
Newark (), nicknamed ''The Brick City'', is the largest city in New Jersey and the county seat of urban Essex County, New Jersey. Located approximately five miles (8 km) west of Manhattan, its location near the Atlantic Ocean on Newark Bay has helped make its port facility, Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the major container shipping port for New York Harbor. It is the home of Newark Liberty International Airport (formerly Newark Airport) which was the first major airport to serve the New York metropolitan area. [[Image:DSCN3830 newarkskylinefrombridge ef.JPG|center|frame|Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge.]] == History == Fairmount_Cemetery,_Newark.">Image:P1170169.JPG|300px|left|thumb|The landing of the Puritans in 1666, from the Settlers' Monument, Fairmount Cemetery, Newark. Newark was founded in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat, making it the third-oldest major city in the United States, after Boston, Massachusetts and New York City, though it is not the third-oldest settlement. Newark is the city's third name; previously, it was called Pasaic Town and New Milford. The name comes from Newark-on-Trent, a town in England from where some of the original settlers arrived. Newark's rapid growth began in the early 1800s through the making of patent leather and the construction of the Morris Canal in 1831. The canal connected Newark with the New Jersey hinterland, at that time a major iron and farm area. In 1826, Newark's population stood at 8,017, ten times the 1776 number. (Newark, John T. Cunningham, Chap. 11, Chap. 18) In the middle of the 19th century, Newark's industrial base diversified into Celluloid, the first commercially successful plastic, which found its way into Newark-made carriages, billiards, and dentures. Thomas Edison himself made Newark home in the early 1870s, inventing the ticker tape in the Brick City (Ibid, Chap. 18, pg 181). Nor was Newark entirely industrial. In the middle 19th century, Newark added insurance to its repertoire of businesses; Mutual Benefit Insurance was founded in the city in 1845 and Prudential Insurance in 1873. Today, Newark sells more insurance than any city except Hartford, Connecticut. (Ibid, Chap. 19, pg 186) Newark was bustling in the early to mid 20th century. It had four flourishing department stores – Hahne & Company, Louis Bamberger, L.S. Plaut and Company, and Kresge's (later known as K-Mart). "Broad Street today is the Mecca of visitors as it has been through all its long history," Newark merchants boasted, "they come in hundreds of thousands now when once they came in hundreds." (Newark, pg. 195) In 1948, just after World War II, Newark hit its peak population of just under 450,000. === Post-WWII era === But underneath the industrial hum, problems existed. Most New Jerseyans attribute Newark's demise to post-WWII phenomena—the 1967 Newark riots, the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, I-280 and I-78, decentralization of manufacturing, the GI Bill, and the general pro-suburban fiscal order—but Newark's relative decline actually began long before that. The city budget fell from $58 million in 1938 to only $45 million in 1944, despite the wartime boom and an increase in the tax rate from $4.61 to $5.30. Even in 1944, before anyone predicted the rise of the Sun Belt or the GI Bill, planners saw problems on Newark's horizon. Some attribute Newark's downfall to building so many housing projects, however, Newark's housing was always a matter of concern. The 1944 city-commissioned study showed that 31% of all Newark dwelling units were below standards of health, and only 17% of Newark's units were owner-occupied. (Newark, Chap. 27) Despite its problems, Newark did try in the postwar era. Prudential and Mutual Benefit were successfully enticed to stay and build new offices, and Rutgers University and Seton Hall University expanded their Newark presences, with the former building a brand-new campus on a 23 acre (93,000 m²) urban renewal site. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey made Newark the first container port in the nation and turned swamps in the south of the city into one of the ten busiest airports in the United States. As pesticides and mechanization reduced the need for cheap labor in the South, five million blacks migrated to northern cities between 1940 and 1970s, Newark being no exception. From 1950 to 1960, while Newark saw its overall population drop from 438,000 to 408,000, it gained 65,000 non-whites. By 1966, Newark was majority black, a faster turnover than most other northern cities experienced. In the 1950s alone, Newark's white population decreased from 363,000 to 266,000. From 1960 to 1967 its white population fell a further 46,000. Though white flight changed the complexion of Newark residents, white flight did not change the complexion of political and economic power in the city. In 1967, out of a police force of 1400, only 150 members were black, mostly in subordinate positions. The whiteness and brutality of the police force led it to be seen as an occupying force, rather than a protective entity. Since Newark's blacks lived in neighborhoods that had been white only two decades before, nearly all of their apartments and stores were white-owned as well. In 1967, when 70% of Newark's students were black, Mayor Hugh Joseph Addonizio refused