• About
  • Contribute
  • A Project by Myles Zhang
Newark Changing
Newark Changing
Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
Skip to content
  • 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?
  • Featured Images with Memories

Tag: man standing

No comments

S side West Market looking SW from NE corner Wickliffe

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 September 2022 Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   7up, central food market, corner store, man standing
No comments

S side West Market looking SE from NW corner Norfolk St

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 August 2022 Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   corner store, liquor store, man standing, row of businesses, Schenley
No comments

#60-62-64 Orange St, S side is now a corporate parking lot

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

Tagged   comfort shoes, man standing, row of businesses, traffic light
No comments

NW corner Bergen & Cabinet. Bergen St left to right 49-41-39-37 is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 July 2022 New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   bar, do not enter, man standing, one way, reilly
No comments

#126-128 North 5th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 August 2022 Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   house, man standing, porch, street parked cars
No comments

W side Hunterdon looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 July 2022 Clinton Hill

Tagged   bare trees, man standing, row of houses, street parked cars
No comments

Rusticated house SW corner 14th Ave & Hayes St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   corner store, man standing, multi level building, traffic light
No comments

E side North 14th St looking NE from SW corner Orange

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 July 2022 Roseville

Tagged   man standing, Sol and Joe, street parked cars, utility poles
No comments

N side Centre St, #21-25, near McCarter Highway

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Downtown, McCarter Highway, Military Park

Tagged   envelope and tag corp, esso, gas station, man standing, Pavery
No comments

W side Myrtle Ave looking SW from Orange St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   chinese restaurant, fire escape, man standing, street parked cars, trees
12345
  • You found an easter egg!

    Browse all photos on map

    ^1939 redlining map. What is redlining?

    Search by street name, not address


    Is this a photo of the home you lost or a place you know?
    Leave a comment with your memories.


    Project lead: Myles Zhang
    Research method, credits,
    and notes on naming conventions
  • Browse by slum clearance project

    • Redlining & Manufactured Decline
    • New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry
    • Newark College of Engineering
    • Rutgers University
    • Essex County College
    • Gateway Center
    • Interstate 78
    • Interstate 280
    • .
    • How many people were displaced?
    • How much did this cost taxpayers?
  • Browse by neighborhood

    • CENTRAL WARD
      • Belmont
      • Downtown
      • Four Corners
      • James Street Commons
      • Lincoln Park
      • Military Park
      • South Broad Street
      • University Heights
        • .
    • OTHER WARDS
      • Clinton Hill
      • Fairmount
      • Forest Hill / Upper Broadway
      • Ironbound
      • Roseville
      • Seventh Ave / Lower Broadway
      • Upper Roseville
      • Weequahic
  • Browse by significant street

    • Broad Street
    • Central Avenue
    • High Street
    • James Street
    • Market Street
    • McCarter Highway
    • Orange Street
    • South Orange Avenue
    • Springfield Avenue
  • Browse by subject

    abandoned building american flag apartment building asphalt street auto shop awning baptist church bar barbershop bare tree bare trees bay window billboard billboards branch brook park brick road bridge building buildings bushes cars child children church cleaners coca cola sign commercial building corner building corner house corner store cross do not enter drugstore empty lot esso factory fence fire escape fire hydrant food market for rent furniture store garage gas station grocery store house jordan baris laundry liquor store lot luncheonette manhole cover man standing man walking men standing men walking multi level building multi level house no left turn no parking no right turn one way parked cars parking lot people standing people walking pepsi pepsi sign phonebooth picket fence porch post office mailbox railroad tracks restaurant row of buildings row of businesses row of cars row of houses row of trees Schenley school sidewalk store front street light street parked car street parked cars street sign sunoco tavern traffic light trash can trash cans tree trees truck utility pole utility poles woman walking women walking wooden fence

  • Noticed a mistake?

    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.
    If a photo is misplaced, contact mylesz@umich.edu with a link to the photo and description of the error.
Samuel Berg's photos are copyrighted by the Newark Public Library and must be credited to the library. Commercial uses require service fees. Contact: http://npl.org/copies/
Powered by Parabola & WordPress.