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Category: Demolished Buildings

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#139-137-135-131 4th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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5th St looking NE at #125 (little house)-129-131 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked car
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E side Belmont Ave looking NE from SW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Hillside looking NE from #337 is now an entrance to Interstate 78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, picket fence, row of houses, street parked cars
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Beth Israel Hospital & Home for Aged, NW corner High & West Kinney

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fence, hospital, people walking
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E side Ridgewood looking SE from NW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   apartment building, brick road, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from SE corner Johnson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   fire escape, row of buildings, street parked cars, trees
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#683-675 (curved window) High St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, High Street

Tagged   bay window, fence, row of buildings, street parked cars
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E side Belmont Ave looking NE from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, drugstore, phonebooth, street parked cars
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North 6th St looking NE from near Sussex Ave is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   apartment building, bare trees, street parked cars
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North 7th St looking SE at #103-101-99-95-91 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking NW from SE corner Lawton

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, children, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking NW from SE corner Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, utility pole
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W side Hunterdon looking NW from SE corner Grant

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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5th St looking SE at #135-133-131-129 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Spanish-American War Memorial, Park at Belmont & Clinton Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   memorial, spanish american war, statue
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W side Ridgewood looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Johnson Ave looking SE from SW corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Johnson Ave looking NE from #299 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Belmont Ave looking NE from SW corner Belmont Terrace

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Jelliff looking NW from Watson

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Peshine looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, empty store, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side 2nd St looking NE from #120

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking SW from NE corner Sheridan is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bon ton potato chips, row of houses, street parked cars, tree trunk
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W side Peshine looking SW from NE corner Sheridan is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, fence, man walking, row of houses, street parked cars
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Crystal Chemical Company, #823 Hunterdon St looking W

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   crystal chemical company, factory, garage
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W side Hunterdon looking SW from NE corner Grant

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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4th St looking SE, #145-143-141, is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from SW Johnson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   coca cola sign, corner store, restaurant, street parked cars
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#671-683 High St (numbers increase to left)

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, High Street

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking NW from SE corner Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   75, bare trees, Cooper, corner store, hats fixed, street parked cars
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#109-107-105 (apartments) -103 3rd St is now an empty lot demolished for construction of Route 78

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Johnson Ave looking SE from #287

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#711 High St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, High Street, Lincoln Park

Tagged   fence, multi level house, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking SW from NE corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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7th St looking SE at #113-99 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, people walking, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Peshine looking NW from SE corner Sheridan is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   barbershop, bare trees, street parked cars, woman standing
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E side Ridgewood looking NE from opposite Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, wooden fence
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E side Johnson Ave looking NE from #373

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Roseville Baptist Church, looking NE at corner Gould Ave & South 11th St, is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, church, street parked car
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E side Peshine looking NE from SW corner Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   barbershop, bare trees, street parked cars, woman standing
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E side 2nd St looking SE from #156 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from Hillside Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   coca cola sign, Cooper, corner store, men sitting, pepsi sign
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N side Marie Place looking NE from SE corner Ridgewood is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 6th St looking NE at #114 & up is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   apartment building, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 6th St looking SE at #129-125-123 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, police car, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from opposite Jelliff is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   corner store, man walking, pepsi sign, superette, trash cans
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W side Badger looking NW from SE corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Belmont Ave looking SE from NW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 7th St, #82-84-86-88-90 (right), is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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