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Aug 14, 2023

Hoboken plans to keep the past alive as it renovates one of its last cobblestone streets

A rendering of one concept for a redesigned Court Street in Hoboken that includes four-foot-wide concrete sidewalks.Courtesy of the City of Hoboken If you peek behind Hoboken’s commercial

A rendering of one concept for a redesigned Court Street in Hoboken that includes four-foot-wide concrete sidewalks.Courtesy of the City of Hoboken

If you peek behind Hoboken’s commercial thoroughfare, you’ll find a cobblestone street that feels lost in time, perhaps because it is.

Court Street, which runs parallel to Washington Street, one block east, was constructed more than 125 years ago and remains one of the city’s few original cobblestone streets. It is a picturesque memento of a bygone Hoboken, but also an obstacle for cyclists, pedestrians and trucks after remaining largely untouched for two centuries.

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