to appoint a black secretary to the Board of Education. More importantly, Mayor Addonizio offered, without consulting any residents of the neighborhood to be affected, to condemn and raze for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 150 acres (607,000 m²) of a densely populated black neighborhood in the central ward. (UMDNJ had wanted to settle in suburban Madison, New Jersey.) The poverty and lack of political power contributed to a growing radicalization of Newark's black population. On July 12, 1967 there were scuffles between blacks and police in the fourth ward, but damage for the night was only $2,500. However, following television news broadcasts on July 13, new, larger race riot took place. Twenty-six people were killed, 1,500 wounded, 1,600 arrested, and $10 million in property destroyed. More than a thousand businesses were torched or looted, including 167 groceries, most never to reopen. Newark's reputation suffered dramatically. Tens of thousands of whites moved out. Middle class areas like Weequahic went from middle class white to poor black seemingly overnight. It was said "wherever American cities are going, Newark will get there first." === Post-riots === Newark saw a continued decline in the 1970s and 1980s. Whites continued to move out of the city, middle class blacks followed suit, and certain pockets of the city developed as domains of poverty and social isolation. Whenever the media of New York needed to find some example of urban despair, they traveled to Newark. Nevertheless, Newark’s downtown saw growth in the post-riot decades. Less than two weeks after the riots, Prudential announced plans to underwrite a $24 million office complex near Penn Station – dubbed "Gateway." Today the Gateway hosts thousands of white-collar workers, though few live in Newark, and the buildings themselves were not designed with consideration for pedestrians. Before the riots, there had been an issue over where the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey would be built, the suburbs or Newark. The riots, and Newark's undeniable desperation, made definite that the medical school would be in Newark. However, instead of being built on 167 acres (676,000 m²), the medical school would be built on just 60, part of which was already city owned. Newark had elected one of the first African-American mayors in the nation in 1970, Kenneth Gibson, and the 1970s was a time of battles between Gibson and the shrinking white population. In North Newark, Anthony "Tough Tony" Imperiale represented the white backlash. Imperiale initially won fame by organizing the defense of the North Ward during the riots, and had an unsuccessful run at the mayorship. === Today === Newark elected a new mayor in 1986, Sharpe James. James has been a tireless promoter of the city in the media and in the state Senate, but he is criticized for his high salary (over $200,000 a year) and the corruption that he tolerates. James is also criticized by opponents of the new New Jersey Devils arena who argue that $200 million is far too much for a city as poor and small as Newark to pay for a one-sport venue. In the 1990s Newark benefited from the soaring national economy and from huge increases in state aid for education. The city successfully attracted several high-tech concerns with its state of the art fiber optic network. Since 2000 Newark has actually gained population, its first increase since the 1940s. In 2004 its crime rate decreased 56%. == Culture == [[image:P7140087.JPG|left|thumb|300px| Newark's Pennsylvania Station (Newark) is a busy commuter and Amtrak hub. The station was designed by McKim, Mead, and White]] Downtown Newark is not laid out on a grid, giving the downtown area character. There are several notable Beaux-Arts buildings, such as the Veterans' Administration building, the Newark Museum, the Newark Public Library, and the Cass Gilbert designed Essex County Courthouse. Notable Art Deco buildings include several 1920s era skyscrapers, like 1180 Raymond Boulevard, the intact Newark Penn Station, and Arts High School. Gothic architecture can be found at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Basilica, Newark by Branch Brook Park which is one of the largest gothic cathedrals in the United States. It is rumoured to have as much stained glass as the Cathedral of Chartres. Newark has two public sculpture works by Gutzon Borglum — ''Wars of America'' in Military Park and ''Seated Lincoln'' in front of the Essex County Courthouse. [[image:P7140079.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Ferry Street, just east of downtown is the Ironbound, Newark's vibrant Brazilian/Portuguese neighborhood.]] The Newark Museum's American art collection is first class, and its Tibetan collection is considered one of the best in the world. Through September 4th, the Newark Museum has a special exhibition on the art and dresses of weddings. Newark is also home to the New Jersey Historical Society, which has rotating exhibits on New Jersey and Newark. The New Jersey Historical Society's exhibits through mid-2005 are on tuberculosis, Ellis Island, and on a black nightclub called "Dreamland." The Newark Public Library also produces a series of fascinating historical exhibits. Their current exhibit is on the cemetery art of New Jersey. In February 2004, plans were announced for a new Smithsonian Institution-affiliated