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Castle Point Terrace Historic Redesign, City of Hoboken, New Jersey
Client: CITY OF HOBOKEN
Castle Point Terrace is a historic yellow brick street that extends from 8th Street to Elysian Park. Castle Point Terrace north of 9th Street is located within the Castle Point Historic District, a locally landmarked historic district of the City of Hoboken (City Code, Article IV, Section 42-18). Castle Point Terrace for its entire two-block length from 8th Street north to its dead-end terminus at Elysian Park (near 10th Street) is located within the New Jersey and National Register-eligible Stevens Historic District.
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The New Jersey Historic Preservation Office (NJHPO) issued an opinion of eligibility for the district on February 27, 1991. Castle Point is named after the late-18th to 19th-century estate of Colonel John Stevens. Castle Point Terrace was laid out in 1903-04 and paved with brick at the request of local residents in 1909. ENGenuity was hired by the City to rehabilitate the entire roadway. Our scope included Planning, Cultural Resource Screening, Geotechnical Investigations, Survey, Final Design, Advertising and Bidding, and Construction Administration. ENGenuity was the Prime Consultant on the Project. ENGenuity led both the Planning and Design Phase through Preliminary design. ENGenuity hired Hunter Research a Historic Resource Consultant to perform a Cultural Resources Screening to collect necessary historical and archaeological data for review from the Hoboken Historic Preservation Commission and the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. This screening consisted of historical background data, identification of contributing character-defining historical features of the streetscapes, a screening memorandum with recommendations, and input on application of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation. Using this data and information obtained through public outreach ENGenuity developed several concepts for public comment and historical review. Stevens University abuts this area of the city, and several intersections were failing due to truck traffic on the 100-year-old roadway. Geotechnical investigations were also performed that determined that the bricks were from Pennsylvania and were Clymer bricks mortared together in the underlayers. As a result, Hunter Research conducted a search for replacement brick from the same source and time period. They were able to locate historic bricks salvaged in Pennsylvania. ENGenuity completed the concept and preliminary design phase. The intersections were designed with a concrete base underlayer to withstand traffic and future use. The city was debating the loss of 50% bricks and weighing the replacement brick costs. The project in 2024 was re-authorized for final design. In the 2024 project, ENGenuity is a sub-consultant. The 2024 project will revisit the concept phase to confirm if the public feedback remains the same since the project design was halted for several years awaiting finding and for the watermains to be completed.