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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New Jersey is electing a new state governor this year, but where do the candidates stand when it comes to walking, biking and transit? NJ Future, a nonprofit organization that promotes smart growth, held a candidate forum last week to try to find out. Although all candidates from both parties were invited, none of the Republican candidates for governor participated. Three of the Democratic candidates joined, and they each brought interesting perspectives to the conversation.
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“How will the next governor make it easier and safer for residents of all ages and abilities to get around the state?” That is the key question for a candidate forum happening TONIGHT (Wednesday, April 30). Orgnized by planning non-profit ‘New Jersey Future‘, the forum aims to put the focus on what the gubernatorial candidates will do to help walking and biking in particular. Walking and biking have not got a lot of love in New Jersey in the past. Can these candidates offer anything better?
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The Guatemalan Consulate in Philadelphia has issued a public call for information to try to trace the family of Juan Francisco Guerra Galvez, who died after being struck by a motor vehicle in Princeton earlier this year.
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At a meeting on April 3, the Princeton Planning Board approved an application by the owners of the Princeton Shopping Center to put up a sign saying “Princeton Shopping Center” at the Princeton Shopping Center (map). If you think that must have been a quick meeting, you would be mistaken. Signs are strictly regulated by local ordinances, and the meeting lasted 3 1/2 hours. It was, in fact, the second hearing that the management firm, Edens LLC, had to attend in their efforts to update signage at the 1950s-era mall. The previous meeting, on November 7, 2024, lasted 2 hrs 38 mins.
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