Category: Neighborhood Maps

Map of the neighborhood cleared to build the campuses of Rutgers (left) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (right). As the first step in preparation for urban renewal, this survey map was created in 1959 of all property owners, property values, and property lines. Based on this map, the extent of the urban renewal area was determined and communicated to demolition crews.

By the numbers:

2,658 people displaced
representing 912 families
599 of color (66%)
313 White (34%)

$7,838,000 in federal funds and
$3,499,000 in city funds
cleared 57 acres from 1963 to 1974.

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