Museum of African-American Music to be built in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood. The museum will be dedicated to black musical styles, from gospel music to rapping. The new museum will incorporate the facade of the old South Park Presbyterian Church, where Abraham Lincoln once spoke. Groundbreaking is planned for winter 2006 and the grandopening will be in 2007. Plans were formalized in November of 2004 for a New Jersey Jewish Museum at Temple Ahavas Shalom, in the Broadway, Newark, New Jersey neighborhood, the last synagogue in Newark. The museum will memorialize the Jewish community of Newark, which once numbered 60,000 and had fifty wiktionary:shul. Newark is also proceeding with plans for an arena for the New Jersey Devils. Newark is the home of Rutgers University (Newark Campus); the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT); Seton Hall University's School of Law; the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark Campus); and Essex County College. Most of Newark's academic institutions are located in the city's University Heights, Newark, New Jersey district. Rutgers-Newark and NJIT are in the midst of major expansion programs, including plans to purchase surrounding buildings and revitalize current campuses. More students are requesting to live on campus and the universities have plans to build and expand several dorms. Such overcrowding is contributing to revitalization of nearby apartments. Nearby restaurants primarily serve college students and well lit, frequently policed walks have been organized by the colleges to encourage students to venture downtown as well. Interestingly enough, Newark has produced more influential rap artists than one would expect from a city of Newark’s size. Queen Latifah, The Fugees, Naughty by Nature, and Redman all came from Newark or neighboring East Orange, New Jersey and South Orange, New Jersey, as did several lesser known hip-hop artists such as Jaheim, Faith Evans, and Joe. Also, from 1947 until the mid-1990s, Herman Lubinsky's influential jazz label, Savoy Records, was located at 58 Market Street in downtown Newark. == Neighborhoods == ''Main article:'' List of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey As New Jersey's largest and second-most-diverse (after neighboring Jersey City) city, Newark's neighborhoods are flavored with people from various backgrounds, including African-Americans, Italians, Jews, various Latinos such as Brazilians, Ecuadorians, Haitians, and the largest Portuguese population of any American city. The city is divided into five political wards - North, South, East, West, and Central - that encompass some 15 neighborhoods. == Geography == The official City of Newark, New Jersey web site gives the following information: *Area, 24.14 square miles (63 km²). Smallest land area among 100 most populous cities in U.S. *Altitude, 0 to 273.4 feet (83 m) above sea level; average, 55 feet (17 m). *Latitude, 40o44'14". Longitude, 74o10'55". [http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/About_Newark/Fast_Facts/Geography.htm] == Demographics == As of the census of 2000, there are 273,546 people. The population density is 11,400/mile² (4,400/km²), or 21,000/mile² (8,100 km²) once airport, railroad, and seaport lands are excluded, one of the highest in the nation. The racial makeup of the city is 26.52% White (U.S. Census), 53.46% African American (U.S. Census), 0.37% Native American (U.S. Census), 1.19% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.05% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 14.05% from Race (U.S. Census), and 4.36% from two or more races. 29.47% of the population are Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race. There is a significant Portuguese-speaking community, made up by Brazilian and Portuguese ethnicities, concentrated mainly at the Ironbound neighborhood. There are 91,382 households out of which 35.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.0% are Marriage living together, 29.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% are non-families. 26.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.85 and the average family size is 3.43. In the city the population is spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males. Newark is the most populated city in New Jersey. The median income for a household in the city is $26,913, and the median income for a family is $30,781. Males have a median income of $29,748 versus $25,734 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,009. 28.4% of the population and 25.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 36.6% of those under the age of 18 and 24.