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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
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#281 Morris Ave Public Bath of City Newark. Built 1925.

  By Myles Zhang June 1967 June 2022 Belmont

Tagged   public bath, sidewalk, trash cans
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Looking NE at N side Walnut St from Mulberry St, #65-69

  By Myles Zhang June 1967 August 2022 Downtown

Tagged   empty store, sidewalk, tavern
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Looking SE at S side South Orange Ave from Hunterdon St

  By Myles Zhang June 1967 August 2022 Belmont, South Orange Avenue

Tagged   apartment building, clarisse apartments, fire escape, gas station, sidewalk, sunoco
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Looking SW at S Side 12th Ave from Newton, #32-38 etc., is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang June 1967 July 2022 New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars
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Looking NW at N side Elm St, Perry Tool #21 Elm

  By Myles Zhang June 1967 July 2022 Downtown

Tagged   fibre and bakelite, fire escape, no parking, perry tool and machine, sidewalk
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Looking SW at S side 14th Ave from Bedford St, Gerardo’s #14 14th Ave

  By Myles Zhang May 1967 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   courtney's, food market, gerardo's, laundry, pepsi sign, sidewalk
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Looking SE at E Hayes St from 14th Ave Newark Public Library

  By Myles Zhang May 1967 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   fence, public library, sidewalk, traffic light
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Looking SW at S side 14th Ave from Prospect Place, #28-30, is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1967 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   lounge, man standing, pink palace, row of buildings, sidewalk
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Looking SW at S Side 14th Ave from Bruce St, Park Place Lounge, #201 Bruce

  By Myles Zhang May 1967 August 2022 Belmont

Tagged   allen's, children, food market, lounge, man walking, mayfair ice cream, pink palace, sidewalk
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Looking SW at S side 14th St from Hayes St

  By Myles Zhang May 1967 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   corner building, fire escape, sidewalk, traffic light, truck
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