FBW | September 1, 2016 From Hoboken’s award winning South Waterfront, one site remains an eyesore: the rear of the Hoboken Post Office with its loading dock and parking for postal vehicles. Along Sinatra Drive and Newark Street, there is no public sidewalk. The sidewalk at First Street is so narrow as to be [...]
FBW | March 16, 2016 Hoboken Zoning Board Hearing Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 7 pm Hoboken City Hall Stevens Institute of Technology began construction of its parking garage beneath the Babbio Center 14 years ago. The only problem was, the Hoboken Planning Board had not approved the garage, only the Babbio Center building. [...]
Hoboken Reporter | November 30, 2014 Dear Editor: The Rail Yard Redevelopment Plan at the southern gateway to Hoboken will have a profound impact on our community. With over 10 acres of new development, it will be one of Hoboken’s largest building projects ever. To make the project a great addition to our community, [...]
The Hoboken Planning Board will review the Rail Yard Redevelopment Plan and hold a public hearing on Tuesday, December 2 @7 p.m. in City Hall. FBW | November 18, 2014 Hoboken residents will often point to the high-rise towers at Newport in Jersey City looming to the south of town, saying, “that’s not the [...]
FBW | October 9, 2014 When Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer came into office in 2009, she promised to be a strong advocate for creating public open space. Yet, after five years in office, her administration has made little progress. The southwest parks plan will yield less than an acre once the court rules on [...]
Jersey Journal Guest Editorial | September 26, 2014 On September 15, the City of Hoboken and its consultants unveiled plans for the redesign of Sinatra Drive at the central waterfront from 4th to 11th Streets. These plans fall woefully short of the high standards set at Hoboken’s South Waterfront. The beautifully landscaped Pier A [...]
Hoboken Reporter | FBW letter to the editor | April 27, 2014 Dear Editor: For most of the last century, Hoboken was a bustling port city and maritime industries flourished on its waterfront. But by the 1980s, the ocean liners, merchant marines and ship repairers had nearly all disappeared, leaving an abandoned, derelict waterfront. [...]
FBW | March 2, 2014 Recent controversies swirling over the Christie administration’s involvement in pushing a mega-development in Hoboken have focused attention on one of the last frontiers for redevelopment in this mile-square city. The North End Redevelopment Area is a 19-block portion of town that is currently zoned for industrial use and is [...]
