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  • Tags: urban renewal

Study from the Housing Authority of the City of Newark on urban planning.

Construction report, Newark Housing Authority_1956.pdf
Newark Housing Authority report featuring the newest project, Columbus Homes

Aerial photograph of North and Central Wards 1950.jpg
Aerial photograph of Newark Central and North Wards, documenting the area between South Orange Avenue to south and Park Avenue to north; Branch Brook Park to east and Fairmount Cemetery to west. Map predates the 1957 construction of Route 280. A…

Urban Renewal - Newark, New Jersey 1957.jpg
Redlining map of Newark, indicating most desirable loan areas in green (predominantly white a Jewish) a areas of city whose residents should be refused mortgage (predominantly black). Map also indicates corresponding areas of city slated for urban…

Proposed Newark Freeway System 1950.jpg
Map of existing and proposed freeways in Newark, including proposed Route 75 across the Central Ward, Route 280, and widened McCarter Highway. Map also illustrates the relationship between the proposed highway system and the future location of…

East-West Freeway & Route 25A Extension.jpg
Map covers area of Central and west Wards betwen New & Lock Street to Oraton Parkway in east Orange - plans to demolish parts of Branch Brook Park for freeway construction.

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.

Broad-Market Newsstand Demolition 2006.jpg
A grappler attacks the roof of the shuttered newsstand/bus stop at the northeast corner of Broad and Market Streets on June 26, 2006. The destruction of the newsstand was the opening move in the city's project to reconstruct Market Street and the…
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