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. ==Business== Newark has over 300 types of businesses including 1,800 retail and 540 wholesale establishments, eight major bank headquarters, including those of New Jersey's three largest banks, and twelve savings and loan association headquarters. Deposits in Newark-based banks are over $20 billion. Newark is the third-largest insurance center in U.S., after New York and Hartford, Connecticut. Prudential Insurance and Mutual Benefit Companies originated and the former is still headquartered in Newark. Prudential is the largest insurance company in the world. Newark is not the industrial colossus of yesteryear, but the city does have a considerable amount of industry. The southern portion of the Ironbound, also known as the Industrial Meadowlands, has seen many factories built since World War II, including a large brewery. ==Other facts== Pioneer radio station WOR-AM AM was originally licensed to and broadcast from the Bamberger's Department Store in Newark. Newark was Paul Simon's and Wayne Shorter's birthplace. Rapper Redman is from Newark, and has written many raps about Newark, including "Welcome 2 Da Bricks" on his ''Doc's Da Name 2000'' album. Film director Brian De Palma was born and lives in Newark. The City of Newark is presently governed under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) system of municipal government. == References == * Cunningham, John T. ''Newark''. New Jersey Historical Society * Immerso, Michael. ''Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward''. Rutgers University Press * Stummer, Helen M. ''No Easy Walk: Newark, 1980-1993''. Temple University Press == External links == * [http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/About_Newark/About_Newark.htm The City of Newark, New Jersey] * [http://www.gonewark.com/atWork/CityMaps/documents/city_map2003_FP.pdf Map of Newark] * [http://www.gonewark.com/ Go Newark] - Guide to news, culture, history, and leisure activities in and around Newark. * [http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/About_Newark/About_Newark.htm Newark History] * [http://www.oldnewark.com/ Old Newark] * [http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger Newark News] * [http://www.nycsubway.org/nyc/newark/ Newark City Subway] - Overview and history of the subway. * [http://www.njpac.org/ New Jersey Performing Arts Center] * [http://www.npl.org/ Newark Public Library] * [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/ New Jersey Historical Society] * [http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040301/top25.html Article: Newark rated #9 major city for business by INC] * [http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0411/jacobi.php Article: Village Voice on Newark] * [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3451000.html US Census Bureau - Newark - QuickFacts] Cities in New Jersey Essex County, New Jersey New York metropolitan area Newark, New Jersey Faulkner Act
==Neighborhood Photos== Recently I and others have been expanding the list of Newark neighborhoods that have articles written about them. So far University Heights, Newark, New Jersey Downtown Newark the Ironbound, Forest Hill, Newark, New Jersey, Weequahic, and Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey have stubs. Of those articles, only the Ironbound has a single photo. I feel that the Newark neighborhood articles could be greatly improved by a photograph or two for each. If you spend time in Newark and you have a digital camera, you could help the Brick City out a lot in this way. Personally, I think that the main Newark article is saturated with pictures already. In some places text is obscured. I have been guilty of inconsistency in a big way, but perhaps for future Newark neighborhood articles, we could use the format, "Neighborhood Name, Newark" rather than "Neighborhood Name, Newark, New Jersey." user:dinopup :I'm glad you were able to make use of the Newark neighborhoods template that I created some time ago. I would be happy to take some pictures of Newark's neighborhoods, as I spend a great deal of time there. :As for the neighborhood articles, the reason I used the "Neighborhood Name, Newark, New Jersey" format was to disambiguate, since Newark is a fairly common city name. I think we should still use this format so that people automatically know that the neighborhood is in Newark, New Jersey and not Newark, Delaware, Newark, Ohio or Newark, California. What do you think? User:Darkcore 21:21, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::I thought the Neighborhood Name, Newark format was better from the POV of doing searches. At some point, I had written an article just under Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey. When I tried to do searches for just "Vailsburg, Newark" or "Vailsburg" nothing came up. (I have now put a double of the article up at Vailsburg, Newark) ::I think neighborhood articles are very dry without photos. Perhaps you could take some photos of University Heights by New Street, right by Robert's Pizza? I think a scene like that shows Newark in its best light. IMO, the best pics are more than just a nice view, they tell you something about the neighborhood. The house I took for the Ironbound has a proud homeowner with Portuguese and American flags up on his fence. The mailbox shows that the house itself has been divided into apartments. I think pics showing ethnic succession can also be very telling. For instance, a German Lutheran church that has been transformed into a Spanish catholic church, or a synagogue into a baptist tabernacle. :::Creating doubles of articles is a Wiki no-no. If you want to have the Vailsburg, Newark article show up when people search for Vailsburg, simply create a redirect at Vailsburg (as I have done). As for the Neighborhood Name, Newark vs. Neighborhood Name, Newark, New Jersey debate, we can create redirects at NN, Newark to NN, Newark, New Jersey articles (as has been done with the Vailsburg article), so that is not a problem from the point of view