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Long Branch Pier, Long Branch, NJ
Architect, Conceptual Design: COOKFOX Architects

Image Credit: (C)COOKFOX Architects

Rendering by Miha Brezavscek, COOKFOX

The history of the Long Branch Pier dates back to 1828 when the “Bath House Pier” was constructed with steamboat service to New York City. In 1854, the Pier was destroyed by a nor’easter, and was successively rebuilt and damaged by storms four more times until the 1987, when the Pier was destroyed by a fire. Re-building the Long Branch Pier and constructing a ferry terminal with service to New York is a monumental undertaking and will be the City of Long Branch’s largest infrastructure project.

Plans for the new Long Branch Pier take into account the pier’s past uses and a vision for its future as a gathering place for residents and a means to inspire new tourism. After two decades without a true city center, a new pier for the city of Long Branch will re-invigorate community pride. Plans for amenities in the new pier include: a restaurant, “winter garden,” a concert stage, fishing area and open space. The proposed pier takes advantage of free power from the wind, sea, and sun and integrates visible technologies that reflect the original pier’s turbine-like rides.

The Long Branch Pier’s ocean-side site is ideally suited to a serve as an extension of the shore’s natural landscape and host a variety of sustainable strategies, such as solar, wind and geothermal. Including green technologies in the pier’s new design will ensure will preserve the New Jersey shore’s ecological habitat and natural beauty, reduce harmful greenhouse gases and provide a means for environmental education for visitors and citizens of Long Branch.