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

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Saint Vincent’s Academy at West Market looking W

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Market Street, Preserved Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   academy, church, saint vincent's
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Sussex Avenue Public School

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   school
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N side Watson Ave looking NW from SE corner Johnson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, fire escape, row of buildings, utility poles
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W side Ridgewood looking NW from SE corner Marie Place

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Belmont Ave looking NW from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, liquor store, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Johnson Ave looking SW from Hawthorne is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Johnson Ave looking NW from #340 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

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

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, liquor store, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Belmont Ave looking SW from Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Johnson Ave looking SW from #306 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

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

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Marie Place looking NW from Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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S side Hawthorne looking SW from NE corner Elizabeth Ave

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner building, parking lot, sidewalk, traffic light, utility pole
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W side Elizabeth looking SW from NE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   26, fire escape, gas station, merti, post office mailbox, street light, traffic light
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S side Belmont Terrace looking SW from Belmont Ave

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Hillside looking NW from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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S side Marie Place looking SW from NE corner Ridgewood is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

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

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Belmont Ave looking SW from SE corner Belmont Terrace is now this location near I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Interstate 78, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Johnson Ave looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne is now this location near I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Interstate 78, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Belmont Terrace looking NW from Belmont Ave

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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Fountain Missionary Baptist Church, #59 Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   church, sidewalk
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W side Johnson Ave looking NW from Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Ridgewood Ave looking N from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, luncheonette, phonebooth, row of houses, street parked cars
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Temple Bnai Israel, #610 Belmont Ave

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   church, fence, sidewalk, temple
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S side Marie Place looking SW from Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Barringer High School looking NE

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Demolished Buildings, Lower Broadway

Tagged   bare trees, school
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Sacred Heart Cathedral looking NW

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   cathedral, church
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State Street School

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   american flag, school
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Bust of Mendelsohn, Branch Brook Park

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Preserved Buildings

March 15, 1962

December 6, 1961

Tagged   bust, mendelssohn, park
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Park Ave Bridge, Branch Brook Park, looking N

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, bridge, park, river
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Detail of Main Door, Sacred Heart Cathedral

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   cathedral, cathedral entrance, church, church steps
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Pavilion Apartments looking North

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   apartment building, parking lot
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Sacred Heart Cathedral looking N

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   cathedral, church
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Pavilion Apartments looking N from State St

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   apartment building, parking lot
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Rear of Parsonage House of Prayer, Broad St

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Broad Street, Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, church, fence
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N side Hunterdon looking N from SW corner Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   joey beauty center, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Peshine looking NE from SW corner Sheridan Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Hunterdon looking N from opposite Sheridan Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, child, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from Peshine is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   barbershop, bare trees, fire escape, street parked cars
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Congregation Knesseth Israel, #878 Bergen is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   knesseth israel
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E side Bergen looking SE from #833

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare tree, row of buildings, street light, street parked cars
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N side Watson Ave looking NE from SW corner Hunterdon

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson Place looking NE from corner Bergen

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Jelliff looking NE from #461 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Sheridan looking W from Peshine is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of buildings, street parked cars
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E side Peshine looking NE from SW corner Grant

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick building, brick road, fire hydrant, row of buildings
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E side Peshine looking NE from SW corner Lawton

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Lawton St looking NE from Hunterdon is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   brick road, row of buildings, street parked cars
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