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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
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W side Avon Place looking SW from NE corner Waverly

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire hydrant, men walking, parked cars, row of buildings, tree, truck, utility pole
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W side Howard St looking S from NE corner 12th Ave

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

Tagged   bar, car, Fifty bar, fire hydrant, parked cars, traffic light, trees, utility pole
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S side Waverly looking SW from NE corner Prince

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner building, fire hydrant, Leacrafts, one way, parked cars
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S side Waverly looking SW from NE corner Barclay

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, esso, fire hydrant, parked cars, service station
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E side High St looking NE from SW corner Bleeker is now the campus of Rutgers University.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, High Street, James Street Commons, Rutgers University

Tagged   brick street, fire hydrant, house building, row of cars, tree
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#6-20 Longworth St, N side, from #31, looking E

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Lincoln Park

Tagged   fire hydrant, parked cars, row of houses, sidewalk, trees
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SE corner Warren & High St from NW corner is now the campus of Rutgers University.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Downtown, High Street, Rutgers University, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   building, fire hydrant, parking lot, street light, trash can
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E side High looking SE from NW corner Academy, toward Bank, is now the campus of Essex County College.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Essex County College

Tagged   building, fire hydrant, parking lot, street light, trash can
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American Red Cross in former Feigenspan Mansion, E side #710 High St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 High Street, Lincoln Park, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   american flag, fire hydrant, metal fence, parked cars, Red cross, Red Cross flag, tree
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Governor St looking E from Marion Place

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Lincoln Park

Tagged   fire hydrant, parked cars, row of houses, trees, utility pole
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N side Marshall looking E from SW corner Halsey toward Broad is now the middle of a parking lot

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Broad Street, Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   brick building, corner store, fire hydrant, Ivanhoe's van, one way, sealtest ice cream, street parked cars, street sign
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E side High St looking S from front of Central High School is now the campus of Rutgers University and the Newark College of Engineering

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, High Street, Newark College of Engineering, Rutgers University

Tagged   fire hydrant, high school, row of cars, school, shape in america, sign, street light, students
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W side Broad St looking SW from NE corner Franklin

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

Tagged   billboard, camillo, corner store, douglas hotel, fire hydrant, gale, haye's savings, rca victor, soto
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W side Broad St looking SW from SE corner Clay

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Broad Street, Lower Broadway, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bus stop, fire hydrant, post office mailbox, sidewalk, street parked cars
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W side Broad St looking W from SE corner Clay

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Broad Street, Lower Broadway, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bus stop, fire hydrant, man walking, post office mailbox, sidewalk
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Quonset hut NE corner Fairmount & 12th Ave, looking NW from Camden, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang March 1959 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry

Annex Martland Medical Center used as laboratory until new hospital building erected; then used by Essex County Blood Bank until move to new building on South Grove St in East Orange in 1960.

Tagged   bare trees, fire hydrant, medical center
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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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