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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today

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Category: Fairmount

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South 8th Street Public School looking W, North Annex & athletic courtyard

By Myles Zhang August 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged basketball court, fence, school, school yard

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South 8th St Public School looking W

By Myles Zhang August 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged bushes, children, fence, school, school yard, street parked cars, tree

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Wiss Building, W side Littleton Ave just S of West Market St

By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged building, factory, street parked cars, trees, wire fence

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#98 South 11th St just N of 9th Ave looking NW from SE corner. Demolished soon after for parking lot Presbyterian Hospital

By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged multi level house, porch, trash cans, trees

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W side South 10th St just N of 9th Ave looking NW from SE corner. Demolished soon after for parking lot Presbyterian Hospital

By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged asphalt street, fire hydrant, row of houses, street parked cars, tree

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Row house, #409 West Market (2nd from corner Fairmount)

By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged asphalt street, multi level house, sidewalk, store front

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Hillock on SW corner First & New St

By Myles Zhang June 1959 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged abandonded lot, clothesline, parked car, sidewalk

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#386-388 West Market

By Myles Zhang June 1959 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Market Street

The 30-foot high hillock in rear of this site was cleared to erect these buildings.

Tagged C H barbecue, coca cola sign, food market, Nick's market, street parked cars

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Rear #88 North 6th St looking NE from 7th St, First Pingry School

By Myles Zhang April 1959 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged backyard, bare trees, house, school

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Frame house, #68-70, North 7th St just N of Sussex Ave

By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged bushes, house, porch, street parked car

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W side Camden just S of West Market looking SW, hillock, is now the middle of this super block.

By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged row of buildings, street parked cars, wire fence

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#7 North 5th St, near NE corner Central Ave & West Market, empty lot where Harry J. Stevens had outdoor movie

By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Central Avenue, Fairmount, Market Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged clothesline, empty lot, no parking, street parked car

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Brick house NW corner Sussex Ave & North 7th St

By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

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 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, 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 April 2026 Fairmount, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk

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*Central Theatre, NE corner Central & South 8th St

By Myles Zhang January 1959 April 2026 Central Avenue, Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

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 April 2026 Central Avenue, Demolished Buildings, 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 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, 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 April 2026 Fairmount, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

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

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