Historic Preservation

A Cape May-based hotel company plans to restore a Doo Wop motel in Wildwood that many feared would be demolished. 

Facing backlash over a plan to demolish a Newark landmark that played a role in black history, NJPAC revealed a modified redevelopment plan that would preserve a significant portion of the building including the street-facing facade and a well-known mural.

The Taurasi Group is looking to bring 123 units, a supermarket, retail, and office space to a historic building in Hoboken.

A beloved landmark in Cape May Point was recently saved from demolition, however, the oldest home in the town was torn down this year and a Victorian dating to 1876 will be next.

A local nonprofit is working to ensure Newark’s historic Weequahic High School is protected with national landmark status.

The funding will go towards a full evaluation of the abandoned rail corridor, which activists hope to turn into a mile-long greenway of open space that would connect several neighborhoods.

Last month, NJPAC appeared before Newark’s historic preservation commission to plead its case for demolishing a protected landmark. They even hired an expert to badmouth a famous mural that NJPAC had originally commissioned and praised.

A famous Newark Rabbi, who preceded Dr. Martin Luther King at the lectern before the “I have a dream” speech, has somehow faded from local memory. 

The residents of Caldwell are facing the potential loss of a landmark in its historic downtown — a beloved Carnegie library.

Two 19th-century schoolhouses in Jersey City’s Paulus Hook neighborhood were saved from demolition yesterday.