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In search of the Morris Canal in Newark

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 […]

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In Seach of Newark’s Chinatown

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 […]

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