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.
Please include FBW in your year-end giving. Make your waterfront greener & fully connected.
This year’s theme, The Greening of Sinatra Drive, reflects FBW’s concerted effort to ensure a generous row of street trees is included in the City’s Sinatra Drive Project. This will be a big step forward, tying together the parks at the South Waterfront to Maxwell Place Park and eventually to a new park at Union Dry Dock. Your support is vital to finishing these critical elements of Hoboken’s waterfront park, first proposed by FBW in 1990 with its Plan for the Hoboken Waterfront.
Recent Articles
Hoboken gains title to the Union Dry Dock property and initiates plans for a public park
FBW’s 1990 proposal for a continuous, public waterfront park nears completion FBW | December 7, 2022 After years of conflict followed by several more years of negotiations, a saga has [...]
Two iconic figures, Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, meet at Hudson Yards
The Shed has invited partner organizations to reflect on a question that is central to the play: how is a city built and who is it built for? Ron Hine | [...]
Photos from Connect the Waterfront 2022 fundraiser
FBW's November 10, 2022 annual fundraising party was a great success. Thank you everyone who came and gave so generously. Photos by Steve Zane. Rachel Lawrence and Megan Hart, friends of Classic Harbor [...]
FBW to honor Don Stitzenberg, the President of the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy, with the 2022 Riparian Award
The November 10 Connect the Waterfront Fundraising Party will take place at the Antique Loft in Hoboken FBW | October 27, 2022 In 1988, the State of New Jersey adopted [...]
After protracted delays, City takes action to expedite acquisition of Union Dry Dock site
A move to complete one of the final gaps in Hoboken’s continuous, public waterfront park FBW | October 19, 2022 In June 2021, Mayor Ravi Bhalla, along with Governor Phil [...]
What Hoboken can teach us about the principles of New Urbanism
A tour sponsored by the NY Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism Ron Hine | FBW | October 4, 2022 I live at the center of Hoboken, New Jersey, [...]
The transformation of Hoboken’s waterfront and the creation of a continuous, public park
After 32 years, FBW’s proposed plan along the Hudson River is closer to being realized FBW | September 14, 2022 For most of the 1900s, maritime industries [...]
Making the “green circuit” greener along Hoboken’s waterfront
FBW proposes a landscape plan for the Sinatra Drive Project Above inages: Existing vs. Proposed for Sinatra Drive adjacent to Union Dry Dock and Existing vs. Proposed for Sinatra [...]
Fierce opposition to $4.7 billion expansion of Turnpike Extension meets resistance from NJ Governor and Turnpike Authority
FBW | August 12, 2022 On a daily basis, 100,000 cars pass through the Holland Tunnel. Much of this traffic traverses the 8-mile long New Jersey Turnpike Extension connecting Exit 14 [...]
Construction of a long-awaited waterfront park at the Weehawken Cove will begin next spring
Significant progress for Hoboken’s continuous, public waterfront park, first proposed by FBW in 1990, will be made in 2023 FBW | August 4, 2022 Construction of a [...]
Lot size matters
Recent development trends contradict what has made the “miracle mile” a special place Image 1: Traditional Hoboken development with many lots/buildings facing perimeter [...]
City of Water Day at Maxwell Place Park, former home to the Maxwell House Coffee Plant
Join a celebration on Saturday, July 16 of Hoboken’s public waterfront THE SCHEDULE FBW | July 11, 2022 When it was built in 1939, the Maxwell House [...]