On the Waterfront: Hoboken 1989 – 2009, Referendum Victories Pave Way for Hoboken’s Public Waterfront Park

October 11, 2009

In July 1990, the voters of Hoboken rejected a massive development proposal for Hoboken’s south waterfront proposed by the City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This referendum victory led the Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) to propose a new vision for Hoboken’s waterfront that would bring back full circle the idea of a public waterfront. The FBW plan called for a continuous public waterfront park from the Hoboken Train Terminal to the Weehawken Cove, clearly delineated from the upland private development on new, Hoboken-sized blocks.

On Sunday, October 11, at 4 p.m., come hear Ron Hine, Executive Director of FBW, relate this history. The mission of FBW is to secure the land along the water’s edge by the Hudson River as public parkland that will be enjoyed by people of all walks of life for generations to come. The opportunity to finish the missing links in Hoboken’s waterfront park is now tantalizingly close and would result in a prototype for waterfront planning.