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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A move to complete one of the final gaps in Hoboken’s continuous, public waterfront park FBW | October 19, 2022 In June 2021, Mayor Ravi Bhalla, along with Governor Phil Murphy, made a dramatic announcement: an agreement had been reached that would allow the City of Hoboken to acquire the [...]
A tour sponsored by the NY Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism Ron Hine | FBW | October 4, 2022 I live at the center of Hoboken, New Jersey, a densely populated mile square urban village. Around the corner from my home is Church Square Park, surrounded by schools, [...]
After 32 years, FBW’s proposed plan along the Hudson River is closer to being realized FBW | September 14, 2022 For most of the 1900s, maritime industries dominated Hoboken’s Hudson River waterfront. The transformation of this waterfront began some thirty years ago as new commercial and residential [...]
FBW proposes a landscape plan for the Sinatra Drive Project Above inages: Existing vs. Proposed for Sinatra Drive adjacent to Union Dry Dock and Existing vs. Proposed for Sinatra Drive north of Sinatra Park both prepared by Arnold Associates for the Fund for a Better Waterfront. The [...]
FBW | August 12, 2022 On a daily basis, 100,000 cars pass through the Holland Tunnel. Much of this traffic traverses the 8-mile long New Jersey Turnpike Extension connecting Exit 14 on the Turnpike in Newark, across the Newark Bay Bridge through Bayonne and Jersey City to the Holland Tunnel. This [...]
Recent development trends contradict what has made the “miracle mile” a special place Image 1: Traditional Hoboken development with many lots/buildings facing perimeter of blocks. Image 2: Row of brick homes lining Bloomfield Street, Hoboken. Image 3: Hopkins plat map of 1909 at [...]
Schdule of Events On the Hoboken waterfront at Maxwell Place Park (unless otherwise noted) 9 AM - 10 AM Tour the Hoboken waterfront with FBW Executive Director Ron Hine to learn the latest about the City’s Sinatra Drive Project, Union Dry Dock and more. Meet at 11th Street & Sinatra Drive North at 9 [...]
May 26, 2022 To: Director Ryan Sharp, City Engineer Olga Garcia From: Ron Hine Re: Sinatra Drive Project - Response to May 11 presentation We have reviewed the Kimley-Horn/City of Hoboken presentation on the Sinatra Drive Project from May 11 and have recommendations focused on street trees and parking as well as [...]
The City of Hoboken and Hoboken Shade Tree Commission Arbor Day Tree Tour for 2023 will take place on Friday, April 28 at 9 am. Meet at the Multi-Service Center at 124 Grand Street, Hoboken. It is a 3-hour tour. A birds-eye view of Church Square Park, one of the original Hoboken parks, [...]
The Weehawken Cove connects Hoboken's north waterfront to Weehawken and will be the site of a new 4-acre park on the Hoboken side abutting the proposed high-rise site. FBW | April 25, 2022 For the past several months, Hartz Mountain has been driving piles for a pair of high-rise towers [...]
The City of Hoboken should require NJ Transit and the Hoboken Yard developer to restore Warrington Plaza and open it up to the public without delay. Its restoration should not be contingent on future plans for the Hoboken Yard Redevelopment Project. The desecration of Warrington Plaza at the historic site of the Hoboken [...]
FBW | March 17, 2022 This spring, the Federal Transit Administration will announce $250 million in additional grants for the Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Program contained in the recently passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. An additional $250 million in this program has been authorized, subject to appropriation, over a five year period. [...]
The Public Trust Doctrine provides the legal grounds for a public waterfront Gap sites in the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway include Admiral's Walk in Edgewater (slide 1), the Weehawken Park just to the north of Lincoln Harbor in Weehawken (slide 2), Union Dry Dock in Hoboken (slide 3) [...]
