“What makes a city great is that you have a mix of old projects and history along with fun and new development,” said Trenton architect and resident John Hatch. Hailing from the Trenton based architecture firms Clarke, Caton, and Hintz, along with HHG Development Associates, Hatch is an architect who specializes in historic preservation design…
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Trenton’s Very Own Guggenheim
Craig Shofed stands and admires the sunlight streaming through ceiling-to-floor windows, as its rays bounce off artwork in the BSB Gallery, projecting shadows onto the floor. Shofed, curator of the newly opened Trenton gallery on East State Street, has high hopes for the beautiful space and aims to show off the talents of local artists…
Move over, Newark. It's Trenton's turn to get billions from investors
Updated May 3, 7:21 PM; Posted May 3, 7:20 PM By Times of Trenton Editorial Board If someone had told you five years ago that Newark would be among the 20 finalists in Amazon’s high-profile search for a second headquarters, you’d have laughed yourself silly. If New Jersey’s governor had referred to Newark as “a city clearly on the rise,” not to…
Wrecking ball will demolish 100 abandoned buildings in Trenton
By Olivia Rizzo For NJ.com Some of Trenton’s neighborhoods will looking a little different in the next few months as the city plans to demolish over 100 unused buildings throughout the city. Mayor Eric Jackson announced Wednesday that the Urban Blight Reduction Pilot Program will knock down over 100 abandoned buildings in order to “stimulate development and…
HOW AMAZON HQ2 PROCESS WILL BENEFIT GREATER TRENTON
In an exclusive video interview with GlobeSt.com, Greater Trenton CEO George Sowa discusses how the city’s bid for Amazon’s HQ2 positions it for better conversations with other prospective companies. Even though it wasn’t selected as a finalist, preparing an elaborate economic development proposal for Amazon’s HQ2 site selection process without the support of the state…