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Mosque Theatre
The Mosque Theatre opened in Newark in 1925. As part of Salaam Temple, it sat 3,500, contained a spacious orchestra pit, 19 dressing rooms, a property room, a musician's room, and a library. Modern Greek in treatment it was architecturally, " one of…
Lyric Theatre
The theater was known as the American Music Hall when it opened in 1908. With new ownership in 1915, came the new name the Lyric Theatre.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), opened about 10 years after the idea was first introduced by then-Governor Thomas H. Kean. The firms Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and James Stewart Polshek & Partners jointly developed a master plan for…
Wiss Building
The Wiss Company was the Newark based manufacturer of scissors and sheers and a retail jeweler. This was an L-shaped, 10 story building of white stone, terracotta, and pressed metal.
