Noelle Thurlow and Jeffrey Train tell the remarkable comeback story of the Common Tern and efforts underway to secure its home on Hoboken's waterfront Thursday, April 17 from 5 to 7 pm - A free slide show and discussion Hoboken Public Library 500 Park Avenue, Hoboken [...]
Let your elected officials know how you feel: send an email or text today or speak on the 19th Planning Board determines that redevelopment plan is out of scale with surrounding neighborhood and thus conflicts with Hoboken's Master Plan FBW’s public opinion survey shows strong preference for low to mid-rise development and opposition to [...]
Four City Council members are running campaigns to be Hoboken’s next mayor. On Wednesday night, will developer money influence their votes on the Garage B Redevelopment ordinance? FBW | March 13, 2025 For the past several decades, Hoboken has been spared the insidious practice of real estate developers and firms [...]
Stories told by disparate voices about Hoboken and water to be distilled into a performance this spring at the Mile Square Theater FBW | March 1, 2025 On Chicago’s South Side and West Side, the Inheritance Theater Project (ITP) is bringing together artists, activists and local leaders, sparking a dialogue [...]
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Rose Ginsburg and Namibia Donadio from the Inheritance Theater Project lead the conversation about Hoboken + Water at the Hoboken Public Library, hosted by the Fund for a Better Waterfront. Attendees provided their word or phrase in response to "Hoboken" including historic, evolving, street life, human scale, enclosed, community, walkable, neighborly etc. [...]
“The Hoboken Meadows” is now on display at the Hoboken Historical Museum FBW | February 20, 2025 In the 1700s, Hoboken was an island. This is documented in the new exhibition, “The Hoboken Meadows,” at the Hoboken Historical Museum. The island, the elevated area around Castle Point, comprised about 25 [...]
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Neumann Leathers Building - 300 Observer Highway, Hoboken We would love to meet you and talk about our current projects as well as our 1990 plan that has guided our advocacy and shaped the development of Hoboken's waterfront. Getting to our office is [...]
Sarah Colker at FBW's Connect the Waterfront event last November. After graduation in 1981 from Princeton University in Structural Engineering, Sarah worked at Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and Birdsall Engineering in New York City and Philadelphia, designing, rehabilitating and inspecting long span bridges including the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1988, Sarah and her husband Joe Moskowitz [...]
The developer released a rendering showing the lower 1/3 of a 28-story residential tower at 201 Observer Highway where they recently broke ground. FBW | February 6, 2025 In years past, the development of Hoboken has been guided by its zoning ordinance. Most of Hoboken falls within three residential zoning districts: R-1, [...]
Please join us for a creative conversation exploring the history of Hoboken and its deep connection to water. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 4:30 to 6:30 pm | Hoboken Public Library, 500 Park Avenue RSVP We invite Hobokenites from all sectors to share their opinions and experiences of the [...]
FBW | January 24, 2025 The lower Hudson River shoreline was formerly dominated by maritime industries. Throughout the late 1800s and much of the 1900s, as waterfront industries expanded operations, the shoreline was extended over the river in what is termed the “filled water’s edge.” After most of these [...]
Hartz Mountain built these luxury residential towers despite pending litigation Hoboken Point at the Weehawken Cove nearing completion in the spring of 2024. FBW | January 24, 2025 Hoboken Point is situated overlooking the Weehawken Cove, a unique inlet of the Hudson River. According to promotional material, this 262-unit residential [...]
Despite fierce debate for over 20 years, congestion pricing has finally been implemented in New York City. New Jersey traffic headed to the entrance of the Holland Tunnel. By Jennifer Mynard | January 16, 2025 Despite fierce debate for over 20 years, congestion pricing has finally been implemented in [...]
Nick Borg with his daughter Kristina Borg Nick Borg has been on FBW’s Board of Directors since 2012 and currently serves as its treasurer. He brings to FBW a wealth of experience as a high-level administrator with detailed knowledge of commercial real estate and public policy issues. Nick’s family moved to Hoboken [...]
The Redevelopment Ordinance for Garage B will get a public hearing and final vote at the Wednesday, March 19 Hoboken City Council meeting. The Planning Board review ordinance for its consistency with the City Master Plan on March 17 Since the 1980s, residents have fought proposals for high-rise towers, thus seeking to preserve Hoboken’s [...]
Jeffery Train accepted the Aaron Lewit Riparian Award for his work to preserve a colony of terns at Hoboken's north waterfront. Chris Eftychiou and Jeffrey Train with his wife Brie and son Otys. The Tern Table. Our Gold Sponsor. Christopher Welsh, Ron Hine, Commissioner Anthony [...]
FBW's Connect the Waterfront Honorary Chair Mark Stehli chatting with guests. FBW's Chair Kate Valenta addressing the crowd. Lynne Shapiro accepted the FBW Riparian Award for her late husband Aaron Lewit. Janine Berger, Heather Gibbons, Kate Valenta & Kasia Bloom. Otys Train, Jennie Pu, [...]
The cafe can no longer be a destination restaurant and must serve park users The patio enclosure remains, obstructing a portion of the state-mandated Hudson River Waterfront Walkway The Sinatra Park Cafe prior to the addition of the enclosed patio. FBW | November 20, 2024 The City of Hoboken [...]
Aaron Lewit helped to spearhead FBW’s work with developers in creating Maxwell Place Park; Jeffrey Train has led efforts to preserve Hoboken’s colony of terns at the north waterfront At this year’s Connect the Waterfront event on November 14, the Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) will bestow two Riparian Awards, one to [...]
