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 [...]
Expanding a city’s tree canopy coverage is an essential strategy to combat climate change. The last significant addition to Hoboken tree canopy coverage was at Hoboken's South Waterfront in the 1990s. FBW | October 16, 2024 The Urban & Community Forestry Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [...]
Opposition from FBW, artists and local residents has preserved the iconic views from Hoboken’s beloved waterfront park FBW | September 30, 2024 The City of Hoboken made no public announcement but quietly withdrew its proposed controversial $500,000 sculpture for Pier C Park as part of its Public Arts Program. The artwork [...]
It is time for the City to rescind this draconian ordinance adopted during a troubled time over 50 years ago Hoboken's Pier A Park after dark. FBW | September 24, 2024 On September 18, 2024, in a rare event, the Hoboken City Council failed to pass an amended ordinance on first [...]
Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner takes credit for restricting the size of the new facility and lobbying for cleaner electric ferries Port Imperial Marina, NY Waterway’s current maintenance facility at Weehawken’s waterfront FBW | September 20, 2024 On September 17, the Jersey Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Transportation Passenger Ferry [...]
An opportunity to expand the beach area at Maxwell Place Park has been overlooked FBW | September 11, 2024 You can provide input through an online skatepark survey until September 30. There will also be an on-site meet-up on Tuesday, September 17 at 5 p.m. at the current Castle [...]
Published in the Hudson County View September 3, 2024 Dear Editor, In the 1980s, as maritime industries abandoned the Hudson River coastline, the State of New Jersey adopted Coastal Zone Management regulations that required a 30-foot public easement at the water’s edge — the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway — running 18 [...]
Infill development combines the old with the new, preserving and renewing Hoboken’s urban village ambiance FBW | August 28, 2024 What developer would consider building on a narrow 25-foot wide lot that is only 100 feet deep, sandwiched between several [...]
The City’s lease of the Sinatra Park Cafe raises serious questions about the nature of our public parks FBW | August 1, 2024 This past March, the City of Hoboken put out a request for proposals to lease the Sinatra Park Cafe. Since 2015, this structure has been occupied by [...]
More than a century ago, North German Lloyd Lines built a massive stone bulkhead at Hoboken's South Waterfront that still stands today, despite the relentless currents and tides of the Hudson River. Other portions of Hoboken's waterfront have not fared so well. In 2009, a portion of Sinatra Park collapsed, closing off [...]
FBW presses for safeguards to ensure that NY Waterway exits at the end of its lease FBW | June 28, 2024 Safeguarding Maritime Park for its ultimate use as public open space The Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) has worked with its legal team to put various protections for [...]
Shipyard Associates agrees to remove deterrents and create 500 foot buffer on Pier 11 Some terns are now nesting at Union Dry Dock and Pier 12; two eggs just hatched on Pier 11 Two Common Tern fledglings at the end of Pier 11 in 2023. FBW | June 13, 2024 [...]
The proposed sculpture is incompatible with the original design of Pier C Park May 21, 2024 Ms. Jennifer Gonzalez Director of Climate Action + Innovation City of Hoboken Hoboken, New Jersey RE: Sculpture proposed for Pier C fishing pier Dear Ms. Gonzalez: FBW strongly supports the City of Hoboken's public art [...]
Her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, has influenced generations of urban thinkers and city planners Jane's Walk Hoboken will take place on Saturday, May 4 at 11 a.m. Click link to register. Ron Hine | FBW | April 28, 2024 I read Jane Jacobs’ seminal book, The [...]
A mix of residential and retail uses, high densities, small lot sizes, and rows of buildings hugging front lot lines all contribute to lively, walkable neighborhoods Hoboken Street Life - Slide 1: Eighth and Washington Streets; Slide 2: Bloomfield Street; Slide 3: Corner coffee shop 10th & Park; [...]
"The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center." - William H. Whyte “There must be eyes upon the street, eyes belonging to those we might call the natural proprietors of the street. The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers [...]
A $392 million flood wall, now under construction, will protect against coastal storm surge; an additional $100 million has been invested in stormwater retention systems and high-velocity pumps to reduce flash flooding FBW | April 1, 2024 FEMA’s flood maps, revised in 2013, show 75 percent of Hoboken's land [...]
Conservancy pushes to complete the final gaps in the mostly built Hudson River Waterfront Walkway The retail stores and restaurants at the Edgewater Marketplace block access to the water's edge, preventing the continuation of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway on this land owned by the NJDEP. [...]
Leasing the Community Hub building to a commercial operator would trigger the referendum requirement Proposal to “Capitalize on Kayaking” conflicts with the mission of the free 20-year-old kayaking program that serves thousands each summer FBW | March 4, 2024 By leasing the Community Hub building proposed for Maritime Park, the [...]
We will celebrate Aaron’s life with a Memorial Service on Saturday, March 9th at the Hoboken Community Church on Sixth and Garden Streets at 11 a.m. Ron Hine | February 28, 2024 Aaron Lewit’s life began in 1948 in the Weequahic section of Newark, New Jersey, a community immortalized in [...]
