Major North Hudson Sewerage Authority infrastructure upgrade completed for a 15-block area north of 13th Street NHSA stormwater pipe installation for north Hoboken. FBW | July 29, 2026 Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs): A Major Source of Waterway Pollution On summer weekends, the all-volunteer Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse (HCCB) operates [...]
Carol Boncelet, Joan Prusse, Irina Tartakovsky, Greta Vassallo and Ron Hine at the Fund for a Better Waterfront booth at the Hoboken Cove. Mayor Emily Jabbour at FBW's Question Wall. FBW's Question Board allowed people to reply with colored dots. Note the overwhelming vote in favor of more "canopy trees" [...]
Yoga, bird watching, kayaking, outrigger canoe trips, biodiversity exploration, Polynesian culture and more -- a full day of free, family recreation and waterfront advocacy FBW | July 16, 2026 In its 19th year, City of Water Day -- celebrating the waterways that connect us -- returns to the shorelines of the [...]
Over 30 tall ships -- rigged sailing vessels from around the world -- can be viewed from the Hudson River waterfront up to the GW Bridge on the 4th of July The MIRCEA, a 269-foot, three-masted barque, is homeported in Constanta, Romania, on the Black Sea and has 23 sails and sail area [...]
City of Water Day 2026 - Living With Water: Celebrating Access to the Waterways That Connect Us - Schedule of Events for Saturday, July 25 Free fun for all ages. All activities take place on or near Maxwell Place Park, 1100 Sinatra Drive North, Hoboken. Urban Souls, 10 am [...]
Julia and Conor Devine Conor Devine was born and raised in New Jersey and has always sought opportunities to be on or around the water. From surfing and diving growing up, to rowing in college, to sailing on the Hudson River, New York Harbor, and abroad, the waterfront has been a constant [...]
The City of Hoboken paved the way for high-rise development on the Stevens campus with its 2018 rezoning FBW | June 24, 2026 I n 2018, the City of Hoboken approved a substantial overhaul of the zoning code governing the Stevens Institute of Technology campus. A new “Edge Sub-Area,” extending [...]
Flood walls, gates, berms, and other barriers are increasingly integrated into existing and new waterfront parks and promenades, yet yawning gaps remain and future funding is in question Financial District and Seaport Coastal Resilience Plan (proposed). Ron Hine | June 16, 2026 Superstorm Sandy hit Hoboken especially hard. Seventy-five percent of [...]
Hoboken Memorial Day Parade United States 250th Anniversary Saturday, May 30, 2026 Starting time: 11:00 a.m. This year Hoboken's Memorial Day Parade will be bigger than ever, in celebration of our country's 250th Anniversary. FBW will be partnering with Our Tern, Resilience Adventures and other environmental advocates in the march. Please join us. [...]
Photo credit: Sophia Castiglione Kate Jacobs, co-owner of Little City Books, talked about her Aunt Jane to start off Hoboken Jane's Walk 2026. Jane Jacobs wrote her seminal book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, in 1961 citing many examples from her West Village neighborhood in Manhattan. But she could have been [...]
Who The Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) will be there. Please visit our booth. We want to meet you and talk about the latest issues facing our waterfront. This annual festival is sponsored by the City of Hoboken. What Come see FBW's 1990 Plan for the Hoboken Waterfront that will be on [...]
On Thursday, May 14th, FBW will join dozens of other local non-profit organizations registered for #HudsonGives, an online day of giving. The Hudson County Chamber Foundation hosts this virtual event to support the wide range of not-for-profit organizations working – and enriching – Hudson County. It’s easy to participate: just log onto hudsongives.org [...]
Her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, has influenced generations of urban thinkers and city planners Jane's Walk Hoboken 2026 will take place on Saturday, May 2 at 10:30 a.m. Click link to register. Ron Hine | FBW | April 28, 2026The opening line of Jane Jacobs’ seminal book, The Death [...]
➢ SECURE the final portion of Hoboken’s waterfront park, to connect Sinatra Park to Castle Point Park. Stevens Institute currently maintains a surface parking lot along this section. We will encourage the City to adopt its own proposed Waterfront Open Space zoning district. ➢ ADVOCATE for our Plan for Lower Hudson Street, that provides [...]
Endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastic could account for infertility, chronic inflammation, impaired immune systems, cardiovascular disease and more. Watch the new Netflix film The Plastic Detox -- it could change your life. Image from the Netflix film, The Plastic Detox. FBW | March 31, 2026 Most conventional plastics endure [...]
Jennifer and Brian Marsh Two years ago, Jennifer Marsh joined FBW’s Board of Directors lending her expertise in architecture and landscape design. She and her husband Brian Marsh, also an architect, moved to Hoboken in the late 1990s. Twenty years ago, they bought their home on Bloomfield Street where they raised their two [...]
The Sinatra Drive Project, Maritime Park Phase 1, and Harborside Park will finally connect key stretches of Hoboken’s public waterfront. Slide 1: Sinatra Drive Project (Kimley-Horn); Slide 2: Maritime Park Design (Dattner Architects/SCAPE Studio); Slide 3: Skate Park Rendering; Slide 4: Harborside Park rendering. FBW | March 12, 2026 [...]
The transformation of Hoboken’s former industrial shoreline began with a simple concept: a public waterfront. Our story echoes the current story of Gotham Park in Manhattan, where a citizen initiative is revitalizing 9 acres for the public. Bethlehem Shipyard site at Hoboken's north waterfront in the early 1990s. by Ron Hine [...]
Jane Jacobs celebrated in over 500 cities around the world & in Hoboken Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. Kindly RSVP below. In her seminal book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs writes about her West Village neighborhood in Manhattan. But she [...]
At its January 21, 2026 Annual Meeting, the Fund for a Better Waterfront’s (FBW) Board of Directors appointed Dini Ajmani to its Board of Directors. From humble beginnings in a small town in India, she came to America earning a Masters in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin and later, an [...]
