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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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NE corner Lyons Ave & Osborne Terrace

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 April 2026 Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, Weequahic

Tagged   empty lot, sidewalk, street parked cars, trees
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W side North 11th St, #8 on right

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   row of buildings, sidewalk
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W side North 13th St, #12-14-16

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   row of houses, sidewalk, trash can
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W side Gray St, #46-48-50

  By Myles Zhang June 1962 April 2026 Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   porch, row of houses, sidewalk
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Bergen St, left to right #21-19-17-15

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   house, porch, row of houses, sidewalk
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106 & 116 North 5th St looking NW is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   apartment buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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#52 Roseville Ave is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   driveway, garage, house, sidewalk
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E side Ridgewood looking NE from SW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

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


Tagged   apartment building, brick road, sidewalk
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E side 2nd St looking NE from SW corner Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   corner store, people walking, pepsi sign, school, sidewalk, street parked cars, tony and mary albanese
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E side Ridgewood looking SE from NW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   apartment building, brick road, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Ridgewood looking SE from opposite Belmont Terrace

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   apartment building, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from SE corner Hunterdon

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, post office mailbox, row of houses, sidewalk, traffic light
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Vocational School, Sussex Ave from 2nd St to Bergen, looking NE

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, school, sidewalk
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#41-43 Orange St is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Orange Street

Tagged   empty store, fire hydrant, sidewalk
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N side Marie Place looking NW from Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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S side Hawthorne looking SW from NE corner Elizabeth Ave

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner building, parking lot, sidewalk, traffic light, utility pole
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Fountain Missionary Baptist Church, #59 Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   church, sidewalk
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W side Johnson Ave looking NW from Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Temple Bnai Israel, #610 Belmont Ave

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   church, fence, sidewalk, temple
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N side Hunterdon looking N from SW corner Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   joey beauty center, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Hunterdon looking N from opposite Sheridan Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, child, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Jelliff looking NE from #461 is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking W from Peshine

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Jelliff looking NE from #441

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Hawthorne Ave looking E from Badger. Stash Restaurant

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   restaurant, sidewalk, stash, street parked cars
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N side Grant Ave looking NE from Hunterdon

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of buildings, sidewalk
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N side Sheridan Ave looking NE from Hunterdon is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, child, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Jelliff looking NE from #427

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Badger looking S from Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare tree, row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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E side Bergen looking SE from #817 (near Hawthorne)

  By Myles Zhang December 1961 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   barbershop, laundry, row of businesses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Junction Orange & West Market looking E from Hedden Place. The Point.

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Market Street, Roseville, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition


Tagged   row of businesses, sidewalk, street light, Willner's
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SW corner Market & Alling looking SW from Pennsylvania Railroad Station is now a parking lot

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Gateway Center, Market Street

Tagged   chesloff furs, no parking, olassa wohl, sidewalk, transit bar
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Park at West Market, Summit, & Bank Streets looking NE is now the campus of Essex County College.

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

Tagged   benches, no parking, park, sidewalk, trees
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#167 West Market

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

Tagged   cleaned and blocked, hats, old house, sidewalk, wooden fence
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St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   church, curve, sidewalk, traffic light
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N side West Market looking NE from SW corner South 7th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Fairmount, Market Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   dietl and kraft, refrigeration sales and service, sidewalk, traffic light, women walking
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#537-539 West Market between Sussex Ave & Humboldt St

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

Tagged   balcony, multi level house, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Mulberry St looking directly N from Central Railroad trestle

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown, Four Corners

Tagged   Baxter rubber, esso, park n lock, sidewalk, Simmons
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W side North 6th St looking SW from NE corner Orange St

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

Tagged   police station, sidewalk, street parked cars, trees
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SW corner Orange & North 6th St, 2nd Precinct Police Station

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   police, police station, row of buildings, sidewalk, traffic light
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W side Jay looking SW from NE corner Orange

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Street Scenes of Partial Demolition, University Heights

Tagged   fence, fire hydrant, sidewalk, street parked cars, trees
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Alling St looking N from Edison Place

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Downtown, Gateway Center, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   parking lot, sidewalk
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E side 2nd St looking NW from SE corner Orange

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Preserved Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   bridge, fence, multi level house, railroad crossing, railroad tracks, sidewalk, street light, trees
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E side North 13th St looking NE from SW corner Orange

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   May's, row of houses, shoe store, sidewalk, street parked cars
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S side Orange looking SE from SE corner opposite South 11th St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   R & S auto stores, sidewalk, supermarket, Taft, women walking
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S side Columbia looking SW from railroad trestle along Hamilton St

  By Myles Zhang July 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   Amato machinery, fire hydrant, row of buildings, sidewalk
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E side Bergen looking SE from NW corner Cabinet is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry

Tagged   coca cola sign, corner store, one way, people walking, row of houses, sidewalk, variety shoppe
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N side Cabinet looking NE from SW corner Morris is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   corner house, people walking, sidewalk
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E side Bruce looking SE from NW corner Cabinet is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   row of businesses, sidewalk, utility pole, woody's
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NW corner Cabinet from SE corner Morris is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang June 1961 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   people walking, row of buildings, sidewalk, street parked car
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