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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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Category: Fairmount

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Brick house NW corner Sussex Ave & North 7th St

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, corner house, row of houses, street parked cars
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Quonset hut NE corner Fairmount & 12th Ave, looking NW from Camden, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 August 2022 Fairmount, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry

Annex Martland Medical Center used as laboratory until new hospital building erected; then used by Essex County Blood Bank until move to new building on South Grove St in East Orange in 1960.

Tagged   bare trees, fire hydrant, medical center
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*#103 1/2 South 12th St, home Father Washington, 1 of 4 Chaplains

  By Myles Zhang February 1959 August 2022 Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk
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*Central Theatre, NE corner Central & South 8th St

  By Myles Zhang January 1959 August 2022 Central Avenue, Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, Central Theater, fire escape, pharmacy, street parked cars, traffic light
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*#517 Central Ave garage, originally Cosmopolitan Movie

  By Myles Zhang January 1959 August 2022 Central Avenue, Fairmount

Tagged   asphalt street, Belmont Auto Service, street parked car, trash cans, woman walking
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*Liquor store, #380 West Market St, origin Nickleodeon Movie

  By Myles Zhang January 1959 August 2022 Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   Bob's barbershop, City liquor store, gate
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*SE corner Roseville & Sussex Ave, Coit Memorial on right

  By Myles Zhang January 1959 August 2022 Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, corner house, fire escape, mansion, post office mailbox, street parked cars, traffic light
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