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Mapping neighborhood demolition: 1950s to today
 
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S side New St looking W from NE corner Plane St is now the campus of Rutgers University.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Rutgers University

Tagged   brick building, brick road, coca cola sign, no right turn, pepsi sign, traffic light
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SW corner Central & Broad

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Broad Street, Central Avenue, Downtown, Military Park, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   beauty salon, cars, corner store, donuts, Gray's, man walking, Martin's, old hickory, traffic light
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S side Central looking W from #113 is now the campus of Rutgers University.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Central Avenue, Demolished Buildings, Downtown, James Street Commons, Rutgers University

Tagged   auto parts store, cars, ivy covered building, liquor store, no right turn, people walking, traffic light
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SW corner Halsey & Central, #36 Central, Jewish Charities

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Central Avenue, Demolished Buildings, Downtown, James Street Commons

Tagged   corner building, no right turn, traffic light, woman walking
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Broad St looking N from First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Broad Street, Downtown, James Street Commons, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   fire hydrant, Lauter Pianos, liquor store, people standing, restaurant, taxi, traffic light, vincove
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W side West St looking N from SE corner West Kinney is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, sidewalk, street parked cars, traffic light
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West Kinney St lookinging E from Belmont

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   manhole cover, row of buildings, traffic light
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E side Quitman looking N from SW corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   esso, fire escape, street parked cars, traffic light, tree
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E side Quitman looking N from SW corner Waverly

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   no parking, street parked cars, traffic light, utility poles
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E side Jones Street looking SE from NE corner South Orange Ave

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

Tagged   510, arrow savings, bank, coca cola sign, man standing, street light, traffic light, woman walking
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N side West Kinney looking E from SW corner West St

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   abandoned store, corner store, row of buildings, street parked cars, traffic light, utility pole
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W side Prince St looking N from SE corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, sidewalk, street parked cars, traffic light, utility poles
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N side Court St looking E from Prince

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, Kleinert's, liquor store, people standing, pepsi sign, Richman's, row of buildings, traffic light
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N side Spruce looking E from SW corner Quitman

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   building, street light, street parked cars, traffic light
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E side West St looking N from SW corner West Kinney

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   abandoned store, corner store, row of buildings, street parked cars, traffic light, utility pole
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N side West Kinney looking E from SW corner Prince

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   drugstore, fire escape, row of businesses, street parked cars, Talpin's, traffic light
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N side Court looking E from Belmont

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   no left turn, people walking, Solomon's employment agency, street parked cars, traffic light
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W side West St looking S from Mercer

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   abandoned building, row of buildings, street parked cars, traffic light
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S side West Kinney looking W from NE corner West St

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, traffic light
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S side Court looking W from NE corner Halsey is now a strip mall

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   no right turn, one way, package foods, street parked cars, traffic light, village tavern
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Miracle Revival Center (former Young Men’s Hebrew Association), SE corner High & Kinney

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Lincoln Park, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   auto shop, church, street light, traffic light
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Market St looking W from Mulberry

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Downtown, Four Corners, Market Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   Billards, Jack's foods, Marx and Smith Jewelers, no right turn, State farm sign, traffic light
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#214-204 Market St

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Downtown, Four Corners, Market Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   charm school, empire chain stores, Krueger's, loans, Sirkin clothes, street parked cars, tavern, traffic light, Wonder sign
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N side James St looking W from SE corner Plane

  By Myles Zhang June 1960 April 2026 Downtown, James Street, James Street Commons, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   awning, hertz, man, manhole cover, post office mailbox, street parked cars, traffic light
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N side West Kinney looking W from West Kinney & Sayre

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   coca cola sign, man standing, pepsi sign, street parked cars, traffic light, tree, utility pole
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N side Springfield Ave looking W from SE corner Howard

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   1 hour service, appliances, credit clothing, Dee's cleaners, dry cleaners, furniture store, manhole cover, no right turn, Richard's, row of businesses, traffic light
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Public School, W side Quitman looking S from NE corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   building, school, street parked cars, traffic light, tree, utility pole
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N side Springfield looking W from SE corner Livingston

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, Springfield Avenue

Tagged   cantor furniture, corner bar, Franklin liquors, liquor store, No right turn sign, post office mailbox, street light, traffic light
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W side West St looking S from NE corner West Kinney is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   Hi-spots, liquor store, people walking, street parked cars, traffic light, utility poles
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E side Somerset looking N from SW corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   ivy covered house, Kellar's, parked cars, pharmacy, row of cars, school, traffic light
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S side Spruce looking W from NE corner Quitman

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bushes, row of houses, street parked cars, traffic light, tree
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W side Sayre looking N from West Kinney & Sayre

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   fire escape, one way, speed sign, street parked cars, traffic light, truck, utility pole
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N side Spruce looking E from SW corner Somerset

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   drugstore, Kellar's, luncheonette, pharmacy, row of businesses, Tom Lee's, traffic light
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S side West Kinney looking W from NE corner West St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, row of buildings, street parked cars, traffic light
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W side Norfolk looking S from NE corner 13th Ave is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   asphalt street, coca cola, corner store, grocery store, parked cars, traffic light
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Jones St looking S from NE corner Norfolk & South Orange

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, South Orange Avenue

Tagged   billboards, cars, esso, fire hydrant, gas station, manhole cover, post office mailbox, traffic light
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S side West Kinney looking E from NW corner Belmont

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, Krueger's, parking lot, street sign, traffic light
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E side Prince looking S from NW corner Morton

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   corner store, light pole, man crossing street, Nat's food shop, parked cars, row of buildings, traffic light
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W side Howard St looking S from NE corner 12th Ave

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   bar, car, Fifty bar, fire hydrant, parked cars, traffic light, trees, utility pole
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W side Prince looking N from SE corner Court

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   asphalt street, corner store, fire escape, have a pepsi sign, Kleinert's, liquor store, row of buildings, traffic light, utility pole
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W side High St looking SW from NE corner William, toward Mercer

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Belmont, High Street, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   Finders, one way, spiked metal fence, street sign, traffic light
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N side West Kinney looking NW from SE corner Washington St

  By Myles Zhang May 1960 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Downtown

Tagged   drugstore, Katz drugs, liquor store, manhole cover, no left turn, one way, parked cars, row of houses, traffic light, utility pole
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E side Washington looking NE to Bleeker from SW corner New

  By Myles Zhang February 1960 April 2026 Downtown, James Street Commons, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   Allison System, manhole cover, Odell's, One way sign, street light, street parked cars, traffic light
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SE corner Washington & Central looking E from NW cor. was demolished by Edison Parking

  By Myles Zhang February 1960 April 2026 Central Avenue, Demolished Buildings, Downtown, James Street Commons

Tagged   holland tunnel sign, no parking sign, One way sign, row of buildings, Salvation Army, traffic light
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NE corner Spruce & Lincoln Park looking NE from #535 Washington

  By Myles Zhang February 1960 April 2026 Lincoln Park, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   do not enter, man walking, One way sign, street light, traffic light
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*Central Theatre, NE corner Central & South 8th St

  By Myles Zhang January 1959 April 2026 Central Avenue, Fairmount, Preserved Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, Central Theater, fire escape, pharmacy, street parked cars, traffic light
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*SE corner Roseville & Sussex Ave, Coit Memorial on right

  By Myles Zhang January 1959 April 2026 Fairmount, Street Scenes of Partial Demolition

Tagged   bare trees, corner house, fire escape, mansion, post office mailbox, street parked cars, traffic light
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