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Newark Changing
Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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Lyric Theater – Newark News, Looking E at N side Market corner Beacon

  By Myles Zhang January 1964 August 2022 Downtown, Four Corners, Market Street

Tagged   lyric, mailbox, men's clothes shop, newark news, theater
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Lyric Theater – Newark News, Looking E at N side West Market corner Beaver

  By Myles Zhang January 1964 August 2022 Downtown, Four Corners, Market Street

Tagged   lyric, men's clothes shop, newark news, seafood bar, snyder hats, theater
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Looking E at N side West Market corner Beacon. Lyric Theater-Newark News #207-209/211

  By Myles Zhang January 1963 August 2022 Downtown, Four Corners, Market Street

Tagged   lyric, men's clothes shop, newark news, snyder hats, theater
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Looking NW at N side Market from SW corner Mulberry

  By Myles Zhang January 1963 August 2022 Downtown, Four Corners, Market Street

Tagged   lyric, newark news, row of businesses, theater
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S side Orange St looking SE from opposite Essex St

  By Myles Zhang May 1962 August 2022 Downtown, James Street Commons, Orange Street

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, liquor store, row of businesses, theater, yankee bar
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Plaza Theatre, #129 North 7th St between Orange St & 7th Ave is now a church.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 August 2022 Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   bush, closing for a while sign, parked cars, Plaza theater, theater, wire fence
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