of searches. I do think that, whatever we decide, we should apply it to all neighborhood articles for the sake of consistency. User:Darkcore 23:41, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::::I'm going to defer to you on the nomenclature issue. I used Broadway, Newark, New Jersey for the new article on Broadway I wrote. ::::I made a photography trip to Newark today. I added pics for the Ironbound, Branch Brook Park, and Forest Hill, and took pics for all knew articles on Broadway and Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. I would have taken pictures of Roseville, but I felt like I was doing the city a disservice by taking pictures on a cloudy day. I left University Heights and Downtown for you (and whatever you wish to do). The Ironbound aerial view came from someone’s website. ::::Thank you for the compliments on my Newark work. My hope is that if more people knew what a interesting place Newark was, more people would visit the city, spend money there, and make the place better off. I also want to have a better wikipedia family than New York does (though I’m guilty of improving articles on that) ::::I do have a question, are all of the neighborhoods in the list you have really considered distinct entities in 2005? I mean, the Ironbound, Vailsburg, etc. are definite communities, but are places like Dayton? Also, isn't Society Hill considered a neighborhood? ::::BTW, could you fix the pics I took for the Ironbound? They are on their side. user:dinopup :::::Great pics! Yes, I'd be happy to take some pictures of University Heights and Downtown, which I'll try to do this week. As for the neighborhoods, there is no official "list" of Newark neighborhoods, so I took the names partly from my own knowledge of the city and from [http://www.gonewark.com/atWork/CityMaps/documents/city_map2003_FP.pdf this map]. The map goes into more specificity divided some neighborhoods into north and south; I didn't bother with that. I'm not sure about Society Hill. Some people see it as distinct, other people see it as being part of University Heights. User:Darkcore 05:37, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC) :::: That Newark City map is valuable. I'll use its definitions for neighborhood boundaries. Isn't Mt. Pleasant the same as upper Broadway though? :::: Perhaps you could take a pic of some Society Hill townhomes to go with the University Heights article? ::::As soon as I have a day off and the sun is shining I'm going to make more photography trips to Newark. I feel guilty that I took my pictures on such a dreary day. I want to make Newark look nice. == Name of Seventh Avenue == The official name of what was the Italian neighborhood of Newark is "Seventh Avenue," but "the First Ward" (I am setting up a redirect at First Ward Newark)and the "North Ward" seem to be more widely used. I am using "the First Ward" to refer to the neighborhood in the historic sense, and "Seventh Avenue" in the modern sense. To refer to the 1950s neighborhood as "Seventh Avenue" would be like calling "the Five Points" "Chinatown." == Hispanic? == ''The racial makeup of the city is 26.52% White, 53.46% African American, 0.37% Native American, 1.19% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 14.05% from other races, and 4.36% from two or more races. 29.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.'' in which category the Portuguese and the Brazilians are into? Nice to see they live in the same street. Portuguese and Brazilians are not hispanic, they are Lusitanic. In fact, the term hispanic is offensive, cause it relates to a Spanish speaker. --User:PedroPVZ 16:42, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC) I hope you realise all that terminology comes not from anyone here but from the U.S. Census Bureau. That's the data they have and you can't really change it around because there isn't other data. At best you might simply change a label but that is not very useful. User:DG User_talk:DG 00:40, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC) You can write more about Newark's recovery if you wish. I did mention NJPAC and the Bears' Stadium, I suppose what is missing are mentions to townhomes being built outside downtown. User:Dinopup JSB ---- 'Newark Airport' is now 'Liberty International Airport' but perhaps it shouldn't be changed till we see if the name becomes popular. Newark may once have been a chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing center, but it isn't now. The only part of Seton Hall University in Newark is its Law School, and it doesn't even have it's own parking lot, so calling it a campus is a bit elevated. The Newark riots of the 1960s which devastated the city and the city's gradual (and incomplete) recovery need mentioning. User:Someone else ''Newark Liberty International Airport'', actually. User:DG User_talk:DG 20:53, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC) ---- I deleted this paragraph from the article. If you think it's not POV, then please put it back, but it seems rather non-neutral to me: Because the city changed so rapidly between the late 1960's and the early 1980's, and even residents of Newark's suburbs avoid going to the city very often anymore, Newark has gained the reputation as being something of a national joke in terms of what not to make a city become. It is widely considered throughout the United States to