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Plans made for Hoboken’s ‘final frontier’
Council adopts North End Redevelopment Plan ×
Plans envision the existing industrial area as a mixed-use residential neighborhood with ground-floor commercial space, bike lanes, a linear park, and a new light rail station.
Potholed roads and industrial blocks with warehouses and parking lots in Hoboken’s northwestern corner are set to be the new home of a mixed-use residential neighborhood, now that the City Council has adopted the North End Redevelopment Plan.
The plan re-imagines 30 acres of Hoboken’s primarily industrial northwest and sets the permitted uses and development standards for the North End Rehabilitation Area roughly bounded by the 14th Street Viaduct to the south, Park Avenue to the east, 17th Street to the north, and the Palisades Cliffs to the west. The Hudson Bergen Light Rail line runs along the western and northern edges.
Hudson County View
Photo courtesy of the City of Hoboken.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The North End Redevelopment Plan was originally introduced to the Hoboken council for consideration on January 27th.
After input from residents, the plan was amended to include a protected bike lane on 15th Street, a requirement for the linear park in the plan to be open 24 hours a day without barriers to access, incorporation of Vision Zero improvements on Park Avenue and Willow Avenues within the North End, greater pedestrian connectivity between Hoboken and Weehawken, a requirement that utilities be built underground, and more.
Op-Ed: Without a well-defined plan, developers will be in the driverâs seat at Hobokenâs North End
In an editorial, Fund for a Better Waterfront Executive Director Ron Hine expresses why the Hoboken City Council needs to reject the current version of the North End Redevelopment Plan next week.
An artist’s rendering of Hoboken’s North End Redevelopment Plan. Photo courtesy of the City of Hoboken.
On Wednesday, March 3rd, the Hoboken City Council, which also serves as the cityâs redevelopment authority, will cast one of its most fateful votes.
It will determine the future of 30 acres north of 14th Street, the North End, which represents the final large undeveloped tract of land in town.
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Hoboken’s industrial northwest reimagined
Draft redevelopment plan includes pedestrian promenade and possible light rail station ×
The draft plan proposes a pedestrian plaza on Clinton Street, northwest.
The draft North End Redevelopment Plan, which reimagines 30 acres of Hoboken’s primarily industrial northwest, will be presented at a special virtual city council meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m.
The plan includes a proposal for a new Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station, public open space to connect to a city-wide green circuit, a mix of new commercial and residential uses, a minimum 10 percent affordable housing set aside, a pedestrian-oriented retail corridor along 15th Street, a pedestrian promenade along Clinton Street, and the raising of streets to accommodate underground flood infrastructure.