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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
    • Urban Renewal by the Numbers
    • What does racializing space mean?
  • Featured Images with Memories

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N side Thomas looking NE from SW corner Austin

  By Myles Zhang May 1961 July 2022 Lincoln Park

Tagged   row of houses, street parked cars, tree
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N side Poinier looking NE from opposite corner Pennsylvania

  By Myles Zhang May 1961 August 2022 South Broad Street

Tagged   building, gas station, parked cars, tree
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W side Orchard looking NW from SE corner Thomas

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 July 2022 Lincoln Park

Tagged   row of houses, sidewalk, street parked cars, tree
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Vegetable Garden NW corner Mount Prospect & 3rd Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1961 July 2022 Lower Broadway

Tagged   garden, house, tree, utility pole
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South 8th St Public School looking W

  By Myles Zhang August 1960 July 2022 Fairmount

Tagged   bushes, children, fence, school, school yard, street parked cars, tree
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E side Colden St looking N from Morris Canal is the now campus of the Newark College of Engineering.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 June 2022 Newark College of Engineering, University Heights

Tagged   bushes, row of houses, sidewalk, tree, utility pole
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N side College Place looking W from SW corner West St

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   alley way, brick road, no parking, sidewalk, tree
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E side Quitman looking N from SW corner Spruce

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   esso, fire escape, street parked cars, traffic light, tree
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N side Baldwin looking E from SW corner Broome is now the middle of this athletic complex.

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   fire hydrant, multi level building, row of buildings, tree, truck
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W side West St looking N from SE corner Court St

  By Myles Zhang July 1960 July 2022 Belmont

Tagged   do not enter, empty lot, fire hydrant, fire sign, row of houses, tree
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