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Situated on a confined site to the north edge of the Central Business district, Newark-Broad Street Station exemplifies the architectural eclecticism of the early twentieth century. The construction of the station in 1901-1903 coincided with the…

These .pdf documents are intended to support the City of Newark and NJ TRANSIT in their effort to deploy Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) throughout Newark and its neighboring municipalities. It was written by faculty, staff and graduate students at both the…

Map of Newark and Contiguous Territory

Newark City Planning Map, plan of meadow development and harbor improvement

City-wide housing program HDRC, 1973

Map of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (then the Newark College of Engineering) campus circa 1962-1963 from a course catalog.

Index (not pictured) identifies the numbers as:

1. Eberhardt Hall - 323 High Street (Admissions and…

Campus map of the Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology) crica 1967-1968 taken from a course catalog.

Index (not pictured) identifies buildings as:

1. Entwisle Physical Education Building - 80 Lock Street
2. The…

A former day camp for tuberculosis patients unable to secure treatment elsewhere. Permission from a city physician was required for admission.

Newark Panorama, Bird's eye view of Newark between the present-day area of Mulberry Street and Penn Station, labeled with homesteads of important residents (Sally Crane, John Morris, etc.) and names of city streets (Mulberry Steet, Market Street,…

The Newark Emergency Hospital was organized in 1901.

The Newark Female Charitable Society used as its headquarters a three-story tall building located in Halsey Street. This structure was designed by R.H. Rowden, a local architect, in the Victorian Eclectic style with Romanesque features. The building…

A figure of a mustached fireman, dressed in a fireman's uniform consisting of a knee-length buttoned and belted coat, and a helmet, stands holding a fire trumpet to his side with his proper left hand. He points upward with his proper right arm. The…

Paper for Prof. Tony Schuman's Envisioning Newark 679:001 class

Factbook with statistics on the city.

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Newark Airport, opened in 1928, was the first large commercial airport in the United States, and the first to serve the New York metropolitan area. It was also the busiest airport in the world from 1930-1939. The three buildings recognized by the…