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Voice your opinion on the fate of the Lackawanna Records Building by Tuesday, March 31!
The City has created a website to facilitate public input into an urgent decision facing NJ Transit about saving or demolishing the century-old "Records Building" at the foot of Washington Street. The building was originally designated to be saved during the redevelopment of the Rail Yards, and potentially repurposed for public use. However, the North Hudson Sewerage Authority raised concerns about the imminent safety of its workers accessing the neighboring pump building, and the Department of Transportation has initiated a Section 106 process to determine the fate of the building.
With input from the City of Hoboken, the State Historic Preservation Office and other interested community groups, NJ Transit has commissioned an alternatives analysis, and is soliciting public input on them. The proposed alternatives options from simply stabilizing the building, to stabilizing and rehabilitating the building, to relocating the building (through disassembly and reassembly) to completely demolishing it. The Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer has weighed in to advocate for the Alternative Four, "Adaptive Reuse," as has an outside consultant with a background in historic preservation and structural engineering, Donald Friedman, of www.oldstructures.org.
The actions taken with this building are likely to serve as a precedent for future historic preservation decisions.
Click here to learn more on the City's website.
Click here to provide input. Be sure to select "Project Feedback Related to: Hoboken Terminal"
To read a report prepared by Donald Friedman, a structural engineer with experience in historic preservation, click on the file below.
The City has created a website to facilitate public input into an urgent decision facing NJ Transit about saving or demolishing the century-old "Records Building" at the foot of Washington Street. The building was originally designated to be saved during the redevelopment of the Rail Yards, and potentially repurposed for public use. However, the North Hudson Sewerage Authority raised concerns about the imminent safety of its workers accessing the neighboring pump building, and the Department of Transportation has initiated a Section 106 process to determine the fate of the building.
With input from the City of Hoboken, the State Historic Preservation Office and other interested community groups, NJ Transit has commissioned an alternatives analysis, and is soliciting public input on them. The proposed alternatives options from simply stabilizing the building, to stabilizing and rehabilitating the building, to relocating the building (through disassembly and reassembly) to completely demolishing it. The Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer has weighed in to advocate for the Alternative Four, "Adaptive Reuse," as has an outside consultant with a background in historic preservation and structural engineering, Donald Friedman, of www.oldstructures.org.
The actions taken with this building are likely to serve as a precedent for future historic preservation decisions.
Click here to learn more on the City's website.
Click here to provide input. Be sure to select "Project Feedback Related to: Hoboken Terminal"
To read a report prepared by Donald Friedman, a structural engineer with experience in historic preservation, click on the file below.
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The Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition (QLC) is a coming together, a coalescing, of various groups and individuals concerned about the air, earth and water, about the density of development, the need for open space, the lack of parking, the flooding, and the host of difficulties that militate against a good and healthy living environment in this densely populated urban city. Since 2000, we have been actively advocating for these causes. The QLC was designated as a 501c3 organization by the IRS in 2000, and all contributions to the QLC are tax deductible.
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SUPPORT USThe Quality of Life Coalition is a nonprofit organization comprising representatives from a broad range of local civic groups. Won't you help us continue to host information sessions, candidates' forums, and programs to improve our quality of life?
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WHO IS QLC HOBOKEN?
Melissa Abernathy
Interim Coordinator/Secretary Media relations and editorial consultant for nonprofits, small businesses and Fortune 100 companies; currently serves on the board of hob'art artists gallery and Hoboken Dog Association. 
Tom Chartier
Chair, Committee for a Green Hoboken LEED-accredited, licensed professional engineer, specializing in energy-efficient and sustainable building design 
Helen Manogue
Founder/Coordinator Emeritus Longtime civic activist who founded QLC Hoboken in 1999 after working with the Environment Committee in the 1980s to advocate for a cleaner, more livable city. Also serves as a board member for the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy. She is a retired bank examiner. |
Eduardo Gonzalez
Treasurer CFA, analyst on Commodities fund at Wall street firm; board member of Elysian Charter School, member of Hoboken Family Alliance. (On leave during election season) 
Shelby Smith
Trustee CRM Marketer and Inter-group Relations Facilitator, currently attending Columbia University to pursue her Master's in Urban Planning. 
Mary Kelly
Coordinator Emeritus Retired attorney from a Fortune 100 financial services company; currently serves as board member of Elysian Charter School and Cape May Point Taxpayers' Association. |
Inés Garcia Keim
Trustee Airline representative and board member of the Fund for a Better Waterfront 
Esther Milsted
Trustee Attorney and Head of the Public Defender's office for Hoboken Municipal Court; serves on the Board of Directors of the Hoboken Library Foundation. |
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PO Box 1195 Hoboken, NJ 07030 |