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

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W side High St looking SW from NE corner Spruce

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

Tagged   apartment buildings, people standing, street parked cars
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W side Ridgewood looking NW from SE corner Belmont Terrace

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#63-53 North 7th St looking NE from SW corner Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   children, row of buildings, street parked cars
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W side Peshine looking NW from SE corner Grant

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

Tagged   bare trees, fence, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side 2nd St looking NE from SW corner Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   corner store, people walking, pepsi sign, school, sidewalk, street parked cars, tony and mary albanese
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Central Presbyterian Church looking W from war memorial in park at Belmont & Clinton Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   benches, church, firestone, street parked cars
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Looking SE at #63-53 North 7th St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bushes, fence, row of buildings
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E side Ridgewood looking SE from opposite Belmont Terrace

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

Tagged   apartment building, sidewalk, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking NW from #376

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#99-81 3rd St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Sussex Avenue School, looking NE from SW corner 4th St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   children, school, street parked cars
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#743 High St

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

Tagged   fire escape, multi level house, street parked cars
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Vocational School, Sussex Ave from 2nd St to Bergen, looking NE

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, school, sidewalk
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B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue looking NW at High & Waverly

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, man walking, synagoge
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W side High St looking NW from SE corner Spruce

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

Tagged   apartment buildings, people standing, street parked cars
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Sussex Avenue School, E side 4th St looking NE from SW corner Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   coca cola sing, people standing, public school, school, street parked cars
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W side Badger looking SW from #368

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#777-773-775 High St

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

Tagged   apartment buildings, street parked cars
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31 Roseville Ave, NE corner Sussex Ave

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

Tagged   corner house, multi level house, trees, truck
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Pingry House, #88 North 6th St, looking NW

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, fence, house, porch
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Roseville Evangelical Lutheran Church 101 5th St

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, church, tree trunk
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Octagon house 402 South 10th St looking NE [owned 1889 by Hutchins]

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   fence, octagon house
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Barringer & Cathedral looking E across lake

  By Myles Zhang March 1962 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, branch brook park, cathedral
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Tiffany Tower

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, Upper Broadway

Tagged   factory, railroad tracks, tifanny tower
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Tiffany Building #820 Highland Ave

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, Upper Broadway

Tagged   factory, tifanny tower
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Saint Vincent’s Academy at West Market looking W

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Market Street, Preserved Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   academy, church, saint vincent's
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Sussex Avenue Public School

  By Myles Zhang January 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   school
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W side Ridgewood looking NW from SE corner Marie Place

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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S side Belmont Terrace looking SW from Belmont Ave

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Belmont Ave looking SW from SE corner Belmont Terrace is now this location near I-78.

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Belmont Terrace looking NW from Belmont Ave

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

Tagged   bare trees, bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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Sacred Heart Cathedral looking NW

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

Tagged   cathedral, church
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State Street School

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   american flag, school
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Bust of Mendelsohn, Branch Brook Park

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Preserved Buildings

March 15, 1962

December 6, 1961

Tagged   bust, mendelssohn, park
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Park Ave Bridge, Branch Brook Park, looking N

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Branch Brook Park, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, bridge, park, river
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Detail of Main Door, Sacred Heart Cathedral

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

Tagged   cathedral, cathedral entrance, church, church steps
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Pavilion Apartments looking North

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   apartment building, parking lot
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Pavilion Apartments looking N from State St

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   apartment building, parking lot
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Sacred Heart Cathedral looking N

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

Tagged   cathedral, church
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Rear of Parsonage House of Prayer, Broad St

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Broad Street, Lower Broadway, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, church, fence
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E side Peshine looking NE from SW corner Grant

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

Tagged   bare trees, brick building, brick road, fire hydrant, row of buildings
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North Newark Branch Newark Public Library, Summer Ave

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

Tagged   bushes, library, man and child, street parked cars
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Hawthorne Ave looking E from Badger. Stash Restaurant

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

Tagged   restaurant, sidewalk, stash, street parked cars
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N side Grant Ave looking NE from Hunterdon

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, sidewalk
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E side Hunterdon looking N from opposite Grant Ave

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Jelliff looking NE from #427

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

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Badger looking S from Hawthorne

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

Tagged   bare tree, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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W side Grant Ave looking NW from Peshine

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

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, corner house, street parked cars
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Martland Hospital

  By Myles Zhang August 1961 April 2026 Fairmount, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, Preserved Buildings

August 21, 1968

Tablet to Harrison S. Martland in Med Center

Looking NE from City Hospital is now the campus of UMDNJ.
September 25, 1967

Tagged   martland hospital
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City Subway looking S from Orange St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Preserved Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   factory, no admittance, railroad tracks
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