Hoboken parks established in an earlier era are full of shade trees, but for the past 20 years, the City has squandered opportunities for more The expanse of concrete at the north end of Maxwell Place Park, devoid of trees. FBW | April 28, 2023 Arbor Day is [...]
The Fund for a Better Waterfront depends on the funds we raise at our one big annual fundraising party - CONNECT THE WATERFRONT - each year. Sponsoring the event is a great way to support our work, promote your company, and show your customers your strong commitment to the community. The event, which features [...]
New Jersey State Democrats have upended progressive campaign finance measures instituted by local governments and citizen groups over the past two decades FBW | April 18, 2023 Nearly two decades ago, Hoboken residents, frustrated by Hudson County politics, launched a successful campaign to end the practice of pay-to-play. In a November [...]
The photos below show people sitting, running, walking, cycling, pushing baby strollers, sunbathing, picnicking, reading, walking their dogs, eating lunch, skateboarding, fishing and just hanging out. The most popular part is Hoboken’s South Waterfront including Pier A and Pier C Parks, both passive parks with abundant greenspace available to all rather than being restricted [...]
The next public meeting will occur in June, but everyone is encouraged to complete the City’s survey before April 18 (link on homepage) FBW | April 8, 2023 It has been a long time in coming and may take many more years to realize fully, but eager Hoboken residents showed up [...]
Board's Site Plan Review Committee will consider application on April 11 FBW | April 7, 2023 On Tuesday, April 11, the Site Plan Review Committee of the Hoboken Planning Board is scheduled to review NY Waterway’s (DBA Port Imperial Ferry Corporation) application to use the Union Dry Dock site for [...]
The Port Imperial Marina property owned by NY Waterway through Romulus Development Corp. FBW | March 27, 2023 On March 22, 2023, the Weehawken Township Council approved a resolution laying the groundwork for condemning the 25.8 acres over the Hudson River owned by Romulus Development Corporation where NY Waterway's refueling and maintenance [...]
The first public meeting for the park design will be on Tuesday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Hoboken High School, 800 Clinton Street. FBW | March 24, 2023 A park at the Union Dry Dock site will complete one of the final missing links in Hoboken’s continuous park at the [...]
Ron Hine | FBW | March 13, 2023 It takes me less than 15 minutes to walk to my office in the old, industrial Neumann Leathers Building at Hoboken’s southern border. My apartment is just around the corner from Church Square Park and the Hoboken Public Library. Within a several block [...]
FBW recommends “air-entrained soil,” permeable surfaces and sufficient soil volumes used at the Hoboken South Waterfront for the Sinatra Drive Project FBW | March 1, 2023 Since its founding in 1990, the Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) has recognized the importance of trees as a unifying theme for [...]
Opportunities for a living shoreline, use of the piers and the completion of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway could be postponed until 2030 or beyond FBW | February 22, 2023 In its submission to the City of Hoboken, the New York City-based firm, Dattner Architects, proposed for the Union Dry Dock [...]
NY Waterway will be allowed to repair, store and refuel its ferry fleet adjacent to a residential and recreational waterfront FBW | February 17, 2023 The lease gives NY Waterway control of 5.6 acres – or 68 percent – of the 8.2-acre Union Dry Dock site for the next five years. [...]
Guest Column in the Jersey Journal published on February 6, 2023 Ron Hine | February 6, 2023 After a contentious, multi-year battle, the City of Hoboken now owns the former Union Dry Dock property. The next step is to develop a conceptual design for the park at this eight-acre site comprising [...]
This will connect one of final gaps in the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Gap sites in the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway include Admiral's Walk in Edgewater FBW | January 27, 2023 "The courts have yet again upheld the rights of the public to access New Jersey's waterfronts under the Public Trust [...]
The Palisades Cliffs on the left in Jersey City, the Hudson Bergen Light Rail tracks and new high-rise development at Hoboken's western border. FBW | January 24, 2023 On December 21, 2022, the Hoboken City Council approved a redevelopment agreement for 930 Monroe Street, a wall of residential buildings that will [...]
The NYC Tree Map is the most comprehensive and up-to-date living tree map in the world Detail of NYC Tree Map showing a portion of Prospect Park in Brooklyn and streets to the east. FBW | January 2, 2023 On the south shore of Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn, stands [...]
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 come to an end. The City of Hoboken now owns Union Dry Dock. This three-acre site will complete one of [...]
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 | FBW | November 28, 2022 A two-month run of Straight Line Crazy in New York City sold out shortly after [...]
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 Line, a Gold Sponsor of the night's event. Stephanie Pincus and Jim Vance with Clemence and Laszlo Danko. Choc.O.Pain [...]
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 Coastal Zone Management Regulations to establish a linear public pathway from the Bayonne Bridge up to George Washington Bridge, the [...]
