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Built in 1952, the Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh Homes consisted of 12 residential buildings, 9 of which were 8-story buildings and 3 of which were 3-story buildings.

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The Oheb Shalom Congregation building is the oldest extant synagogue in Newark. This building was constructed in 1884 and presents an eclectic combination of Gothic and Moorish styles. The Rose window and projecting tower coexist with…

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The Symington house is the third oldest house in Newark. This building is a 3-story brick townhouse originally constructed as a rectory for adjacent Trinity Church, now known as Trinity and St. Philip’s Cathedral. It is the best remaining…

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The Watts, Campbell & Company was a prominent plant manufacturing steam engines and machine works. It occupied several city blocks, and consisted of eleven buildings.

The almshouse was a facility used as a mental hospital, and a hospital for the acute and chronically ill, and the dying and destitute. The almshouse was the predecessor to the City Hospital.

The North Newark Hospital was transferred to the American Legion around the 1940's, and was renamed the American Legion Memorial Hospital.

Babies' Hospital was founded in 1896 by Dr. Henry Leber Colt to serve sick children under the age of 5. The hospital began at 2 adjoining buildings on High St. and Bank St. A new building at 15 Roseville Ave. opened in January, 1930. This new…

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Congregation Ahavas Shalom,the oldest operating synagogue in Newark, is a reminiscent of the city's vibrant Jewish community in the early twentieth century. Located to the north of Newark's Central Business District, the synagogue was designed in the…

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The Sydenham House is the oldest house in Newark. Built in 1711, before Newark obtained its city charter, it represents a prototype of an early American homestead. The house has a traditional salt-box style with one side of the gabled roof extending…

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Aerial photograph of most of Downtown Newark with the future path of Route 280 indicated with bright red line. This map was created in preparation for the construction of this highway and the demolition of homes and businesses that impeded its path.

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Architectural rendering of proposed (and built) One Gateway Center, a 26-story building directly across the street from Penn Station.

The Gateway Office Complex is made up of 4 buildings, Gateway 1, 2, 3, and 4, which are all connected by skywalks and pedestrian malls. Gateway 1 was completed in 1971 and Gateway 2 was completed in 1972. Both were designed by Victor Gruen…

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Dock Bridge connecting Newark with Harrison is an important segment of the North East Rail Road corridor. Its structure consists of a pair of through-truss lift bridges crossing the Passaic River at Newark, used exclusively for railroad traffic. The…

This article describes the engineering innovations at the Newark International Airport.

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The Belleville Avenue Congregational Church, located in the Mount Pleasant area north of the Central Business District, was built in 1874. The building epitomizes High Victorian Gothic architecture in Newark through the use of such features as…
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