Fountains and lake in Princeton’s Barbara Smoyer Park. (Click to expand.)
This post is part of a series where we celebrate the many beautiful and characterful sights of Princeton, NJ. You can find previous entries in this series here and here or by searching our site for ‘beautiful walkable Princeton’.
Princeton’s Barbara Smoyer Park is a 38-acre green space in between Snowden Lane and Herrontown Road which offers recreation facilities, a picnic area, and this beautiful pond. Continue reading
Princeton’s Y has a new fitness center and it’s pretty nice. (Click to expand.)
Last Saturday, Princeton’s YMCA held the official ribbon-cutting of its new fitness suite. The ‘Jim and Nancye Fitzpatrick Wellness Center’, to give the gym its full name, features a thorough-upgrade of the facilities. Continue reading
Help a Princeton mom make this street safer for kids walking to school. (Click to expand.)
Last week we reported about Rachael Winfree, a Princeton mother who is trying to persuade Princeton municipal officials to enhance pedestrian safety measures at crosswalks over Chambers Street.
Chambers Street is used as a rat-run by crosstown drivers, who Continue reading
Your cup of joe is taken to the next level at Rojo’s coffeehouse in Princeton’s Palmer Square. (Click to expand.)
Where do you go for coffee in Princeton? Small World, right? Small World has been the standard since 1993, but now, as Small World has the distinction of hosting Presidential- Senate-hopeful Cory Booker‘s latest photo-op, a new player has set up in Palmer Square, aiming to take your cup of joe to the next level… Continue reading
Crosswalks at Chambers Street and Hulfish are not suitable for young walkers. Why is Princeton not doing the maximum possible to protect children walking to school? (Click to expand.)
On Monday, we wrote about Rachael Winfree, a local mom who is trying to encourage Princeton municipal officials to install pedestrian improvements on Chambers Street in downtown Princeton. When it comes to pedestrian safety, we can’t underestimate the importance of local individuals taking the initiative to demand that streets are made safe. Continue reading
Apartments are available in The Waxwood, at Quarry Street in Princeton. (Click to expand.)
As part of an occasional series where we cast an eye over the Princeton, NJ rental and real estate market, we invite you to comment on a local listing . Previous entries are here and here.
1- and 2-bed apartments are available at The Waxwood, on Continue reading
Hinds gates form welcome visitors to the Hinds Plaza next to Princeton public library. (Click to expand)
Hinds Plaza, next to Princeton Public Library, is one of Princeton’s most successful public spaces: an area that brings people together to live, work, study and have fun. Who was Albert Hinds, who gave his name to this square? Continue reading
Chuck Marohn, the key spokesman for ‘Strong Towns’, which offers a fresh perspective on planning and land use concepts. (Click to expand)
Is the way we build towns an unsustainable Ponzi Scheme that will ultimately bankrupt us? That is the striking thesis behind ‘Strong Towns’, an advocacy group that has sprung up out of Brainerd, Minnesota and may just be the best thing to come from the Upper Midwest since Bob Dylan. Continue reading
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Princeton’s beautiful public library is a previous Studio Hillier success on Witherspoon St. (Click to expand)
As we reported in July, the Studio Hillier architecture practice is seeking feedback on a proposal to update zoning along Witherspoon St to enhance this key Princeton corridor. Many of you will not have seen any details from Mr Hillier’s presentation about the plan, so we wanted to share some grainy photos that we were able to get. We hope that this will stimulate interest in the proposal, and encourage people to give feedback to Mr Hillier and our elected representatives. Continue reading
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