Hoboken Terminal Revival

As a regular user/customer at Hoboken Terminal, it would be a huge improvement over the current level of services. The facility is grossly underutilized and there really are grand spaces that could be put to better usage.

Transit officials envision a terminal with the type of upscale shops and eateries that have turned carefully restored rail stations like Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and Union Station in Washington, D.C., into bustling tourist attractions, as well as reinvigorated transportation hubs.

Much of the retail and restaurant space likely would be located near the old ferry slip portion of the terminal that has superb views and a long, second-floor grand concourse that offers a promising setting.

The study also will explore whether additional development above the tracks is feasible or if residential and commercial space can be built on a roughly 10-acre tract along Observer Highway west of the terminal.