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- Can We Even Talk About This Tragedy? (Cross-Posted at Walk Bike Princeton)
- Anonymous Objectors Outraged About $10,000 Rents at New '195 Nassau' Apartment Community
- Princeton Residents Likely To Be Affected By University's New E-bike Ban.
- Former Princeton Fire Chief Unhappy About Plan For Affordable Housing At Chestnut Street Firehouse
- Spruce Street Objectors Take Aim At Another Component of Princeton's Affordable Housing Plan
Tag Archives: Princeton
Choose Walkability Questions For Princeton Council Candidates
This coming November, Princeton will elect two Council members. The positions are contested by two incumbent Democrats, Jenny Crumiller and Patrick Simon, and a Republican challenger, Fausta Rodriguez-Wertz. We plan to ask the candidates some questions about walkable living, housing … Continue reading
‘Great Plant Rescue’ At Old Princeton Hospital Site As Local Residents Sue Planning Board
Here’s some great news! All the plants and landscaping features from around the old Princeton Hospital site on Witherspoon Street are being lifted out and transplanted to new homes! Local residents, Princeton Healthcare Systems staff, the Department of Public Works … Continue reading
Posted in Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, Zoning
Tagged Affordable housing, AvalonBay, Princeton, Princeton Packet, Princeton Planning Board
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Time For A Proper Public Consultation About The 369 Witherspoon Street Site
The future of the 369 Witherspoon Site looks set to be one of the biggest redevelopment questions facing Princeton in the coming years. Competing plans are circulating for re-use of the site, but are any of these plans right? It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Density, Princeton, Real estate, Smart Growth, Zoning
Tagged New Jersey, Princeton, Witherspoon Street
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255 Nassau Plan Shows The Extraordinary Difficulty Of Infill Redevelopment in Princeton
The proposed redevelopment of the 255 Nassau Crossfit gym (formerly Wild Oats market) is in doubt as NJDOT regulations, University inflexibility, and municipal red tape combine to stymie the plan. Skeptical officials look set to can the plan, but it … Continue reading
Beautiful Walkable Princeton: Engine Company No.1 Firehouse, Chestnut Street
There has been a firehouse on Chestnut Street since the former Borough built one there in 1879 (at a cost of $2,184). The present Engine No.1 firehouse dates from 1949. It was originally supposed to be at the corner of … Continue reading
Does Mayor Lempert Really Think That Middle-Class Princeton Workers Should Live In Trenton??
Princeton is suffering an affordability crisis that has seen the town’s middle-class largely driven out in the face of high property prices and taxes. Even junior research staff at the University find it hard to justify the cost of living … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Alternative Transportation, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, People, Princeton, Smart Growth, Traffic
Tagged Princeton, Trenton
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Parking Fiasco Exposes Princeton’s Failure To Add Needed Housing
Reporting from Planet Princeton this week exposed an extraordinary scam where employees at local businesses bypassed Princeton parking regulations by placing menus, coasters and receipts from their place of employment in their windshields. Apparently, local parking enforcement did not write … Continue reading
Posted in Affordability, Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Traffic
Tagged Commuting, Planet Princeton, Princeton
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Where Is The Housing Density Around Princeton?
Brandon Martin-Anderson of the MIT Media Lab has created a new map showing every person listed in the US Census. This is the most visual exactly where people live throughout the USA. Zooming in on Princeton reveals the exact density of … Continue reading
Princeton, Is That A Good Deal? “Normandy-Inspired”
As part of an occasional series where we cast an eye over rental properties and real estate walkable to downtown Princeton, we invite you to comment on a local listing. You can find previous entries here and here. Apartments to rent are hard … Continue reading
What Happened When A Local Mom Asked Princeton For Improved Crosswalks?
Last Wednesday, two representatives of ‘Walkable Princeton’ accompanied Dr Rachael Winfree, a Princeton resident, to a meeting of the municipal Traffic and Transportation sub-committee that deals with pedestrian improvements to local streets. (Regular readers will recall that we recently reached … Continue reading
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