Category Archives: Placemaking

Why No New Jersey Towns On ‘Top 100 Best Places To Live’ List?

Posted on September 17, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Livability, a website that “explores what makes small-to-medium sized cities great places to live” has published its annual ‘Top 100 Best Places To Live” list. The list examined places with populations of 20,000 – 350,000 residents. The top two places to … Continue reading →

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Howard Hughes Launches Website About Redevelopment of American Cyanamid Site Near Princeton

Posted on September 16, 2014 by walkableprinceton

The Howard Hughes Corporation have launched a new website to inform local residents about their ongoing plans to redevelop the American Cyanamid site in West Windsor. Last year, Howard Hughes Corp made a presentation to the West Windsor Council, in … Continue reading →

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Princeton Forrestal Village Set To Welcome New Homes

Posted on September 10, 2014 by walkableprinceton

People looking for a place to live in the Princeton area that is walkable to stores and restaurants will soon have a pretty great new option. The management company of Princeton Forrestal Village, located in Plainsboro just off Route 1, … Continue reading →

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‘Little Free Libraries’ Come To Princeton

Posted on July 29, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Are you familiar with the ‘Little Free Library’ Movement? It’s a way for neighbors to share books- something which might seem like a good idea in a brainy town like Princeton. And indeed- Little Free Libraries are now springing up … Continue reading →

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West Windsor’s Maneely/Toll Brothers Mixed-Use Development In Detail

Posted on May 27, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Toll Brothers have proposed a mixed use development at Bear Brook Road and old Bear Brook Road in West Windsor- a site sometimes know as ‘the Maneely property’. The plan, developed in conjunction with West Windsor township, calls for 188 … Continue reading →

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Do You Know What Princeton Landmarks Are Built On ‘Brownfield Sites’?

Posted on May 23, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Princeton’s recent Democratic Party Council Candidate Forum- which we wrote about earlier this week– featured an amazing moment when the moderator skipped a crucial question about land use in Princeton. This oversight meant that the audience missed out on getting … Continue reading →

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Robbinsville Expanding Walkable ‘Town Center’ Development With New Apartments

Posted on May 19, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Robbinsville, NJ has approved a new 64-unit apartment complex to add to its ‘Town Center’ development.

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Somerville, NJ Now Has A Thriving Downtown Pedestrian Street. Could It Work In Princeton too?

Posted on March 17, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Somerville, NJ just celebrated their 23rd Annual St Patrick’s Day Parade with a street festival that included a party at a ‘Guinness Tent’ on Division Street. What makes Division Street such a perfect venue for a community gathering like this?? … Continue reading →

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Giant Rats Occupy Square In Front Of Princeton Town Hall To Protest Apartment Plan

Posted on March 11, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Two giant rats have joined the protests against the redevelopment of Princeton’s old hospital as apartments. The 15ft-tall inflatable rodents were unveiled by demonstrators from a labor union. “Don’t ask me, I just blow up the rat,” was the response from … Continue reading →

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Princeton U. Should Ask Some Serious Questions About Their Disappearing Professors

Posted on March 4, 2014 by walkableprinceton

Professor Paul Krugman, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics, and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, has announced he is leaving Princeton. Writing in his New York Times column, … Continue reading →

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