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

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Roseville Evangelical Lutheran Church 101 5th St

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 July 2022 Fairmount, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, church, tree trunk
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Steve’s Barber Shop in an old house, #151 16th Ave E of South 10th St

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 August 2022 Fairmount

Tagged   barbershop, bare tree, steve's
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Fred Kilgus Lumber

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 August 2022 Central Avenue, Fairmount

South 7th St near Central looking W from South 6th

April 16, 1962

#40 South 7th St, Kilgus House

March 23, 1962

Tagged   Abandoned Buildings, factory, lumber shed, parked cars
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Octagon house 402 South 10th St looking NE [owned 1889 by Hutchins]

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 July 2022 Fairmount

Tagged   fence, octagon house
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Sussex Avenue Public School

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 July 2022 Fairmount

Tagged   school
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Martland Hospital

  By Myles Zhang August 1961 July 2022 Fairmount, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry

August 21, 1968

Tablet to Harrison S. Martland in Med Center

Looking NE from City Hospital is now the campus of UMDNJ.
September 25, 1967

Tagged   martland hospital
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Junction West Market & Myrtle Ave looking NE

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   multi level building, street parked cars, trees
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N side West Market looking NE from SW corner Littleton Ave

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   Afco, hobby shop, insurance agency, row of buildings, street parked car
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Triangular plot Dickerson- West Market – North 7th St looking E

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   corner house, fence, fire escape, house for lease, house for sale
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N side West Market looking NE from West Market opposite North 6th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   bar, dietl and kraft, fire escape, one way, refrigeration sales and service, row of houses, street light
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