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Newark Changing
Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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  • Essays on urban decay
    • Neighborhood Maps
    • University Heights
    • Black and Blight
    • Interstate Highways (78 and 280)
    • The Rise and Fall of Downtown
    • Redlining & Manufactured Decline
    • Samuel Berg Interview + Bio
    • Urban Renewal by the Numbers
    • What does racializing space mean?
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N side Orange looking NW from SE corner North 6th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   awning, Barry's, Carteret savings, dentist, thriftland
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E side Wallace Place looking NE opposite Academy

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

Tagged   awning, billboard, multi level house, old house, Schenley, street parked cars
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E side North 7th St looking NE from SW corner Orange

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   awning, Brohman's, fifi's, plaza, steet parked cars
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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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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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N side Orange looking NW from SE corner North 7th St

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

Tagged   adam hats, awning, Carteret savings, Kohler's, one hour martinizing, Rexall
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N side Orange looking NW from SE corner 3rd St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   awning, barbershop, coca cola sign, food market, hostess, italian sandwiches, pepsi sign, Rogol's, row of businesses
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N side West Market looking NE from SW corner Fairmount

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

Tagged   awning, bar, coca cola sign, corner store, row of businesses, self service, top hat, woman standing
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S side Orange St looking SE from NW corner Newark St

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

Tagged   awning, Diana's food market, fire escape, pepsi sign, street parked cars
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W side North 7th St looking SW from NE corner Orange St

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

Tagged   awning, corner store, liquor store, street parked cars, women walking
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N side Orange St looking NE from SW corner 4th St

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

Tagged   awning, bar, coca cola sign, Flynn's cafe, Leo's
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W side Nesbitt St looking SW from NE corner Orange St

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

Tagged   awning, coca cola sign, soda fountain, street parked cars, traffic light
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S side Orange St looking SE from NW corner Jay

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

Tagged   awning, row of buildings, street parked cars, woman walking
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W side Sherman looking SW from NE corner Wright

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, South Broad Street

Tagged   awning, drugstore, pepsi sign, street parked cars, traffic light
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#79-81-83-85 Halsey between New & Linden

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Downtown, James Street Commons, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   awning, Cary & Kenny, fence, George's, O Schwartz & Sons, parking lot, phonebooth, restaurant
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W side Livingston looking NW from SE corner Waverly

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   auto glass, awning, billboard, brick road, corner store, manhole cover, nehi, street light, street parked cars, utility pole
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E side Bergen looking NE from SW corner 16th Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   Anne's, awning, children, hostess, row of buildings, street parked cars, trash can
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W side Livingston looking SW from NE corner 17th Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, Eddie's, esso, gas station, street parked cars, tow truck
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N side Parkhurst looking NE from SW corner Brunswick

  By Myles Zhang May 1961 April 2026 Lincoln Park, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   awning, corner store, row of buildings, street parked cars, trees
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E side Brunswick looking NE from SW corner Parkhurst

  By Myles Zhang May 1961 April 2026 Lincoln Park, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   awning, corner store, fire escape, fire hydrant, one way, street parked cars
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E side Pennsylvania looking NE from SW corner Miller

  By Myles Zhang May 1961 April 2026 South Broad Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   awning, fire escape, no right turn, street parked cars, traffic light
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E side Pennsylvania looking SE from NW corner Astor

  By Myles Zhang May 1961 April 2026 South Broad Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   awning, no right turn, one way, people standing, street parked cars, traffic light
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W side Mulberry St looking NW from SE corner Mulberry Place

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   awning, cleaners, Fischer Baking van, food market, men standing, tic toc tavern
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N side Chestnut looking NW from SE corner Orchard

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Lincoln Park

Tagged   awning, chestnut grill, child, coca cola sign, el pepino, fire hydrant, luncheonette, restaurant, street parked cars
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E side Prince St looking SE from NW corner Springfield Ave

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   awning, fire escape, food market, Joy donuts, row of businesses, sealtest ice cream, woman walking
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E side Wallace Place between Academy & Cabinet St looking E

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   awning, billboard, multi level house
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N side Warren St looking E from #180, opposite Hoyt St is the now campus of the Newark College of Engineering.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   awning, brick road, child walking, corner store, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Montgomery looking E from SW corner West St is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, fire escape, street parked cars
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E side Barclay looking N from SW corner Montgomery is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, coca cola sign, corner store, fire escape, street parked car
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E side Howard St looking N from SW corner Mercer is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, fire escape, Max bar, peace center, people standing, row of businesses, street parked cars
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E side Prince looking N from SW corner Montgomery

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, coca cola sign, fire escape, Harry's Bargain Center, street parked car
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N side Montgomery looking E from SW corner Quitman

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, men walking, no parking, parking lot, row of houses
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N side Montgomery looking E from SW corner Prince

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

*Originally mislabeled as Plaque on Charlton Street Public Bath seen in #518-519

Tagged   awning, brick road, corner store, Harry's, street parked cars
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Morton Street School

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

W side Howard Place S looking from College Place, Morton Street School

Joseph E. Haynes plaque on Morton Street School

Tagged   awning, fire hydrant, man walking, one way, school, street parked car, tree
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N side Spruce looking NE from SW corner Charlton

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, bar, child, corner store, fire escape, food market, row of businesses, street parked cars, truck, Twoway Inn, woman walking
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N side James St looking W from SE corner Plane

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Downtown, James Street, James Street Commons, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   awning, hertz, man, manhole cover, post office mailbox, street parked cars, traffic light
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Beulah Baptist Church, #38 Charlton is now the middle of a parking lot

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   awning, Beulah baptist church, parked cars, street light, utility pole
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W side High looking SW from SE corner 13th Ave, toward Stirling, is now the Essex County Courthouse.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   asphalt street, awning, car, street sign, three story building, tree, woman walking
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E side Washington looking NE to Crawford from SW corner Longworth

  By Myles Zhang February 1960 April 2026 Lincoln Park, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   asphalt street, awning, row of buildings, street parked cars
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W side Broad between Lackawanna Place & Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad is now a parking lot NJ Transit employees

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Broad Street, Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   awning, bar, billboards, coffee shoppe, foster, hickman packing co, liquor store, row of businesses
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    All photos were manually referenced to their contemporary locations. Contemporary street views correspond to camera angles of former photos, even though address naming conventions and house numbers may have changed.
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