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- NJ Speaker's Property Tax Plan is Generational Warfare
- Princeton Planning Board Approves 125-unit 'The Alice' Apartment Development On Terhune Road
- Electric-Scooter Rental Program Arrives on the Streets of New Brunswick
- Princeton School District Considering Shift Away From Neighborhood Elementary Schools Model
- Renderings of Proposed 20 Nassau Street Hotel in Downtown Princeton
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Wayfaring Signs: A No-Brainer For Increasing Walkability
This week, Walkable Princeton is running stories from our recent overseas vacation, focusing on how other towns have found solutions to favor walkability. Previous posts in this series are here and here. Our regular local content is back after Labor Day. Sometimes … Continue reading
Exploring Sweden’s Walkable Answer To Princeton
This week, Walkable Princeton is running stories from our recent overseas vacation, focusing on how other towns have found solutions to favor walkability. Previous posts in this series are here, here and here. Our regular local content is back after Labor Day. To … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Princeton, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Traffic
Tagged Lund, Lund University, Princeton, Walkability
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No Grocery Shop Too Large For The Cargo Bike
This week, Walkable Princeton is running some stories from our recent overseas vacation. Previous posts in this series are here and here. Our regular local content is back after Labor Day. If you want to live a ‘green’ lifestyle, or if you … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking
Tagged Adeline Adeline, Bicycle, Bicycle trailer, car-lite, Denmark, Freight bicycle, Princeton, Sweden, walkable
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Walkable Shopping In Brighton, England
This week, Walkable Princeton is running some stories from our recent overseas vacation, about towns with walkable ideas that might be relevant to life in Princeton. Previous posts in this series are here. Our regular local content is back after … Continue reading
Postcard From Walkable [Old] York!
Summer vacations can be a great opportunity to check out some different places and see how they compare to our home town, Princeton. While attending a friend’s wedding in York, England, the sense of history was everywhere. Founded in AD … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Zoning
Tagged Princeton, Walkability, York
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Who Is Redevelopment For?
Stephen Danley at nextcity.org makes a resonant point about the risk that redevelopment can pass local residents by. In his case, he wants to talk about….Camden. Have you ever spent any time in Camden? Are you familiar with its attractive … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local
Tagged Camden, New Jersey, Princeton, Redevelopment, Tony Mack, Trenton
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Is That A Good Deal? ‘Fabulous-Newly Renovated’
As part of an occasional series where we cast an eye over the Princeton, NJ rental and real estate market, we invite you to comment on a local listing that we have pulled more or less at random off Craigslist. … Continue reading
Posted in Good Deal?
Tagged Apartment, Nassau Street, Princeton, Princeton New Jersey, Princeton University, Westminster Choir College
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Language Clustering In Princeton And The Townships
Freshly-released data from the 2011 American Community Survey shows us where speakers of different languages speak throughout the USA. Over 20% of US residents speak a language other than English at home, and thanks to a handy online mapping tool, … Continue reading
Has Sprawl Made Princeton ‘Fragile’?
Note: This article is cross-posted at Strong Towns Network. Chuck Marohn at Strong Towns recently posted an article titled ‘Detroit: An American Autopsy‘, inspired by the book of the same name by Charles LeDuff. Here is the gist of Chuck’s piece: … Continue reading
TCNJ ‘Campus Town’ Looks Set To Be A Model of ‘Smart Growth’
Princeton University is planning to close its much-loved [and affordable!] Butler Apartments off South Harrison Road next summer. Despite complaints from graduate students about the limited rental options in Princeton, there are currently no plans to redevelop the site. In … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, Smart Growth, Zoning
Tagged College of New Jersey, Ewing Township New Jersey, Princeton, Princeton University, smart growth, TCNJ
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