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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
    • Redlining & Manufactured Decline
    • Samuel Berg Interview
    • Urban Renewal by the Numbers
    • What does racializing space mean?
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Tag: railroad crossing

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Looking NE at Elizabeth Ave from corner Pennie St

  By Myles Zhang June 1963 July 2022 Clinton Hill

Tagged   280, broad st pontiac, eastern transportation company, hotpoint, railroad crossing, used cars
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E side 2nd St looking NW from SE corner Orange

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 August 2022 Roseville

Tagged   bridge, fence, multi level house, railroad crossing, railroad tracks, sidewalk, street light, trees
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Looking SE on railroad from Avon is now the middle of an industrial park

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 May 2022 Belmont

Tagged   138, railroad crossing, railroad station
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S side 18th Ave looking SE from NW corner Jelliff

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   cars, playground, railroad crossing, sidewalk, tree, utility pole
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Looking directly S onto railroad from Waverly Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   brick road, cargo train, railroad crossing, railroad tracks, trees
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Looking directly SW onto railroad yard from Waverly Ave is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 September 2022 Belmont

Tagged   brick road, cargo train, railroad crossing, railroad station
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Looking directly N onto railroad yard from Waverly Ave

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   brick road, cargo train, railroad crossing
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S side Waverly Ave looking SW from railroad

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   200, buy or lease, railroad crossing, street parked car
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S side 18th Ave looking SW from NE corner Jelliff is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   Pennsylvania freight station, railroad crossing, railroad yard, sidealk, utility poles
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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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