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Category Archives: Smart Growth
Mixed-Use Residential Development To Come To Princeton’s Gasoline Alley?
Do you remember Turney Motors on Nassau Street? The used car dealership??
Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Princeton, Smart Growth, Zoning
Tagged Nassau Street, Princeton
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Princeton No Longer The Biggest Town In Mid-Central Jersey
Check out this photo of Princeton and Mercer County from the 1920s. Princeton is the only town in the area. It appears as a dense cluster of buildings (imagine how walkable it must have been!!!!) surrounded on every side by … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Community, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Traffic, Zoning
Tagged Central Jersey, planning, Princeton, sustainable growth, urbanism
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Route 1 Growth Strategy Should Inform Princeton Development
What can be done about traffic in Princeton? Everyone has a theory, but what do the experts say? The New Jersey Department of Transportation in association with the Vorhees Transportation Center in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University recently published a … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Transportation, Density, Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Traffic, Transit, Zoning
Tagged Land use, New Jersey, Princeton, sprawl, traffic
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Promoting And Strengthening A Walkable Princeton
Tonight is a special moment for ‘Walkable Princeton’! For the first time (hopefully the first of many times!) our team will be getting together with local residents and members of the community to discuss walkability. We will be at Clocktower … Continue reading
Video Shows 3D Vision of Princeton Hospital Site Proposal
Developer AvalonBay recently posted this Youtube video, which shows the animation of their new site plan for apartments at the Princeton Hospital Site. The video imagines what it would be like to walk down Franklin Avenue, up Witherspoon Street, down … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Princeton, Smart Growth, Zoning
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New Images Of Princeton Hospital Site Plan
New images of the redesigned AvalonBay apartment complex, which is proposed for the former Princeton hospital site on Witherspoon Street, were presented last night to the Princeton Planning Board. The plan, which represents one of the largest new walkable … Continue reading
Posted in Princeton, Smart Growth, Zoning
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Showtime For AvalonBay At Princeton Planning Board
Princeton Hospital moved to Plainsboro last year, ending a 100-year tenure in town. The old hospital complex on Witherspoon Street went dark, and has been left to slowly decay ever since. UMPCC, the organization which runs the hospital, had sold … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, Zoning
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New Princeton U. Housing Rises On Olden Street
Princeton University visiting faculty are set to get a fantastic new place to stay on Olden Street, just off Nassau Street at the north-eastern edge of the university campus. Construction of new apartments designed by J Robert Hillier is well underway … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Princeton, Smart Growth
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Protect The Grid And Our Trees
The beautiful trees that line our Princeton streets are frequently sliced in half to allow electricity wires to pass through. Carving out the middle of the tree canopy makes the tree take on the shape of the letter ‘Y’, and … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Streets, Princeton, Smart Growth, Sustainability
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Princeton Realtors: People Want Walkable Housing.
A recent report from U.S.1 newspaper focused on how walkable housing is the hottest trend in Princeton-area real estate. After speaking to several local realtors, the authors noted, as we have pointed out previously, that housing close to stores and amenities is … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Smart Growth, Zoning
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