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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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N side Avon looking NE from SW corner Badger

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   fire escape, liquor store, mack liquors, man walking, street parked cars
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N side Avon looking NE from SW corner Hunterdon

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   billboards, corner store, man walking, manhole cover, row of houses, street parked cars
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S side Waverly looking SW from NE corner Fairview is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   billiards, brick road, coca cola sign, corner store, man walking, men standing, street parked cars
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S side Rose looking SW from NE corner Peshine is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   man walking, sidewalk, street parked cars, traffic light, truck
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E side Bergen looking SE from NW corner Springfield

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   359, bank, brick road, cars, Carteret savings, man walking, post office mailbox, row of houses, sidewalk, street light, traffic light, utility pole
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E side Hunterdon NE from SW corner Avon is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   billboards, corner store, man walking, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Bergen looking NE from SW corner Rose is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 September 2022 Belmont

Tagged   corner store, Lord calver, man walking, people walking, street parked cars, traffic light, tree
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Looking SE on railroad from Rose & Jelliff

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   man walking, railroad crossing, railroad yard, trees
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4th Precinct, S side 17th Ave looking SW from Belmont, the focal point of Newark’s July 1967 rebellion

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   grass, man walking, police, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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S side Springfield looking SE from NW corner Morris

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   baby carriages, discount store, Flax's, furniture, man walking, row of businesses, Silver's
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