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

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Contemporary photo not available: Looking NE at E side Bruce St from 13th to 12th Ave, #92 (last 3 story)-94-96-98-100

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   bay window, fire escape, porch, row of houses
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Contemporary photo not available: Looking NE at E side Morris Ave, #204-208, at SE corner 13th Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   american carburetor, fence, men sitting, sidewalk
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Contemporary photo not available: Looking SW at W Side Bruce St from 13th Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   green hammer, metal products, office, sidewalk, sparrow aluminum
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Looking SE at S side 12th Ave from Bruce, #40-46, is now the middle of this super block on the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Essex County Adult Technical School, formerly Telephone Building, #222 Morris Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   children, school, sidewalk, telephone company
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Looking SE at E side Wallace St, #94-100, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   abandoned building, h. lazar, mirrors and glass, people standing
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Looking NW at W side Morris Ave, #221-213, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   bay window, jordan baris, row of houses, street parked cars
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Contemporary photo not available: Looking SW at S side 13th Ave from Newton St, #200-204 etc.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Looking SW at W side Bruce St from 12th Ave, #79-71, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   apartment building, truck
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Looking NE at N side South Orange Ave from corner of Morris Ave is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   barbershop, canada dry sign, children, cleaners, hardy's, leo food market, little's, man walking, one way, sidewalk
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Looking NW at W side Morris Ave, #277-257

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   row of buildings, sidewalk, trash cans, utility poles
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Looking NE at E side Hunterdon, #106-108, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   bare trees, building, garage, sidewalk
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Contemporary photo not available: Looking SW at W side Morris Ave, #201-193

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   no parking, snack shop, street parked cars
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Looking NE at E side Rutgers St from South Orange Ave is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   billboard, corner store, man standing, nehi, pepsi sign, sidewalk
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#238 Morris Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   garage, row of buildings, street parked cars
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Looking SE at E side Newton St, #84-90, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   bay window, porch, row of houses
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Looking NW at W Side Hunterdon St, #299-289 built 1904

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   billboard, bontempo, fire escape, irwin watson, row of buildings
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Contemporary photo not available: Looking NE at E side Newton St, #122-128

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   awning, row of buildings, street parked cars
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Looking SW at W side Morris Ave from 13th Ave is now the middle of this super block on the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, sidewalk
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Looking SW at W side Hunterdon from 13th Ave, #151-139

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   fence, porch, row of houses, street parked cars
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Looking NE at N side South Orange Ave from Hunterdon, #217-205, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   billboard, garden cash and carry, man walking, p.m broan and co, parking lot, wholesale grocers
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Looking NW at W side Morris Ave, #231-223, is now the middle of this super block on the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   commercial building, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Contemporary photo not available: E side Newton St, Nurse’s Home, Newark Gardens Convalescent Home

  By Myles Zhang March 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   newark convalescent home, parking lot, sidewalk, woman walking
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Looking NE at E side Wallace St, #56 (apt)-58-60-62, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang January 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   fire escape, row of houses, street parked cars
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Contemporary photo not available: Looking NE at E side Wallace St, #42 (dark)-44-46-48 (white)-50-52

  By Myles Zhang January 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

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Tagged   fire escape, people standing, row of houses, street parked cars
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Look SW at W side Hunterdon #299-289, built 1904

  By Myles Zhang January 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, row of buildings, street parked cars
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Looking NW at N side Sussex Ave from South 14th & South 15th St, #34-32-28 1/2-driveway-24-22-20

  By Myles Zhang October 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   row of houses, sidewalk, street parked car
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Looking NW at N side Sussex Ave from near South 14th, #20-18, is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang October 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   sidewalk, tate and co, wooden fence
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Looking NE at N side Sussex Ave from, 1/2 way to South 14th St, #28-30

  By Myles Zhang October 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   empty lot, fire escape, row of houses
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Looking NE at N side James St, #125-121

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, James Street, Newark College of Engineering

Tagged   picket fence, row of houses, street parked cars
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Looking NE at N side James St from SW corner Boyden St

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, James Street, James Street Commons, Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   bar, corner store, james st auto service, pepsi sign, sammy davis jr poster
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Looking NW at N side James St, #123-111

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, James Street, James Street Commons, Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   empty lot, man walking, porch, row of houses
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Looking NE at N side James St, #115-113-111

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, James Street, James Street Commons, Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   brick fence, porch, row of houses
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#55-53 Grafton Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Upper Broadway

Tagged   house, street parked car, trees
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Pilgrim Baptist Church #40 Hudson St

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   baptist church
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Looking NE at E side North 5th St from Park Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Upper Roseville

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, water tower
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Looking at SE corner West Market & South 12th St, looking E on S side West Market

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, Roseville

Tagged   ice truck, row of houses, street parked cars
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Looking SW at W side Union between Ferry (left) & Market (right). 15-13-yard-9

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Ironbound, Market Street

Tagged   fire escape, row of buildings, street parked cars
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Rutgers clearance, Bleeker to New, from High to Plane, shows the land cleared of hundreds of 19th-century brownstones to construct the campus of Rutgers University.

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, James Street Commons, Rutgers University

Tagged   rutgers clearance
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Looking NW at N side Lafayette from Liberty

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   fire escape, multi level building, street parked cars
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Looking NW at W side North 5th St, #428-438

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Upper Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Looking ​​from​ corner West Market & South 13th at S side West Market between South 12th & South 13th​,​ #618-622

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, Roseville

Tagged   flying service, food stores, laundry, no parking, phonebooth, woody's
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looking NE at E side Jay St between Orange St & Sussex Ave, #26-30

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, University Heights

Tagged   abandoned house, for rent
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Looking SW at W side High St between Boyden Place & Orange, #227-225

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, High Street, James Street Commons, Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   art wire and stamping co, james david distributions, truck, w.h piers iron works
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Looking NE at E side Liberty from Lafayette

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   mail trucks, mallor and mccabe, Post office
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Looking SE at S side 16th Ave from Bergen St

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   free parking, howard savings, parking lot
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Looking SE at E side Columbia from Hamilton, #6-8-10 etc.

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars, william snell
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Looking W at Boyden Place

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, James Street Commons, Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   brick road, commercial building, man standing, street parked cars
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Looking NW at N side Lafayette from Columbia, etc. #85-87-91

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   abandoned building, david frontheim, mallor and mccabe, truck
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Looking NW at 5 corners, West Market – South 10th Gould Ave – Humboldt St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Market Street

Tagged   five corners, school sign
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