"The York Center was the first building in the nation especially constructed for cooperative public and private research in hazardous waste management." The building's use has since diversified and is now used to conduct a wide variety of research…
Conceptually the building was developed by architect Alan Chimicoff (a member of the Professional Advisory Board), the chief designer of The Hillier Group, along with a faculty committee from the School of Architecture.
State Street School is one of the oldest public schools in Newark, significant for its leading role in educating African Americans during a period of segregation in education. The principal of this school, James M. Baxter Jr. was the first black…