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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
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    • Samuel Berg Interview
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W side Mulberry St looking SW from NE corner Mulberry Place is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 August 2022 Downtown

Tagged   fire escape, Fischer Baking van, hardware van, manhole cover, street light, street parked cars
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S side Warren looking SW from NE corner Colden is the now campus of the Newark College of Engineering.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 July 2022 Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   brick road, food market, manhole cover, row of buildings, street parked cars, utility poles
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West Kinney St lookinging E from Belmont

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   manhole cover, row of buildings, traffic light
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#96 Lock St is the now campus of the Newark College of Engineering.

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 June 2022 Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

All that survives of the old photo is the entrance at left to the subway station.

Tagged   house, manhole cover, subway entrance, utility pole
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N side James St looking W from SE corner Plane

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 August 2022 Downtown, James Street, James Street Commons

Tagged   awning, hertz, man, manhole cover, post office mailbox, street parked cars, traffic light
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Newark Fire Engine House #20, #19 Prince St. Only the fire hydrant remains of what was here.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   Engine 20, fire hydrant, fire station, manhole cover
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N side Springfield Ave looking W from SE corner Howard

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 August 2022 Belmont, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   1 hour service, appliances, credit clothing, Dee's cleaners, dry cleaners, furniture store, manhole cover, no right turn, Richard's, row of businesses, traffic light
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Hayes Circle looking SE from Avon Ave corner Somerset St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   asphalt street, Bill Moose, bowling alley, car, manhole cover, parked cars, row of businesses, Samuel's Lark
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W side Richmond looking S from NE corner 13th Ave

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 July 2022 University Heights

Tagged   Diamond T Motor Trucks, Lincoln Rug Co, manhole cover, parked cars, trees, trucks, utility poles
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Jones St looking S from NE corner Norfolk & South Orange

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 August 2022 Belmont, South Orange Avenue

Tagged   billboards, cars, esso, fire hydrant, gas station, manhole cover, post office mailbox, traffic light
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