User:Djflem/Riverbend, Harrison

Coordinates: 40°44′12″N 74°09′27″W / 40.736722°N 74.157586°W / 40.736722; -74.157586
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The Dock Bridge at the bend in the Passaic River

The Riverbend is a district at the southern end of Harrison, New Jersey at the knee, or bend, in the Passaic River in western part of Hudson County. It lies across from the Downtown Newark between the Jackson Street Bridge and the Bridge Street Bridge[1] in the vicinity of the Newark–World Trade Center line of the PATH rail system and the Northeast Corridor, which both make use of the Dock Bridge. Red Bull Arena, opened in 2010, anchors the east side of the neighborhood.[2][3][4][5][6] Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard (County Route 697), named for the town's long-term mayor, is the district's main thoroughfare.

Development[edit]

Residential and commercial[edit]

new urbanism and transit oriented development[7] in an area of about 265 acres[8]

Old and new on Harrison waterfont (2015)
Emerging residential district (2018)

Since the millennium, the southern part of Harrison has seen a major increase in development and population and has gone from being an industrial area to a transit-oriented residential and commercial neighborhood.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] [22] One of the new projects expecting to be built in 2019 will include Harrison's tallest building, the 20 story NOG.[23]

Waterfront access[edit]

The redevelopment will eventuaully provide more access to the city's waterfront.[24][25] Part of the neighborhood is a former PSEG gas manufacturing site, undergoing remediaton.[26], once home to an iconic gasholder.[27]

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flood protection[29] [30] The area along the river south of the the arena opposite Newark Riverfront Park is slated for green use.[31]

Transportation[edit]

Since 1911 it has been a Harrison stop on the rapid transit system now known as PATH.[32] [33] Between 1904 and 1984 the area was also served by rail at the Harrison station of the Morris & Essex Lines.

NJ Transit bus 40[34] serves the district.

The Jackson Street Bridge and Bridge Street Bridge connect the neighborhood to the Ironbound in Newark and and the to Dowtown in Newark.

Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard (County Route 697), named for the town's long-term mayor, is the district's main thoroughfare. The Belleville Turnpike, County Route 507 and County Route 508 pass through or nearby the district.

See also[edit]

Another Riverbend in Hudson County (40°44′17″N 74°06′26″W / 40.738088°N 74.107161°W / 40.738088; -74.107161) along the banks of the Hackensack River and is part of the New Jersey Meadowlands. As its name suggests it lies at a meander (in this case a "S' curve) in the Hackensack between the New Jersey Turnpike Eastern Spur and where the Belleville Turnpike and the Newark-Jersey City Turnpike converge to cross the Wittpenn Bridge. In the river not far from the mouth of the tributary Penhorn Creek is the point where the municipal borders of Jersey City, Secaucus, and Kearny meet.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
  2. ^ "Advance Realty's Riverbend District Enhanced by March 20 Opening of Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J." TAPinto.
  3. ^ Kaysen, Ronda (October 30, 2012). "Harrison, N.J., Pins Its Hopes on Housing Commuters" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "Spurred by sports arena, Harrison redevelopment in full swing | Video".
  5. ^ "If You Built It, Will They Come? Communities Bet Stadiums Boost Value". August 14, 2018.
  6. ^ https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/commercial-real-estate/RIVERBEND-9432
  7. ^ Martin, Antoinette (August 11, 2002). "In the Region/New Jersey; Harrison Planning $1 Billion Mixed-Use Community" – via NYTimes.com.
  8. ^ Martin, Antoinette (April 13, 2008). "Harrison, New Jersey - Taking on the Role of Tempter" – via NYTimes.com.
  9. ^ "Harrison—New Jersey's Latest Hotbed For Urban Development—Looks To Build Around Its New PATH Station". New Jersey Monthly. February 12, 2013.
  10. ^ "From Industrial Brownfield to Transit-Oriented Development in Harrison | New Jersey Future".
  11. ^ Smothers, Ronald (May 27, 2005). "New Jersey Town Is Replacing Its Old Factories With Waterfront Homes" – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ^ Bonislawski, Adam (November 12, 2014). "Harrison, NJ, embraces big-time development".
  13. ^ Advance Realty Group, Riverbend District Cobalt Lofts.
  14. ^ "Riverbend: Live in Harrison's Newest Neighborhood". www.riverbenddistrict.com.
  15. ^ Duger, Rose (November 26, 2014). "Luxury residences to be built in Harrison's Riverbend District, near PATH lines". nj.com.
  16. ^ Kofsky, Jared (November 20, 2018). "More Riverfront Development Planned in Harrison".
  17. ^ "Harrison Riverbend | Architecture Projects | Rotwein+Blake". December 17, 2014.
  18. ^ "Next phase of mixed-use Riverbend District underway". October 5, 2017.
  19. ^ "Riverbend". Construction Pros NJ. March 31, 2017.
  20. ^ Brenzel, Kathryn (May 11, 2015). "Ready to move: How Harrison is transforming from an industrial powerhouse". nj.com.
  21. ^ Kofsky, Jared (March 15, 2018). "Proposal Calls for 20-Story Tower and More Near Harrison PATH Station".
  22. ^ "Advance Realty's Riverbend District in Harrison, N.J. Receives Smart Growth Silver Award from Hudson County Planning Board". National Real Estate Investor. June 21, 2013.
  23. ^ "Retro-futurist tower set to make its mark on eastern New Jersey". August 23, 2018.
  24. ^ [https://www.nj.gov/dep/cmp/access/docs/finalmpaps/harrison-town.pdf Town of Harrison Municipal Public Access Plan
  25. ^ Adopted-Amended-Harrison-Waterfront-Redevelopment-Plan-2012
  26. ^ http://harrisonmgp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Project-Fact-Sheet-Harrison-Update-1-7-19-1.pdf
  27. ^ "Harrison Gas Holder, Harrison | 1288447 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com.
  28. ^ Lévy, François; Ouellette, Jeffrey W. (July 9, 2019). "BIM for Design Firms: Data Rich Architecture at Small and Medium Scales". John Wiley & Sons – via Google Books.
  29. ^ "FACT SHEET-Passaic River-Harrison, NJ". New York District.
  30. ^ "New York District > Missions > Civil Works > Projects in New Jersey > Passaic Tidal Protection Area". www.nan.usace.army.mil.
  31. ^ https://www.state.nj.us/dep/nrr/restoration/images/lower-passaic-lg.fw.png
  32. ^ "Project-1367". www.kseng.com.
  33. ^ Higgs, Larry (October 23, 2018). "A new PATH station is finally here. Was it worth the 5-year-wait?". nj.com.
  34. ^ https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0040.pdf

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Category:Harrison, New Jersey Category:Neighborhoods in Hudson County, New Jersey