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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
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Looking SW at W side Mulberry St from corner Lafayette St, Century Motor #191

  By Myles Zhang August 1967 July 2022 Downtown, Four Corners

Tagged   bar and restaurant, Century motor and compressor, grocery store, jordan baris, pepsi sign
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Looking SW at S side 15th Ave from Bruce St

  By Myles Zhang May 1967 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   appliance and furniture, fire escape, grocery store, laundercenter, laundry, nickels nd son, row of buildings, stanley's, trash cans
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Looking NW at W side Rutgers St, #81-66, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 July 2022 New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Looking NW at W side Rutgers St 66 to 58 is now the campus of UMDNJ.

Looking NW at W side Rutgers St 68 to 48 is now the campus of UMDNJ.

Tagged   coca cola sign, empty lot, fire escape, grocery store, no parking, pepsi sign, rubble
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Looking SW at S Side 12th Ave from corner of Rutgers St, #2-8 etc., is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 July 2022 New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   coca cola sign, essex tavern, grocery store, man walking, norfolk cleaners and dyers, one way, riccio's
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Looking SE at S side South Orange Ave from Wallace St looking at South Orange Ave corner of Hayes St, #144-148 etc.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 August 2022 South Orange Avenue

Tagged   arrow savings, bar-b-q, coca cola sign, grocery store, no parking, unity mobilization
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Looking E at NE corner Hunterdon & Cabinet (fire) is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang January 1964 July 2022 New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   emergency barrier, fire rubble, grocery store, man walking, mell-o-made ice cream
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#75-73-71-69 West Market is now the campus of Essex County College.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Essex County College, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   American bakery, cleaners, grocery store, Jewel's, joe's, market
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N side Orange St looking NW from SE corner Jay

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

Tagged   grocery store, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side West Kinney looking W from opposite Sayre St

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   fish market, grocery store, one way, pepsi sign, row of buildings, steet parked cars, traffic light
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W side Broad looking NW from SE corner Emmet

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 August 2022 Broad Street, South Broad Street

Tagged   army and navy sore, billboard, corner store, Emmett, fire escape, grocery store, philadelphia, street light, street parked cars
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