How many houses are selling in Princeton and how much are they going for?
Winter is a quiet time in the real estate market and a good point to take a look at how the market is working out. There’s a sense that the Princeton property market has been picking up in the last year or two, but how much did home prices rise by last year? Continue reading
Princeton and Palo Alto stand out in a graph of car-free households vs college degree holders in the US. (Click to expand.)
Where do graduates from top-ranking colleges go to work after they finish school? New York, Boston, Washington DC and San Francisco are popular destinations. In all these places, lots of people live without cars. Is that generally true of places where college graduates live? And where does Princeton fit in? Continue reading
Site of soon-to-come “Arlee’s Raw Blends” on Nassau Street in Princeton. (click to expand.)
Downtown Princeton looks set to benefit from a new, walkable, independent small business in the coming months- and this one looks like something pretty special! Continue reading
Jersey traffic stuck in snow, Jan 21, 2014. (click to expand.)
Yikes! Did everybody get home OK last night? That snow (sorry- ‘polar vortex’ will not be used around here as a synonym for normal winter weather) caused total cha0s yesterday, as car commuters got stuck in miles of jams. After traveling 1.2 miles in an hour, it dawned on me that I didn’t have to do this. It was time to make the switch to rail…
Continue reading
Princeton High School with snow and moon. (click to expand.)
Are Princeton’s schools too crowded? Some local residents are complaining that classrooms are too full, and that Princeton therefore cannot accommodate any more families with kids. Further expansion in the school system is also argued to be unaffordable because of the expense. Is there any truth to these claims?
It’s MLK Day, Princeton. Click here and go make it special. Got to work? At least read this. Check out this great video of the “I have a dream” speech, posted at Planet Princeton.
Fresh Direct van for grocery delivery. (click to expand.) Photo by Frank Lynch via Brownstoner.
Whereas grocery shopping is regularly touted as a key reason for owning a car, we noted last year that there are many ways to get groceries home without driving. One of the ways we suggested was to take advantage of online grocery services that offer home delivery. Peapod operates in Princeton- offering home grocery delivery for $9.99. But Princeton residents now have a choice, with the launch of FreshDirect in Princeton! Continue reading
Carbon output map of Princeton and surrounding zipcodes in New Jersey. Red indicates greater carbon output, green indicates lower carbon output. (Click to expand.) Courtesy of
An amazing new tool from the University of Berkeley, California has estimated carbon emissions from every zipcode area in the United States. The goal is to provide information to local government about how they can target efforts to reduce the carbon impact of their local areas. Continue reading
Site of soon-to-open Café Vienna, on Nassau Street in Princeton. (click to expand.)
If you like drinking coffee in Princeton, you are already pretty spoiled with Small World and Rojo’s Roastery, but your options are about to get even better! A new café looks set to open on Nassau Street, in Princeton’s walkable downtown core. Continue reading
In-street ‘Stop For Pedestrians’ signs on Chambers Street in downtown Princeton. (click to expand)
Last year, Princeton installed new ‘Stop For Pedestrians’ signs on Chambers Street, just off Palmer Square in the historic downtown area. The signs were added at the request of a neighbor, who observed that car traffic tended to exceed the speed limit and drivers often did not cede the right-of-way to pedestrians trying to cross at the intersection with Hulfish Street. One of the pylons has now been smashed. What should be the response? Continue reading
walkableprinceton 