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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
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    • What does racializing space mean?
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Looking SE at E side Bergen St, #276-286, Eagle Roofing at #286

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   billboard, eagle roofing, fuel oil service, man standing, palisades amusement park, schmidt's
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Looking NW at W side Newton St from 14th Ave, #185 (Martaruccia Hall) to #177

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   fire escape, fluron, man standing, neon signs, no parking, sidewalk, trash can
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Looking NE at N Side 14th Ave from Bruce St, #33-31

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   barber and beauty supply, child, coca cola sign, furniture store, luncheonette, man standing, new and used, pepsi sign, woman walking
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Looking NW at W side Morris Ave from South Orange Ave is now the campus of UMDNJ.

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

Tagged   man standing, moving truck, sidewalk
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Looking SE at E side Bruce St from 13th Ave, #110-124, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

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

Tagged   bare trees, man standing, no parking, row of houses, sidewalk
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Looking NE at E side Rutgers St from South Orange Ave is now the campus of UMDNJ.

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

Tagged   billboard, corner store, man standing, nehi, pepsi sign, sidewalk
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Looking W at Boyden Place

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 August 2022 James Street Commons, Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   brick road, commercial building, man standing, street parked cars
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Looking SW at W side Myrtle Ave, #40-36-32

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 September 2022 Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   child, man standing, row of houses, street parked cars
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Looking SW at W side High St, etc. #277-275

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 August 2022 Downtown, High Street, James Street Commons

Tagged   bare trees, man standing, metered parking, row of buildings
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Looking NW at W Side Norfolk St, corner Cabinet St, #187-183 etc.

  By Myles Zhang March 1963 July 2022 University Heights

Tagged   man standing, row at buildings, street parked cars, utility poles
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