Tag: Prospect Avenue
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Three Prospect Avenue Victorian houses saved from demolition
Three Victorian houses on Prospect Avenue, threatened by demolition to make way for the relocation of the former Court Club eating club building from across the street, have been saved from the wrecking ball. Three days before the Princeton Planning Board’s Oct. 21 meeting to act on a minor site plan application that would have…
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Opinion: Princeton should get serious about preserving architectural integrity
I was pleased to see the solution Princeton University worked out with the municipality, saving three historic Prospect Avenue homes that had been proposed for demolition. Ironically, while the fate of those three Victorians was being discussed, a historically and architecturally significant home just down the street, at 164 Prospect, was bulldozed within a few…
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Planning Board to continue Prospect Avenue application in October
Princeton University representatives will return to the Princeton Planning Board in October to complete a public hearing on a proposal to demolish three Victorian houses at 110-116 Prospect Ave. and to move the former Court Club building at 91 Prospect Ave. across the street to those lots. The Planning Board listened to four hours of…
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Planning Board to consider two Prospect Avenue applications during Sept. 23 meeting
Princeton University will find out whether the Princeton Planning Board will grant its application for minor site plan approval, which would lead to the demolition of three Victorian houses on Prospect Avenue, when the board meets virtually at 7 p.m. Sept. 23. This will mark the third meeting in a series of public hearings to…
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Prospect Avenue Historic District endorsed by commission
The Princeton Historic Preservation Commission has recommended creating the Prospect Avenue Historic District, centered on the undergraduate eating clubs that line Prospect Avenue between Washington Road and Murray Place. The commission voted unanimously to recommend creating the local historic district – which would be the town’s 21st local historic district – to the Princeton Council…
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Planning Board hearing for Prospect Avenue application will continue in September
Princeton University representatives will return to the Princeton Planning Board in September to complete a public hearing on a proposal to demolish three Victorian houses at 110-116 Prospect Ave. and to move the former Court Club building at 91 Prospect Ave. across the street to those lots. The Princeton Planning Board started its public hearing…
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Opinion: Development trends should be through ‘lens of the residents of Princeton’s beautiful and desirable neighborhoods’
The Princeton Coalition for Responsible Development (PCRD) is a non-profit organization that was formed recently to advocate for and enable a more effective and collaborative approach to land use development and redevelopment in Princeton. We are not opposed to new development and redevelopment in our town; that said, we do believe in smart, eco-friendly development…
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Opinion: Princeton University should respect preservation of Prospect Avenue property
Regarding Princeton University’s proposed development on Prospect Avenue, I have contacted the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) about Section 106 review of federal funding of university projects, activities, or programs, or of federal permits or licenses, that could have an adverse impact on the National Register Princeton Historic District. On the advice of ACHP,…
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Planning Board to continue hearing on Princeton University application regarding Victorian homes
The Princeton Planning Board will pick up where it left off in its consideration of a proposal to demolish three Victorian houses at 110-116 Prospect Ave. and to move the former Court Club eating club building at 91 Prospect Ave. across the street when the board meets again July 8. The Princeton Planning Board started…
