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

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4th St looking SE, #145-143-141, 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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N side Watson looking NE from SW Johnson Ave is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   coca cola sign, corner store, restaurant, street parked cars
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Sussex Avenue School, E side 4th St looking NE from SW corner Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   coca cola sing, people standing, public school, school, street parked cars
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W side Badger 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   75, bare trees, Cooper, corner store, hats fixed, street parked cars
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#671-683 High St (numbers increase to left)

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, street parked cars
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#109-107-105 (apartments) -103 3rd St is now an empty lot demolished for construction of Route 78

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

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

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

Tagged   fence, multi level house, street parked cars
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E side Johnson Ave looking SE from #287

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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7th St looking SE at #113-99 is now this location on I-280.

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

Tagged   bare trees, people walking, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking SW from NE corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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7th St looking SE at apartment houses, #85 & #75, was partially demolished for I-280.

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

Tagged   apartment buildings, fire escape, street parked cars
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E side Ridgewood looking NE from opposite Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, wooden fence
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W side Peshine looking NW from SE corner Sheridan is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   barbershop, bare trees, street parked cars, woman standing
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Roseville Baptist Church, looking NE at corner Gould Ave & South 11th St, is now this location on I-280.

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

Tagged   bare trees, church, street parked car
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E side Johnson Ave looking NE from #373

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Weequahic

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

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

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

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

Tagged   barbershop, bare trees, street parked cars, woman standing
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E side 2nd St looking SE from #156 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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N side Watson looking NE from Hillside Ave is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   coca cola sign, Cooper, corner store, men sitting, pepsi sign
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North 6th St looking NE at #114 & up is now this location on I-280.

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

Tagged   apartment building, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Marie Place looking NE from SE corner Ridgewood is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 6th St looking SE at #129-125-123 is now this location on I-280.

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

Tagged   bare trees, police car, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from opposite Jelliff is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   corner store, man walking, pepsi sign, superette, trash cans
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7th St looking NE at apartment houses #85 & 75

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Interstate 280, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Structure at left was demolished for Interstate 280; structure at right survives.

Tagged   apartment buildings, fire escape, no parking, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking NW from SE 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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North 7th St, #82-84-86-88-90 (right), 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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E side Belmont Ave 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   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#675 (in center) High St

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

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

Tagged   bare trees, man standing, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking SW from #368

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Calvary Gospel Church, #91 7th St, is now this location on I-280.

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

Tagged   church, church steps
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N side Watson looking NW from opposite Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

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

Tagged   coca cola sign, corner store, dig's, liquor store, manhole cover, street parked cars
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5th St looking SE at #119-117-115 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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#777-773-775 High St

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

Tagged   apartment buildings, street parked cars
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W side Jelliff looking SW from #230

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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663-661 (St. John’s Rectory) -659 (3 peaks) High St

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars, women walking
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Rusticated house SW corner 14th Ave & Hayes St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, man standing, multi level building, traffic light
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167 Bergen St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   house, picket fence, street parked cars
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Playground of Orphan Asylum, SE corner South Orange Ave & Bergen St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue

Tagged   bare trees, orphan asylum, playground
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Second River from Erie Railroad trestle looking W

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Upper Broadway

Tagged   bare trees, bridge, river
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109 Grafton Ave, Edgecomb Hexagon House

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Upper Broadway

Tagged   bare trees, grass, hexagon house
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Coeyman Cemetery, McCarter Highway S of Verona Ave, is now a parking lot.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, McCarter Highway, Upper Broadway

Tagged   bare trees, cemetery, tombstones
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Barn behind 187 Bergen St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   barn, truck
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Church of God in Christ, SE corner Hunterdon & 14th Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   church, cross, fence, women standing
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#82 11th Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, fence, house
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Lumber shed rear 40 South 7th St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   abandoned building, lumber shed
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114 South 8th St corner 11th Ave, apartment house now industry

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

Tagged   H Buchlein's son, street parked cars, traffic light
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31 Roseville Ave, NE corner Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   corner house, multi level house, trees, truck
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#2 Division St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   fence, old building
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Seidler Chemical Company, #2-20 Orange St, is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Orange Street

Tagged   factory, seidler chemical supply
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