HOBOKEN AND BEYOND – Walter Barry, who founded the Applied Housing development company in 1970 with his son Joseph and built thousands of units of affordable housing in Hoboken and elsewhere in the state, passed away on Monday morning in his hundredth year.
Barry rebuilt housing in Hoboken throughout the 1970s and was among those given credit for the rebirth of the city. Later, the company constructed market-rate and luxury housing, including 333 River Street on the lower Hoboken waterfront, the Shipyard development on the upper waterfront, and properties in Jersey City including Port Liberte. Today, the company is run by Barry’s grandsons.
The family will have an open memorial service on Friday in Livingston. See this weekend’s Hoboken Reporter for a story.