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Help shipping return to Hoboken, sustainably! FBW | May 7, 2025 The Schooner Apollonia, a restored 1946 merchant sailing vessel utilizing winds and the tides, ensures zero-emission deliveries of a variety of shelf-stable goods. Since its maiden voyage in May of 2020, the Apollonia has kept a full manifest through [...]
We are grateful to those donors who have made a commitment to the future of Hoboken’s waterfront by including FBW in their estate plans. There are a variety of creative ways to achieve both your personal and charitable goals, while supporting a continued legacy of sound planning. Listed below are some deferred giving options [...]
Carrow Thibault and wife, Diane (right), with Susan Murcko and Michael Hill at FBW's annual Connect the Waterfront Event. Carrow Thibault has served on FBW’s Board of Directors for the past nine years and currently is the Board Secretary. Carrow is a registered architect in New Jersey and New York, accredited in [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
More than 1 ticket? Let us know who else will be attending on November 14. There are no paper tickets. Your name and others attending with you will be on a check-in list at the door. If someone other than yourself will be attending the event, please include on the form below. [...]
FBW’s Ron Hine will lead a tour explaining the transformation of Hoboken’s waterfront over the past 34 years -- based on FBW's 1990 Plan for the Hoboken Waterfront -- and provide updates on Union Dry Dock/Maritime Park, the Sinatra Drive Project and the new park under construction at the Weehawken Cove Saturday, July 13, [...]
For most of the last century, New Jersey's Hudson River shoreline was bustling with maritime industries. By the 1980s, however, most of these companies had abandoned the riverfront, In Hoboken, Jersey City and up to Edgewater, a derelict waterfront was waiting to be transformed. Most municipalities allowed private developers to drive the planning process [...]
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 [...]
1999 John J. McMullen, the owner of the New Jersey Devils hockey team, sought to obtain the air rights over the Hoboken rail yard to build a 3.3 million square foot complex containing a 18,500 seat arena. 2008 Hoboken Mayor David Roberts hired Fox Fowle (later renamed fxcollaborative) [...]
Your tickets will not be mailed to you. Your name will be on a list at the door. If you prefer not to attend our event in person, you can make a donation instead by clicking on this text. This year’s theme, The Final Stretch, is [...]
Celebrating 30 years: FBW Milestones 2017-2020 FBW works with the City of Hoboken and local groups to secure Union Dry Dock for an additional three acres of the riverfront park, fighting off attempts to make it a ferry refueling/repair depot. 2011-2020 FBW, the City of Hoboken and neighborhood residents [...]
Councilwoman Emily Jabbour on why it's important to give the City of Hoboken the tools it needs for the creation of a fully connected public park on Hoboken's waterfront. More videos
Tiffanie Fisher, Councilwoman for Hoboken's 2nd ward, speaks about her vote to give the City of Hoboken the authority to acquire Union Dry Dock as a public park. More videos
Councilman Russo speaks about why he voted to give the City of Hoboken the authority to acquire Union Dry Dock as a public park, and why he has long supported the vision of a fully connected public park along Hoboken's waterfront. More videos
Hoboken resident Tina Hahn addressing the Hoboken City Council 8/2019: "NY Waterway knew Hoboken's plans for the waterfront."
