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Newark Changing
Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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    • Black and Blight
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Category: Downtown

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Mulberry St looking SW from Ronson Square

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 June 2022 Downtown

Tagged   buildings, parking lot, street light, traffic light
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McCarter Highway looking S from Ronson Square junction with Holiday

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Downtown, Gateway Center, McCarter Highway

Tagged   billboards, cars, church, holland tunnel sign, street light, traffic light
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W side Mulberry St looking NW from SE corner Cottage Place

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 July 2022 Downtown

Tagged   brick road, fire hydrant, row of businesses, street parked cars
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W side Mulberry St looking NW from SE corner Mulberry Place

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 July 2022 Downtown

Tagged   awning, cleaners, Fischer Baking van, food market, men standing, tic toc tavern
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The Stephen Crane Playground and former home on Mulberry Place is now a parking lot.

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 June 2022 Downtown

Rear Wall, Stephen Crane Playground

Plaque Stephen Crane Playground, left side

Plaque Stephen Crane Playground, right side

Tagged   brick wall, plaque, playground, Stephen Crane
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N side East Kinney looking NW from SE corner Orchard

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 July 2022 Downtown, Lincoln Park

Tagged   bare tree, manhole cover, one way, people standing, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Beach looking NE from SE corner Orchard

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 August 2022 Downtown

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W side Mulberry St looking SW from NE corner East Kinney

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 August 2022 Downtown

Tagged   corner store, drugstore, ex-lax, Mike's tavern, row of businesses, street light, traffic light
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E side Mulberry St looking NE from SW corner East Kinney

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 August 2022 Downtown, Lincoln Park

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, man standing, street parked cars, traffic light
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W side Mulberry St looking NW from SE corner Cottage Place

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 August 2022 Downtown

Tagged   fire escape, row of buildings, sidewalk, street light, street parked cars, wooden fence
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