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Route 78 map in 1962.jpg
Map of Route 78 between Garden State Parkway and McCarter Highway Junctions - the airport section and interchanges.

Proposed First Phase for Newark Plaza.jpg
Initial proposal for Newark Gateway Project - buoyed by Penn Station to east, Raymond Boulevard to north, a McCarter Highway to west

Aerial view of Downtown Newark 1949.jpg
Aerial photograph of most of Downtown Newark with the future path of Route 280 indicated with bright red line. This map was created in preparation for the construction of this highway and the demolition of homes and businesses that impeded its path.

One Gateway Center proposed rendering 1971.jpg
Architectural rendering of proposed (and built) One Gateway Center, a 26-story building directly across the street from Penn Station.

The Roseville Avenue Railroad YRunkown-01.jpg
The Roseville Avenue Railroad Station of the Lackawanna Railroad is to the right. The railroad tracks are depressed to eliminate dangerous grade crossings.A Bridge crossing is available at each side street. The official name of the railroad was the…

The Pennsylvania Railroad Station YRunkwon-01.jpg
The Pennsylvania Rail Road station was located southwest of the present Penn Station on the opposite side of Market Street. This building had a roof that sheltered passengers from weather while waiting for trolleys and carriages. The tracks were…

The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station-01.jpg
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station on Broad street adjacent to Route 280. Many commuters take passenger train from stops in Morris and Essex Counties to Newark and walk along Broad Street to their offices and universities. The…

The North Newark Station of the Delaware-01.jpg
The North Newark Station of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was on the present Broadway, then known as Washington, Avenue. It was one of seven railroad stations in Newark.

Courthouse 1907-01.jpg
Well known architect Cass Gilbert designed the 1907 Essex County Courthouse, which is still being used. The Courthouse was built behind the 1837 building, set on a hill just below high street, it rises above market street, Its main doorway is reached…

Courthouse 1837-01.jpg
In 1837, Philadelphia architect John Haviland designed this Egyptian style building to house the governments of both Essex County and the City of Newark. A decade later, the city government moved from building to building until present city hall was…

US post office-01.jpg
The old US post office was on Broad Street at the Morris Canal, it featured a tall tower with a clock. The canal went under Broad Street at this site.The Canal ceased operations in 1924, and it became Raymond Boulevard in 1932.

City Hall 1906-01.jpg
The Beaux Art city hall was designed by John H. And Wilson Ely and built of granite and marble. Began in 1903, completed 1906.

Public Library 1901-01.jpg
The Newark public library was founded in 1889, in a building on West Park Street. It developed from the old Newark Library Association formed in1845. It occupied library hall with the post office, the NJ Art Union, the NJ Historical Society, the NJ…

horse-carriage on Broad Street-01.png
Engine steamer horse-drawn carriages racing down Broad Street to a fire. The L.S Plaut & Company department store are on the left, Military part on the right. Note the amount of pedestrians simply walking across the street and how few wheeled…

The American Music Hall on Market Street-01.png
The American Music Hall at 211 Market Street. The American Music Hall opened in 1909 in a four-story building at 211 Market Street, it presented vaueville, burlesque, and motions pictures. The theater and the office building adjacent were both built…

Broad Street-01.png
Trolleys travel along the street, a horse and wagon travel along side them. The Hahne department store is to the left, Trinity Episcopal church on the right.

Broad Street- Parks Place and Military Park-01.png
Military Park bordered by Broad Street and Park Place. Automobiles are replacing carriages and wagons. The number of pedestrians and Trolly cars are arriving in Newark more frequently to visit stores. Nearly every store has an awning sheltering parts…

Market street and Millitrary Park-01.png
The street is filled with trolleys, people, and horse wagons. Stores on the left include Ludwig Bauman & Company and Donald Dignified Credit. The trolley travels towards South Orange

Market Street -01.png
Taken from the direction of the Essex Country Courthouse, the streets are still cobblestoned to accommodate horses and wagons. The Trolleys are heading to South Orange, a delivery horse wagon on the right.

Market Street east from Broad Street-01.png
A view looking east toward Broad Street, traffic clogs Market Street with two trolleys passing each other. The trolley on the left no.729 Trolly is labeled Kinney, the one to the right is heading towards Pennsylvania Railroad Station. The large white…

Ironbound Voices_Nov1990.jpg
Title page of the free Tri-Lingual Ironbound Voices, vol 13, No 7. November 1990

Panorama - Downtown Newark 1960s.jpg
Panoramic view of downtown Newark with Branch Brook Park and Cathedral of the Sacred Heat in foreground. Old Columbus Homes and the Colonnades are also visible. And, the many neighborhoods of Newark, now largely demolished, are visible spread out…
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