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Category Archives: Local
Bike Ride To Prom!
Not only is May National Bike Month, for many local students it is Prom Season! In that spirit, check out this amusing video, prepared by TransForm CA, an advocacy group for transit and walkable communities based out of the Bay … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking, Local
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Why No Downtown Princeton Chipotle?!?
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Hope you had fun! If you like Mexican food, or at least, a super-sized US-style take on Mexican food, you may like Chipotle Mexican Grill. With their jumbo-sized portions and highly-customizable build-your-own burrito assembly-line, the Chipotle … Continue reading
Posted in Downtown Vibrancy, Local
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Top 5 Groups To Visit At Communiversity 2013
Communiversity is happening this Sunday, April 28 in downtown Princeton. This annual festival is a unique slice of Princeton life where students and people from the town come together to celebrate all the good things about living in the Princeton … Continue reading
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We Map Twelve Princetons!
In the Central Jersey area, there are a remarkable number of residential communities that have ‘Princeton’ in their name, even though they technically aren’t in Princeton. We mapped twelve such developments (note: several are in the Princeton 08540 zip code … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, Traffic
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What’s Your Princeton WalkScore??
If you live in central Princeton, you will know that there’s a whole lot of good stuff nearby. Stores, bars, restaurants and parks- you have the option to do many of life’s fun and mundane tasks without even getting into … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, Walking
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For Dying Plainsboro Mall, The Solution Is In Plain Sight
Since the closure of the Superfresh supermarket earlier this year, the Plainsboro Plaza Shopping Center is looking increasingly shabby. With acres of empty parking lots, vacant stores and a generally sad atmosphere, it bears all the symptoms of a dead … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Smart Growth, Zoning
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Looking For Walkable Solutions
We LOVE this image from urb.en. This gets at one of our key beliefs: that urban planning has for the last 50 years incentivized and promoted car-dependent living, to the extent that many of us require a car to accomplish … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Density, Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Traffic, Zoning
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Why Did AvalonBay Walk Away From Court Fight With Princeton?
AvalonBay and Princeton have entered into a settlement that will suspend AvalonBay’s litigation that had threatened to see the two sides square off in Mercer County Court at the end of April. The court case related to the Princeton Planning … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Princeton, Zoning
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Have Your Say On Route 1 Expansion
Princeton Council is seeking public input into plans from NJDOT to expand Route 1 south of Princeton. You can now have your say directly by going to this site, where you can enter your address and leave feedback. At this … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Traffic
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Taking a Walk Around The Residences at Palmer Square
In an earlier post, we noted that Princeton’s famous Palmer Square was still a work in progress, with construction continuing to the present day. We decided to take a look at the ‘Residences at Palmer Square‘, a complex of new … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Local, Princeton, Real estate
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