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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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    • Black and Blight
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N side Nelson Place looking NE from SW corner Howard on July 2, 1961

  By Myles Zhang July 1969 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Featured Memories, University Heights

F​rank Bray writes:
“Wow​, so many great pics of a bygone time! Parts of Newark look like the older parts of Toronto, but much of T​oronto has been gentrified​, and those old houses renovated​. Newark demolished everything.”

Tagged   brick road, fire escape, men standing, row of houses
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#238-240 Broadway being demolished

  By Myles Zhang August 1967 April 2026 Lower Broadway, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

August 21, 1967

August 29, 1967

August 30, 1967

Tagged   children, dentist, dr h. lessin, house being demolished, men standing
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Looking SE at S side South Orange Ave from Newton St, #168-170 etc.

  By Myles Zhang June 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   little joe's, men standing, no loitering school zone
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#78-80-80 1/2-82 3rd Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Lower Broadway

Tagged   house being demolished, men standing
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Looking NE at E side Hunterdon St from 16th Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bontempo, do not enter, men standing, one way, people walking, sidewalk, utility poles
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Looking NE at N side 13th Ave from Rutgers St is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   bar, charley's, dog, jordan baris, men standing, men walking
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Looking SW at W side Bruce St, #239-229

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fence, fire escape, laundry, men standing, row of buildings, sidewalk
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Looking SW at W side Bruce St from 14th Ave, #209-203

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   allen's, castellano, churhc, lounge, market, mayfair ice cream, men standing, pink palace, sidewalk
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Looking NW at W side Hunterdon St from 14th Ave, #217-215 etc.

  By Myles Zhang April 1967 April 2026 Belmont, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, fire escape, men standing, motorcycle, row of houses, street parked cars
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Looking NE at N side Elm St from Mulberry; corner 5-7-9-11-13

  By Myles Zhang June 1964 April 2026 Downtown, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, men standing, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from SE corner Badger is now this location on Interstate 78

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   corner store, men standing, row of buildings, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from SW corner Badger is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, men standing, post office mailbox, truck
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N side West Market looking NW from SE corner South 11th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, Roseville

Tagged   men standing, row of buildings, street parked cars
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E side Wallace Place looking NE from SW corner West Market

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Market Street, University Heights

Tagged   Atlas, corner store, gas station, men standing, neon signs, signs repair, street light, sunoco
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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 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   billiards, brick road, coca cola sign, corner store, man walking, men standing, street parked cars
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W side Fairview looking SW from NE corner 17th Ave is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   brick road, coca cola sign, food market, men standing, row of buildings, street parked cars
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E side Orchard St looking SE from NW corner Pennington

  By Myles Zhang May 1961 April 2026 Lincoln Park, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   do not enter, men standing, row of buildings, street light, street parked cars, utility pole
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W side Mulberry St looking NW from SE corner Mulberry Place

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   awning, cleaners, Fischer Baking van, food market, men standing, tic toc tavern
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E side South Orange Ave looking E from NE corner Broome

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue, University Heights

Tagged   castrol, fire hydrant, keys sign, men standing, street light, street parked cars
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E side Charlton looking NE from SW corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, man standing, men standing, row of buildings, street parked cars
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