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Branch Brook Park opened in 1895 as the nation's first county park for public use under the newly formed Essex County Park Commission. Its layout is based on plans conceived in a report from the firm of Olmsted, Vaux and Company in 1867 (document…

The James Street Commons Historic District comprises an area near Washington Square Park and adjacent to Newark's Central Business district - roughly bounded by Halsey, Warren, Boyden, Bleeker, Orange, and Broad Streets. The entire district is on the…

Military Park is an obtuse triangular park that takes up 6 acres between Broad Street, Park Place, and Rector Street. It was originally named Middle Commons, and was first laid out by Robert Treat as a training ground, present on the first extant map…

The North Broad Street Historic District consists of an urban residential neighborhood of eight rowhouses located in the North Ward of Newark. Seven of these rowhouses were built in the Renaissance Revival style and dressed with limestone while the…

Riverbank Park was planned under the the Essex County Park system by the Olmsted Brothers (John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., sons of Frederick Law Olmsted). Influenced by the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893, the city of…

The Pulaski Skyway is a 3.5-mile-long viaduct that is part of U.S. Route 1/9. It starts at Tonneles Circle in Jersey City and it spans the Hackensack River over to Kearny where it hovers over an industrial area. After crossing the Passaic River, it…

The Weequahic Park Historic District is centered around Weequahic Park, which is a large park (311.33 acres) of the Essex County Park System. This park was designed by the famous Olmsted Brothers firm, lead by John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law…

The Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a leader and example of the Rural Cemetery Movement and Newark's oldest cemetery. The grounds include a variety of significant funerary monuments, including the Cook Tomb. The 1877 entry gates on Broadway were designed…

Forest Hill Historic District is located in the Northeast of Newark. It takes up 57 blocks and is bounded by Verona Avenue, Mount Prospect Avenue, Second Avenue, and Branch Brook Park. This primarily residential district consists of houses built…

Evergreen Cemetery takes up 115 acres, spanning the towns Hillside, Newark, and Elizabeth. Designed in a picturesque style by Ernest Meyer, this cemetery is an example of the Rural Cemetery Movement. It consists of various winding paths and monuments…

Lincoln Park Historic District covers 10 blocks and is bound by Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (High St.), W. Kinney St., McCarter Highway, South St., Pennsylvania Ave., Lincoln Park, and Clinton Ave. The district consists of two parks, three landmark…

The Military Park Commons Historic District takes up about 11 blocks and is roughly bound by Washington Place, McCarter Highway, Halsey Street, and Raymond Blvd. The district is mostly commercial and consists of 69 primary buildings and 9 works of…

The Four Corners Historic District covers about 27 blocks, and 85 acres. It is centered around the two most prominent streets in Newark, Broad and Market Streets, and is bound by Raymond Blvd., Mulberry St., Hill St., and Washington St. This is the…