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L.S. Plaut (the Bee-Hive)

One of the three major department stores in Newark around the turn of the 20th century. The store was located between the Morris Canal, now Raymond Blvd., and Cedar Street. The building occupied an entire block. The store was founded by Sebastian…

Tags: Commercial

Lawyer's Building

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McCrorys

Constructed in 1892 to house the William V. Snyder Company Dry Goods Store, the building was converted to McCrory's five and dime department store in the 1940s. McCrory's modernized the structure’s facade to the Art Moderne style as well as…

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Medical Arts Building

Tags: commercial buildings, historic buildings, Lincoln Park Historic District, skyscrapers

Metropolitan Building

Tags: commercial buildings, Four Corners Historic District

National Newark Building

Tags: Four Corners Historic District, high-rises, historic buildings, skyscrapers

S. Klein on the Square

Tags: commercial buildings, department stores, Military Park Commons Historic District

Snyder's Department Store

Tags: commercial buildings, department stores, Military Park Commons Historic District

Stoutenburgh & Co. Building

Tags: commercial buildings, Four Corners Historic District

Union Building

Tags: commercial buildings, Four Corners Historic District, office buildings

U.S. Credit Systems Building

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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.

Tags: commercial buildings, high-rises, Military Park Commons Historic District

F.W. Woolworth Co. Variety store

The Woolworth building has an L-shaped plan with two principal facades, one on Market St. and one on Broad St.

Tags: commercial buildings, Four Corners Historic District

Wuensch the Druggist

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Industrial Office Building

Tags: commercial buildings, Lincoln Park Historic District

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…

Tags: cultural centers (buildings), performing arts buildings, theaters (buildings)

Branford Theatre

Tags: Four Corners Historic District, theaters (buildings), tour_theater

Proctor's Palace Theatre

Tags: movie theaters, theaters (buildings), tour_theater

Loew's State Theatre

Cameo Theatre

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Elvings Metropolitan Theatre

Elvings Metropolitan Theatre was Newark's only Yiddish theater, which was built and operated by Bernard and Israel Elving.

Tags: theaters (buildings), tour_theater

Empire Theatre

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Liberty Hall

Formerly stood at 252 South Orange Avenue.

Tags: Cultural

Library Hall

Formerly stood at 115 Market Street.

Tags: Cultural

Little Theatre

This is a one bay, three story, L-shaped building that takes the form of a minaret. In 1930 the building won a Broad Street Association award for architectural harmony.

Tags: Military Park Commons Historic District, movie theaters, theaters (buildings)

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