New Condos at 415 Monroe Street


The Blanding of Hoboken
There’s something symbolic about Sinatra’s birthplace becoming not just condominiums but cookie-cutter condominiums. If you look at the plans submitted to the City Council, there’s absolutely nothing special about them. It’s a bog-standard condo plan that looks like every single other condo building put up in this town over the last decade. There’s some mumbling about keeping the star in the sidewalk, and that’s about it. It’s just a missed opportunity, really. Why not design something that at least shrugs in the direction of Old Blue Eyes and Hoboken history? There’s a chance to do something interesting here, and it’s being squandered. You can build a vanilla condo building anywhere. Why not put some effort into things at 415 Monroe? Of course, the money still spends the same, so in practical terms it doesn’t matter. Of course, the way things are going in another few decades people may not even remember who Sinatra was, much less care about where he lived. What do you think? What should go up on the site—or is a bland condo project with an afterthought star in the sidewalk (moved to make way for the parking entrance) actually the perfect memorial for modern-day Hoboken?- Jeffrey Somers
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