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All photos were manually referenced to their contemporary locations. Contemporary street views correspond to camera angles of former photos, even though address naming conventions and house numbers may have changed.
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Category: Downtown
Looking SW at W side Columbia from corner Hamilton St, #7-1. Amato Machine #5 Columbia.
Looking NW at W side Columbia from Green St
Looking N from Green St at Central Railroad Depot
#26 Elm St
Looking SE at S side of Green St from corner of Broad St
Looking NW at N side Green toward Broad St in distance. Campfield Place runs to right of center.
Looking SE at S side Green St from corner of Mulberry St
Looking SW at S side Lafayette St from corner of Columbia St
Looking SE at S side Lafayette St from near corner of Broad St
Looking SW at S side Hamilton from Columbia Central Railroad Viaduct on right, #3-1 Columbia
Looking SW at W side Liberty St from Hamilton St
Looking NE at N side Green St from Mulberry #76-86
Looking NW at W side Mulberry St from Lafayette St, #185-183
Looking NE at N side Walnut St, #75-79
Looking NW at N side Walnut St from McCarter Highway, #81-91
Looking NE at N side Walnut St from Mulberry St, #65-69
Looking NW at N side Elm St, Perry Tool #21 Elm
NW corner Central Ave & Burnet Saint Michael’s Hospital

Looking SW at W side High St between James & Boyden Place. Fire #237-239
Looking E along Hamilton St (CRR viaduct) corner Columbia St is now Mulberry Commons park
Engine #4, also Hook & Ladder #2, at 229 High
Rutgers clearance, Bleeker to New, from High to Plane, shows the land cleared of hundreds of 19th-century brownstones to construct the campus of Rutgers University.
Looking NW at N side Lafayette from Liberty
Looking SW at W side High St, #251-245
Looking NE at E side Liberty from Lafayette
Looking SE at E side Columbia from Hamilton, #6-8-10 etc.
Looking SW at W side High St, etc. #299-297
Looking NW at N side Lafayette from Columbia, etc. #85-87-91
Looking SW at W side High St, #265-263-261A-261
Looking NE at N side Elm St from Mulberry; corner 5-7-9-11-13
Looking NW at W side High St between Boyden Place & Orange St
Looking NW at N side Elm St, corner Columbia St, Perry Tool, #21 Elm
Looking SW at W side High St, etc. #277-275
Looking SE at E side Liberty from Lafayette
Looking SE at E side Liberty from Hamilton, #2, is now the middle of this super block.
Lyric Theater – Newark News, Looking E at N side Market corner Beacon
Lyric Theater – Newark News, Looking E at N side West Market corner Beaver
Aerial views over Newark from roof of Colonnade Apartments
Columbus Homes (distance) Saint Lucy’s and McKinley Public School (foreground)
Looking east from roof of Colonnade

McKinley Public School (foreground), Columbus Homes (background)
Looking down from roof at E Side of Colonnade W, N end of building

Columbus Homes (left), Interstate 280 (center), Lackawanna Railroad freight yard (left), and Downtown Newark (distance)
Looking slightly southeast from roof of Colonnade

Interstate 280 (left), Lackawanna Railroad freight yard (center), Borden’s Milk Company (right), Baxter Terrace (distance), Downtown Newark (background)
Looking southeast from roof of Colonnade

Nesbitt Street (left), Newark Street (right)
Looking southeast from roof of Colonnade

Newark Street (left), Clifton Avenue / Norfolk Street (right)
Looking south from roof of Colonnade, S from S end of building

Sacred Heart Cathedral (distance), Clifton Avenue (left), Rotunda Public Pool (center), Mount Prospect Avenue (right)
Looking north from roof of Colonnade

Cutler Street (diagonal)
Looking northeast from roof of Colonnade

Saint Lucy’s Church and Rectory (foreground), Columbus Homes (distance)
Looking east from roof at Colonnade

Erie-Lackawanna freight yard at Broad Street Station
Cleared Freight Yard, Erie-Lackawanna, Broad St, looking NE

Broad St. Freight yard Erie-Lackawanna, looking E from Broad

Broad St. Freight yard Erie-Lackawanna, looking E from Broad

Broad St. Freight yard Erie-Lackawanna, looking NW from Spring St

Broad St. Freight yard Erie-Lackawanna, looking SE from Broad & Cross Sts.

Broad St. Freight yard Erie-Lackawanna, looking NW from Spring St

Broad St. Freight yard Erie-Lackawanna, looking E at eastern half

Broad St. Freight yard Erie-Lackawanna, looking NE from Division St and Broad



















































