuous, public waterfront park that FBW first proposed over 30 years ago before any of Hoboken’s shoreline had been redeveloped. We look forward to more progress in the months ahead as we seek to realize this vision for a truly public waterfront.
Town Planning Stuff Everyone Needs to Know: #9 Walkable Street Design
Victor Dover of Dover Kohl & Partners, Town Planners based in Miami Florida explains “Walkable Street Design” in his video series: Town Planning Stuff Everyone Needs to Know. He says all the best towns are walkable. The streets are a place where people want to be. They are like a room with the buildings as walls and perhaps a tree canopy as a ceiling. Streets should not be faced with a blank wall but should be animated with windows, doors, porches, storefronts and balconies. Streets should also be memorable with beauty provided by the architecture and landscape design.
Recent Articles
In praise of London plane trees in London . . . and in Hoboken
Shade trees also play a vital role in combating climate change Hoboken’s first parks -- Church Square, Columbus, Stevens and Elysian -- dating from the late 1880s to 1912, [...]
FBW Photos: 2021 Year in Review
2021 was a breakthrough year for Hoboken's waterfront. Union Dry Dock and the Monarch Pier have been secured to become critical additions to the continuous, public waterfront park, first proposed by FBW 30 years [...]
FBW’s Year in Review for 2021
2021 was a breakthrough year for Hoboken's waterfront. Union Dry Dock and the Monarch Pier have been secured to become critical additions to the continuous, public waterfront park, first proposed by FBW 30 [...]
Photos from Connect the Waterfront – The Final Stretch, FBW’s 2021 gala at the Antique Loft
FBW's November 11, 2021 annual fundraising party was the most successful ever held by our organization. Everyone enjoyed coming together in person after being apart for so long. The event was sold out ten days ahead [...]
FBW to honor Jim Vance with the 10th Annual Riparian Award
The November 11 Connect the Waterfront gala will be a tribute to our long-time FBW advocate FBW | October 26, 2021 Many adjectives have been ascribed to Jim Vance: energetic, enthusiastic, zealous, gregarious, magnanimous, [...]
Questions for the Hoboken City Council candidates
Top row are Sheila Brennan, Cheryl Fallick and Paul Presinzano of the Independently Together slate and Jim Doyle, Emily Jabbour and Joe Quintero of the Team Bhalla slate. Bottome row [...]
Active streetscapes are the key to successful urban neighborhoods
FBW | October 15, 2021 In her influential book The Death and Life of Great American Cities published in 1961, Jane Jacobs relates the important lessons of [...]
FBW’s Connect the Waterfront annual fundraising party – SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT! Thank you everyone who has bought tickets. Your tickets will not be mailed to you. Your name will be on a list at the door. If you [...]
If you flooded during Ida, build back better through flood proofing
All of Hoboken’s investments in flood mitigation, however helpful, cannot eliminate future flooding FBW | September 30, 2021 In the nine years since Superstorm Sandy, the City of Hoboken and the North Hudson Sewerage [...]
Hoboken floods worsen as Ida, Henri put stormwater management strategies to the test
The torrential rains from Ida cause the worst flooding since Superstorm Sandy nine years ago The morning after Ida, a flooded intersection at Third Street and Clinton in Hoboken. Are you [...]
Diversity, density and change in Hoboken and other Hudson County municipalities
The 2020 U.S. Census provides up-to-date numbers for our region. Hoboken, West New York, Guttenberg and Union City are the top-ranked cities in the nation when in comes to population density. [...]
On City of Water Day FBW shines a spotlight on the unfinished central waterfront
Completing the park at Union Dry Dock must include a pedestrian & bicycle-friendly Sinatra Drive by Nicole Teitler | FBW | July 17, 2021 The annual City of [...]