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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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Category: Demolished Buildings

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E side Court House Alley looking NE is now the campus of Essex County College.

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Essex County College

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, truck
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#135 Bank St looking NW. Side of house faces Bank St no longer exists as a street and now corresponds to the middle of this classroom at Essex County College.

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Essex County College

Tagged   house, porch, wooden fence
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#121 Bank St looking NE is now the campus of Essex County College.

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Essex County College

Tagged   multi level building, people walking
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River St Freight Depot looking NE from Cherry

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center

Tagged   freight depot, loading dock
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Looking NW at rear of buildings on McCarter Highway just N of Ronson Square

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, McCarter Highway, Military Park

Tagged   brescia leather co
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River St Freight Depot looking SE from Ronson Square

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center

Tagged   freight depot, loading dock
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N side Watson Ave looking NW from SE corner Johnson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, fire escape, row of buildings, utility poles
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W side Belmont Ave looking NW from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, liquor store, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Johnson Ave looking SW from Hawthorne is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Johnson Ave looking NW from #340 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Marie Place looking NW from SE corner Ridgewood is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, liquor store, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Belmont Ave looking SW from Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Johnson Ave looking SW from #306 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

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

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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S side Hawthorne looking SW from NE corner Elizabeth Ave

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner building, parking lot, sidewalk, traffic light, utility pole
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N side Marie Place looking NW from Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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W side Elizabeth looking SW from NE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   26, fire escape, gas station, merti, post office mailbox, street light, traffic light
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W side Hillside looking NW from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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S side Marie Place looking SW from NE corner Ridgewood is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

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

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Fountain Missionary Baptist Church, #59 Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   church, sidewalk
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W side Johnson Ave looking NW from Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

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

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, luncheonette, phonebooth, row of houses, street parked cars
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S side Marie Place looking SW from Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Barringer High School looking NE

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Demolished Buildings, Lower Broadway

Tagged   bare trees, school
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N side Hunterdon looking N from SW corner Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   joey beauty center, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Hunterdon looking N from opposite Sheridan Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, child, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Peshine looking NE from SW corner Sheridan Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

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

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   barbershop, bare trees, fire escape, street parked cars
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E side Bergen looking SE from #833

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare tree, row of buildings, street light, street parked cars
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Congregation Knesseth Israel, #878 Bergen is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   knesseth israel
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N side Watson Ave looking NE from SW corner Hunterdon

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson Place looking NE from corner Bergen

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Jelliff looking NE from #461 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Sheridan looking W from Peshine is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Lawton St looking NE from Hunterdon is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   brick road, row of buildings, street parked cars
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Summer Avenue Public School looking SE

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Upper Broadway

Tagged   people walking, school, traffic light
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N side Watson looking NW from SE corner Jelliff is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   house, row of businesses, street parked cars, tailors
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N side Sheridan Ave looking NE from Hunterdon is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, child, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Old Coeyman House, Summer Ave*

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Upper Broadway

*According to 1873 City Atlas, this house was located on or near 790 Summer Avenue

Tagged   bare trees, brick house, picket fence, street parked cars
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E side Jelliff looking NE from Watson is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, row of buildings, street parked cars
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E side Bergen looking SE from NW corner Jeffers Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, street parked cars, utility poles
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N side Watson looking NE from SW corner Jelliff is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, corner store, dog, row of buildings, street parked cars
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E side Bergen looking SE from #817 (near Hawthorne)

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   barbershop, laundry, row of businesses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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#394 Peshine is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, house, porch, street light
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E side Peshine looking SE from NW corner Sheridan Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Lawton looking W from Peshine

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare tree, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Bergen looking SE from #839

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, street parked cars, utility poles
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#23-27 Centre St E of Military Park

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Military Park

Tagged   commerical building, silo
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