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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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Author: Myles Zhang

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W side Peshine looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from SW corner Badger is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, men standing, post office mailbox, truck
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W side Jelliff looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Peshine looking NW from SE corner Grant

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, fence, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 7th St, #58-60

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, house, porch, street parked cars
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Pingry School, rear of #88 North 6th St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, fence, no parking, school
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#139-137-135-131 4th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 7th St, #96 (left cupola) -98-100-102 (right end) is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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5th St looking NE at #125 (little house)-129-131 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked car
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E side 2nd St looking NE from SW corner Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   corner store, people walking, pepsi sign, school, sidewalk, street parked cars, tony and mary albanese
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Central Presbyterian Church looking W from war memorial in park at Belmont & Clinton Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   benches, church, firestone, street parked cars
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E side Belmont Ave looking NE from SW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Hillside looking NE from #337 is now an entrance to Interstate 78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, picket fence, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Ridgewood looking SE from NW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   apartment building, brick road, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Beth Israel Hospital & Home for Aged, NW corner High & West Kinney

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fence, hospital, people walking
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Looking SE at #63-53 North 7th St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bushes, fence, row of buildings
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#683-675 (curved window) High St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, High Street

Tagged   bay window, fence, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from SE corner Johnson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   fire escape, row of buildings, street parked cars, trees
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E side Ridgewood looking SE from opposite Belmont Terrace

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   apartment building, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from SE corner Hunterdon

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, post office mailbox, row of houses, sidewalk, traffic light
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E side Belmont Ave looking NE from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, drugstore, phonebooth, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking NW from #376

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 7th St, #70-72-74-76 right end

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 6th St looking NE from near Sussex Ave is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   apartment building, bare trees, street parked cars
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North 7th St looking SE at #103-101-99-95-91 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#99-81 3rd St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking NW from SE corner Lawton

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, children, row of houses, street parked cars
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Sussex Avenue School, looking NE from SW corner 4th St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   children, school, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking NW from SE corner Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, utility pole
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W side Hunterdon looking NW from SE corner Grant

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#108 North 7th St, #104 to left

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Barn in rear of #108:

Tagged   bare trees, house, street parked cars
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5th St looking SE at #135-133-131-129 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Spanish-American War Memorial, Park at Belmont & Clinton Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   memorial, spanish american war, statue
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#755 & 751 High St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, High Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   apartment buildings, people walking, street parked cars
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W side Ridgewood looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#743 High St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, High Street, Lincoln Park, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, multi level house, street parked cars
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E side Johnson Ave looking NE from #299 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Johnson Ave looking SE from SW corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Belmont Ave looking NE from SW corner Belmont Terrace

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Peshine looking SW from NE corner Grant*

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

*Original label: W side Peshine looking NW from SE corner Grant

Tagged   bare trees, fence, row of houses, street parked cars
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Vocational School, Sussex Ave from 2nd St to Bergen, looking NE

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, school, sidewalk
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W side Peshine looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, empty store, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Jelliff looking NW from Watson

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue looking NW at High & Waverly

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, man walking, synagoge
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E side 2nd St looking NE from #120

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking SW from NE corner Sheridan is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bon ton potato chips, row of houses, street parked cars, tree trunk
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W side Peshine looking SW from NE corner Sheridan is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, fence, man walking, row of houses, street parked cars
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Crystal Chemical Company, #823 Hunterdon St looking W

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   crystal chemical company, factory, garage
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W side High St looking NW from SE corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, High Street, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   apartment buildings, people standing, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking SW from NE corner Grant

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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