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Newark Changing
Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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Looking SE at S Side South Orange Ave from corner Bergen St, center building #224

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 August 2022 Belmont, South Orange Avenue

Tagged   100, 510, billboard, gas station, hess, kar-kwik
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Looking NW at W side 4th Street from Park Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 July 2022 Upper Roseville

Tagged   american, gas station, newark auto parts, row of houses, state inspection
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Looking NW at W side High St between Boyden Place & Orange St

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 August 2022 Downtown, High Street, James Street Commons, Newark College of Engineering, Orange Street

Tagged   art wire and stamping co, gas station, james david distribution, luxon, sunoco, swift and company
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Looking W at SW corner Central Ave & South 6th St

  By Myles Zhang January 1964 August 2022 Central Avenue, Fairmount

Tagged   Bank of commerce, billboard, convertible tops, gas station, pepsi
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Junction West Market St, South 7th St, looking SE

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 August 2022 Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   american, Amoco, billboard, gas station, taylor taste, tilden brakes
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W side West Market St, looking SE from NW corner Central Ave, is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 August 2022 Central Avenue, Fairmount, Market Street

Tagged   gas station, luncheonette, row of businesses
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S side Orange St looking SE from NW corner High St is now a Mormon church.

  By Myles Zhang May 1962 August 2022 Downtown, High Street, James Street Commons, Orange Street

Tagged   billboard, castrol, cities service, del monte, gas station, jersey packing co, row of businesses
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W side Elizabeth looking SW from NE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 July 2022 Clinton Hill

Tagged   26, fire escape, gas station, merti, post office mailbox, street light, traffic light
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E side Wallace Place looking SE from opposite Academy St is now a strip mall

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 July 2022 University Heights

Tagged   awning, bushes, fence, gas station, multi level house, sunoco, traffic light
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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 August 2022 Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   B & L, esso, fire escape, gas station, janitor supplies
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