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Newark Changing
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
    • Urban Renewal by the Numbers
    • What does racializing space mean?
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#26 Elm St

  By Myles Zhang August 1967 June 2022 Downtown

Tagged   Felipe Gordon poster, fence, front yard, house
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Looking NE at Schaaf Mansion, NE corner South Orange Ave & Hunterdon St is now this location on the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 August 2022 New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   big house, fence, front yard, mansion, wraparound porch
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Looking NE at E side Jay St between Orange St & Sussex Ave, #20-24

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 August 2022 Orange Street, University Heights

Tagged   front yard, house, picket fence, porch
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#100 North 6th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 July 2022 Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bushes, front yard, multi level house
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#122-124 North 5th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 July 2022 Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bushes, front yard, multi level house
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The Peck Estate was demolished for an entire block of prefabricated homes in wood and vinyl siding.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 July 2022 Fairmount

Peck Estate N side Sussex Ave between South 5th St & South 6th St
March 1959

77 North 5th St, Peck Estate
April 22, 1962

Barn on Peck Estate Sussex Ave, 5th-6th Sts, looking NE
March 27, 1962

Tagged   bare trees, front yard, multi level house
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