As we look ahead we must honor our past !
Posted in ironbound on Nov 28th, 2007
“One of Newark’s finest old factories, the Murphy Varnish Company building in the Ironbound section, looms like an abandoned Georgian country mansion over the industrial landscape. Signs on its boarded-up exterior seem to anticipate the end of the still privately owned building: they alert firefighters to flammable materials on each floor…”
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Posted in Canal on Nov 24th, 2007
What does Newark, Mulberry St, Flemming Ave and the Morris Canal have in common?
Well I’ve heard both streets were once a canal, the northern side of Fleming ave was called the Island and people crossed it through little walking bridges. I am searching for more information. Can you help?
To start, there was once a canal […]
Posted in Asian on Nov 20th, 2007
Chinatown, Mulberry St. between Lafayette and Franklin Sts. was, until the post-War deportation of thousands of Chinese, one of the most exotic and dangerous places in Newark. Broken windows and rusted iron today in the once brightly illuminated Arcade, L. off Mulberry st., suggests little of the bazaars, jade shops, and tea houses that once […]
It is said the name Ironbound comes from all those train tacks surrounding this exotic neighborhood in Newark, NJ.
As much as that may be true, some of the tracks are no longer in existance but it is still Ironbound in a funny way because in this residential area you can find more nails on […]
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As we look ahead we must honor our past !
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