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Newark Changing
Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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  • Essays on urban decay
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    • University Heights
    • Black and Blight
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Category: Downtown

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#207-205 Mulberry, just N of Franklin

  By Myles Zhang April 1959 August 2022 Downtown

Tagged   bar-restaurant, gus napholz, perret jeweler
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Old frame house W side Arlington just S of William

  By Myles Zhang April 1959 August 2022 Downtown

Tagged   brick road, empty lot, fire escape, old house
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#929 Broad, NW corner Hill from E side – Wideaway Dance Hall

  By Myles Zhang April 1959 November 2024 Broad Street, Downtown, Featured Memories

Lenore Coccio writes:
“This is where I had my wedding reception on June 30, 1951 – Wideway Dance Hall.”

Tagged   5, coster's, driving school, field's, hoffman's, jewelers, la primavera, photo studio, powell's, Taft, wideway hall
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W side Broad looking SW from NE corner Green look to Hill

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Broad Street, Downtown

Tagged   bar, jewelery store, london luggage, rialto, row of businesses, toyland, variety store
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W side Broad between Lackawanna Place & Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad is now a parking lot NJ Transit employees

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Broad Street, Downtown

Tagged   awning, bar, billboards, coffee shoppe, foster, hickman packing co, liquor store, row of businesses
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W side Broad looking NW from SE corner Lafayette toward Branford shows Prudential’s headquarters under construction in distance.

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Broad Street, Downtown

Tagged   Abelson's, bus stop, canadian fur, corner store, row of businesses, simon ackerman, vim
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W side Broad looking SW from SE corner Lafayette toward Hill

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Broad Street, Downtown

Tagged   bar, billboard, corner store, hartley luggage co, pet mart, powers, row of businesses, zenith
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Lackawanna Place looking W from Broad to Westinghouse on Plane

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Broad Street, Downtown

Tagged   commercial building, fire escape, man walking, parking lot, trucks
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W side Broad looking NW from NE corner Green looking to William

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Broad Street, Downtown

Tagged   bar, benmar, billboard, hebrew national, hickory fireplace, pet mart, powers, row of businesses, zenith
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Brownstone outcrop N side Branford Place near Springfield, looking NW

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Downtown, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   circus billboard, empty lot, manhole cover, sidewalk, street parked car
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