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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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S side of Orange St looking SE from the NW side of North 6th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   admiral, corner store, for rent, liquor store, row of businesses, traffic light
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Junction Central Ave & West Market looking SE at Liberty Park

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Central Avenue, Fairmount, Market Street, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   benches, cars, park, traffic light, trees
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N side Orange St looking NW from SE corner North 5th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   billboard, Carteret savings, for rent, man walking, row of businesses
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N side West Market looking NE from SW corner Norfolk

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   Alex lunch, coca cola sign, corner store, diner, food market, man walking, pepsi sign, post office mailbox
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Looking N on Hedden Place from Orange St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   auto repair shop, billboards, street parked cars
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S side Orange St looking SE from NW corner 3rd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   B & L, esso, fire escape, gas station, janitor supplies
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N side West Market looking NE from SW corner Camden

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Fairmount, Market Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bar, broad-market tavern, people standing, street parked cars, trash can, west market luncheonette
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Comet Hotel, SE corner Market & Lawrence St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center, Market Street

Tagged   Arthur's, billboard, Blueplate diner, clothing store, Comet Hotel, flit, key shop, Newark surplus
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W side 2nd St looking SW from NE corner Orange St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   brakes, esso, gas station, people walking, row of buildings
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#282-280-278 Market

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center, Market Street

Tagged   army and navy store, clothing store, fire escape, joe's
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W side North 5th St looking SW from NE corner Orange St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   McVey, men walking, street parked cars
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Hedden Place looking N from Orange St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   bar, cocktail lounge, fire escape, Phil's meat market, Sol and Joe
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Mulberry St looking directly S from Market

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Four Corners, Market Street

Tagged   Collin's, esso, hub bar, lafayette, Marx-Smith, Murphy's, row of businesses, tavern
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Hotel Edison, #771 McCarter Highway & Kirk Place, was Thomas Edison’s Newark lab.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center, McCarter Highway

Tagged   fire escape, Hotel Edison
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W side Lawrence St looking NW from SE corner Market is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center, Market Street

Tagged   fire escape, Globe parcel service, post office mailbox
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N side Orange St looking NE from SW corner Hudson

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, University Heights

Tagged   cars, gas station, row of buildings, Will Errera
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E side Wallace Place looking NE from SW corner West Market

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   Atlas, corner store, gas station, men standing, neon signs, signs repair, street light, sunoco
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E side Bathgate Place looking NE from Orange St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   billboard, church, ivy covered building, uncle sam's
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N side West Market looking NE from opposite Summit St is now the campus of Essex County College.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Essex County College, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   coca cola sign, colavita, fire escape, hand laundry, row of businesses, travel bureau
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N side West Market looking NW from #122, E of Boston

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   awning, luncheonette, parlor, street parked cars
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#304-302-300 Market, #304 on corner McCarter Highway

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Market Street, McCarter Highway

Tagged   bar and grill, barbershop, Neiden's, Piel's beer, pizzeria, Stern's plumbing and heating
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W side North 5th looking SW from NE corner Orange St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   dentist, Hopp's drugs, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side West Market looking NW between Bruce & Morris

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   awning, billboard, e-z meat market, fountain, man walking, patt's place, pepsi sign, sealtest ice cream
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#537-539 West Market between Sussex Ave & Humboldt St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   balcony, multi level house, sidewalk, street parked cars
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S side Orange St looking SE from NW corner Hudson

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Orange Street, University Heights

Tagged   billboard, fire escape, fischer's, morton salt
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N side Orange St looking NE from SW corner South 14th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   billboard, fire escape, Kellog, Sol and Joe, used clothing store
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W side Newark St looking SW from NE corner Orange St

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

Tagged   dry cleaning, fire escape, laundromat, street parked cars
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N side West Market looking NW from SE corner Bruce is now Bethany Baptist Church.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   bar, beer billboard, Little Nick's, row of businesses, street parked cars
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N side Orange St looking NE from SW corner Jay

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, University Heights

Tagged   fire escape, for rent, row of businesses, street parked cars
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N side Orange St looking NE from SW corner Hecker

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

Tagged   blue ribbon auto body, ivy covered building, party center, Snuffy's
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#296-294-292-290 Market

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center, Market Street

Tagged   Penn hardware, photo studio, Stern's plumbing and heating
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Tung Sol Factory at #370 Orange St, looking SW

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

Tagged   factory, street parked car, traffic light, Tung-Sol Electric
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Old frame house behind #281 Market just E of Lawrence

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center, Market Street

Tagged   barbershop, bookstore, car park, dodge-newark supply co
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W side North 6th St looking SW from NE corner Orange St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   police station, sidewalk, street parked cars, trees
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S side Orange St looking SE from NW corner Duryea

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, University Heights

Tagged   billboard, don't crowd, fire escape, Kellog, street light
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W side North 11th St looking NE from Orange St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   army and navy store, clothing store, dead end, Ray's
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S side Orange St looking SW from NE corner 2nd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   brakes, esso, gas station, street parked cars, trees
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E side Summit looking NE from West Market is now the campus of Essex County College.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Essex County College, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   corner store, pharmacy, row of buildings, the court
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S side Orange St looking SW from NE corner Hedden Place

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   food market, Fulton fish market, pepsi sign, Phil's meat and grocery
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N side West Market looking NW from SE corner Boston, looking at Wilsey

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   coca cola sign, construction, corner store, liquor store, radio and television service, row of businesses, tow truck
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S side Orange St looking SW from NE corner 3rd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   coca cola sign, corner store, ideal liquor, laundry, Schenley, Stefanelli Bros
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N side West Market looking NW from curve at Wallace Place

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   billboard, row of buildings, street parked cars
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S side Orange St looking SW from NE corner South 14th St

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

Tagged   Busy corner, cleaners, coca cola sign, corner store, liquor store
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S side Orange St looking SW from NE corner Hudson

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

Tagged   building, fire hydrant, street parked car
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N side West Market looking NW from SE corner Wickliffe

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   barbershop, billboard, Kaw-kwik service, man walking, no right turn, pall mall
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Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church at West Market & Sussex looking SE

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Fairmount, Market Street, Preserved Buildings

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Tagged   bus, bushes, car, episcopal church, trash can, trees
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N side Orange St looking NW from SE corner Gray

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   costume jewelry, Dairyland ice cream, ElJay furniture, nina's, Snyder's
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N side Orange St looking NE from SW corner South 13th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   Donald's, dry cleaning, May's, one hour martinizing, row of businesses, shoe store
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N side West Market looking NE from SW corner Central Ave

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Central Avenue, Fairmount, Market Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   drive in, esso, gas station, national newark and essex banking company, people standing, traffic light
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N side Orange St looking NE from SW corner Gray

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Orange Street, Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   ivy covered uilding, Peter's, Seymour's, Tivoli, zenith
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