City has posted “Request for Conceptual Development Proposals” from real estate developers that are due by May 5th FBW | March 26, 2025 Hoboken residents overwhelmingly spoke in opposition to the City’s Redevelopment Plan for Garage B at the March 19th City Council meeting. Clearly, the potential behemoth that could result from [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Point Park skatepark near 8th Street and Sinatra Drive. Hoboken Mayor Bhalla is carrying through [...]
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 [...]
