Princeton Council took a step toward a more bike-friendly town at their meeting on Monday night by approving a proposal for bike lanes on North Harrison Street near the Princeton Shopping Center (map). The project will also bring safety improvements for pedestrians. It is conceived as a trial, and the town will be studying the effects on traffic before making permanent improvements at a future date.
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This summer, beer is returning to the central courtyard at the Princeton Shopping Center! (map) Triumph Brewpub is opening a ‘pop-up beer garden’ on Friday evenings from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. from June 6 through August 8. That’s just ten nights, and we’ve already missed one of them, so get on down there!
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The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the rules for a design contest to find a possible replacement for the information kiosk that currently stands outside the ‘Garden Theater’ at 160 Nassau Street (map). There are currently two ‘kiosks’ on Nassau Street that serve as information noticeboards. They will be removed as part of an upcoming engineering project to make improvements to the street and sidewalks. At their meeting last week, Princeton Council endorsed the new design contest, which was conceived by local architect Joshua Zinder. Ideas that come out of the competition may be used to install a new, improved information kiosk at the intersection next to the Garden Theater, and potentially at other locations around the town, depending on future decisions by Council.
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The Princeton School Board heard a presentation on Tuesday night from Dan Schittone, a representative of FVHD architects, who are developing the plans for major improvements planned at Princeton Public Schools in the coming years. The improvements are funded by a $90 million bond referendum approved by Princeton voters earlier this year, and builds on previous plans released last year (Report: First Look: Preliminary Site Plans for Additions And Expanded Parking at Three Princeton Public Schools).
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The Princeton Engineering Department’s plan to improve Terhune Road has swung into action in the last week. The project area includes Terhune Road between North Harrison Street and Grover Ave (map). This area includes several major new apartment complexes that were built to meet state fair housing laws, including “The Alice”, “Avalon Princeton Circle”, and “Princeton Senior Living”. The work will bring significant safety improvements and facilities for walkers and cyclists.
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“Re-design, Re-invent, Re-envision”. That was the title on a poster pinned to an information stand on Nassau St in Princeton earlier this month. In fact, this poster promised something transformative: a design competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects in partnership with the town of Princeton. What could be the subject of this design competition? A new apartment complex? A fire station? An institute for Princeton University? No, it is for none of those things – instead, the contest will focus on *the information stand itself*. Yes, the ‘kiosks’ of Nassau Street are to be offered a makeover, by the nation’s leading architects!
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“Every Hour Is Happy Hour” at Princeton’s Ivy Inn (map), and one thing that helps makes those hours happy is the beer garden out front, where patrons can hang out while enjoying the wide selection of food and drinks. People who moved to town recently might not realize that this space was, until quite recently, a parking lot, where up to five vehicles could occupy the space where the picnic tables now stand. It was converted to a beer garden after the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, when outdoor dining was strongly favored. And now, five years later, the Ivy is hoping to make that arrangement permanent, through an application to Princeton’s Planning Board.
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Princeton Public Schools look set to get new funding thanks to a resolution that is on the agenda for the Princeton Council meeting tonight (May 12, 2025). In particular, Princeton Council is establishing an agreement with the school district to hand over a significant portion of the ‘PILOT’ payments that the town receives from Avalon Bay for their apartment and townhouse community at Thanet Road.
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Princeton Council aims to convert a dangerous intersection on Jefferson Road into a four-way stop. Ordinance 2025-10, establishing a new four-way stop at the intersection of Jefferson Road and Terhune Road, is set to be introduced at the Council meeting on Monday, May 12, 2025.
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May is National Bike Month and it is being marked in Princeton in several ways! The Whole Earth Center is performing ‘Random Acts of Community’, where they give out gift vouchers worth $60 for local businesses to people biking at randomly-selected intersections in Princeton. To get clues about where they might be, follow Whole Earth Center on Facebook, Instagram or Bluesky at @wholeearthcenter! Last Saturday, the Princeton Police put on another successful Wheels Rodeo next to the town hall. The event was in partnership with Greater Mercer TMA, a local organization that supports sustainable transportation. Greater Mercer TMA has also launched a new “Ride & Snap” photography competition, giving local residents a chance to win prizes by uploading photographs of themselves with their bicycles in and around Princeton…
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