It was sleeting when a group of around 30 people of all ages met outside “Cooper’s Riverview” (map) in Trenton on Sunday morning. The occasion? The 62nd “Trenton Walks!” walking tour of the city. In this case, the focus was on plans for redevelopment of the Delaware River waterfront.
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Voting ends today, Wednesday December 3, for the Princeton “People’s Choice” information kiosk design contest. As we reported earlier this year (“Students, Architects Encouraged To Submit Entries for Nassau Street Information Kiosk Design Contest“), the town has been holding a contest to design replacements for the information kiosks on Nassau Street. Six designs were selected for a public vote, which may or may not determine what kind of kiosk replaces the existing one outside the ‘Garden Theater’. The designs have been on display in the lobby of the Princeton Public Library for several weeks. Full details are also available at the municipal website at this link.
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A clear majority of New Jersey residents support building more housing. That’s the potentially surprising conclusion of a recent poll, which aimed to get a sense of how New Jerseyans view new home construction.
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At a meeting on October 9, the Princeton Planning Board gave full approval to Princeton University’s proposed ‘Quantum Institute’. The 225,000 sq ft building will be built at Ivy Lane and Fitzrandolph Road, on the east side of the University campus (map). At present, the site is used as a University softball field, Strubing Field. The building will be used for high-tech research, fabrication, and teaching.
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In recent years, a number of large new apartment buildings have been constructed in Princeton. How have they affected rental rates around the town? To find out, we reviewed rental rates for apartments listed online, and compared them to last year. We last did a similar survey in September 2024 (Report: Princeton, NJ Apartment Rents Increasing Less Than Home Prices in 2024).
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Award-winning local design firm JZA+D have announced the completion of their latest project, a six-unit apartment complex at 166-168 John Street (map). The development adds new homes in a highly-walkable area, close to Princeton University and downtown. The new homes have been a long time coming, however, with the original approval granted in September 2020. At that time, there was substantial opposition to the plan from the Historic Preservation Commission and local neighbors. Even the blue color of the buildings became a significant source of controversy, with historic preservationists arguing that it was an unacceptable color in the Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District.
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This Monday, November 10, supporters of housing in Princeton will gather at a meet-up at The Ivy Inn. (map) The start time is 9 p.m. Representatives of ‘Walkable Princeton’ will join the founders of ‘Princeton For All‘, a new group set up this year. Princeton For All believes that “Building more housing — and welcoming greater density — will help ensure that Princeton remains vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable for generations to come.”
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The director of the Princeton University Art Museum, James Steward, has overseen the construction of a magnificent new building, which will open later this month (report: New Princeton University Art Museum To Open 10/31/25 With 24-Hour Celebration). But Mr. Steward has nonetheless found the time to weigh in on a local dispute about affordable housing. As reported in ‘Tap Into Princeton’, Mr. Steward posted a series of remarks last Thursday on Facebook, disputing the value of a proposed mixed-income housing complex. The new housing is planned as part of the town’s state-mandated fair housing plan. The remarks drew some heated comments from local elected officials, who have worked for years to try to increase the supply of affordable housing in Princeton.
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“I want to go to bed! I don’t want to be up at this time of night!” That was one of a number of complaints leveled at the Princeton Planning Board by members of the public during an occasionally-testy discussion about plans to expand Littlebrook Elementary School. The Planning Board is currently considering expansion plans at multiple local schools. Six new classrooms and a new music suite will be added at Littlebrook Elementary, based on capital plans approved by voters in a 2024 bond referendum (Report: “Princeton School Board Unveils New Renderings Of Local Schools After Bond-funded Improvements“). Concerns did not focus so much on the classrooms as on plans for parking and a retention basin that is intended to manage stormwater run-off.
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Plans for new construction at the Princeton Middle School and Littlebrook Elementary were discussed by the Princeton Planning Board at their meeting on September 25. Both schools will be getting major additions, which have been funded by a school bond passed by local referendum in 2024. (See previous report: “Princeton School Board Unveils New Renderings Of Local Schools After Bond-funded Improvements“)
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