be the most ghetto and undesirable city in the nation. The riots, racial tension, school strikes, and poverty are the least of what has contributed to this national image. The city is also known for having over 200 active gangs, being a popular spot for suburanites from New Jersey to purchase drugs (including most famously singer Whitney Houston), and for having more car thefts each year than New York City and Las Angeles combined, despite having a fraction of either of their land area or population. Thanks mostly to crime in Newark, Essex county--in spite of the fact that it is one of the wealthiest counties in the nation--has more violent crimes per capita and per area than any other county in the nation. Newark is also one of the most polluted cities and areas in the nation, due to its large number of factories. It has also historically been a mafioso hotbed, and is the birthplace of fictional mafia don, Tony Soprano. In general, people joke that the only reason to be in Newark is its beautiful airport and other than that the city has nothing to offer and, to be safe, it is best to avoid the city at all costs. To combat all this bad publicity and the negative international stereotypes and fears of Newark, efforts have been made by several New Jersey governors recently to bring tourism and money into the poverty-stricken city. Little has succeeded, and Newark is probably considered more of a joke by the average American now than ever before. User:RickK 05:28, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC) I don't see how this is anything but neutral. It states accurate facts. I've lived my entire life in suburban Newark. I'd love nothing better than to see Newark become a prosperous city, like how NYC is. But, I know that the things I've written about Newark are things that honestly do happen, unfortunately. The drug dealers from my high school all came from Newark. When people's drug supply runs out, they often trek into Newark to pick more up. It's true that Whitney Houston gets her drugs from Newark. It's true that it's home to mafia dons. It's true that people throughout the nation stereotype it and consider it a shithole. Whenever anyone needs a general example of some place not to want to live/travel to, they mention Newark. Not just people in my area, but people from all over the country, if not the world. It's also true that Newark is the car theft capital of the nation and has more gangs and violent crimes, per capita and per area, than any other city in the country (I learned all this while in Newark, at our county's courthouse, of all places; so don't try to tell me this information is not accurate). It's true that my county is one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, and my state is the wealthiest state in the nation, but it's also true that Newark is one of the poorest and most urban cities in the country. You should be given an idea about Essex County from this article--it's a very diverse place. We have extreme wealth and many celebrity mansions, and we also have extreme, extreme ghettos and poverty. Unless you live here, you can't understand. The fact that you've removed my entire paragraph shows that you're not well-informed about my city. --User:66.9.199.120 It's true that these perceptions are accurate. I'll move the paragraph back into the article, although I do think it could use some work. Surveys, polls, comments made by relevant figure do much more than relying on common knowledge. It'd be very good if we could properly attribute these thoughts about Newark. --User:Cprompt 05:06, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC) :Actually, I changed my mind. We should try to get the content of that paragraph back in the article, but it needs numerous modifications. :--User:Cprompt 05:09, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC) This is an detailed description of Newark. I grew up in one of the neighboring towns, Belleville. What I found odd about the description of Newark was that it totally ignored the Portuguese-American community in the Ironbound, what some old timers also call "Down Neck". If the author is going to discuss the positive attributes of the city, then Ferry Street can't be ignored, as it is the only section of town that is open after dark. I think too often, these discussions of diversity (AKA race) get too focused on Black versus white, and ignore ethnicities like the Portuguese. Notice how the demographics of this page don't even mention the Portuguese or Brazilians. -- anonymous :They're included under Hispanic. Don't you know what a Hispanic is? Besides, you can't say that the demographics are biased, because these are official stats from the US Census Bureau and the same stats and ethnicities are layed out for every city in the United States. The Census does have more detailed stats than this, down almost to the smallest ethnicities, but typing that all down for every city would take up too much space and would be too much even for Rambot to do. User:Bob rulz 22:59, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC) ==Any photographic requests?== I'm attending a university in Newark, so if anyone would like me to take a photos of anything in my area (around Rutgers, NJIT, etc.), leave me a note on my talk page and I'll see what I can do. --User:Cprompt 22:57, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) :I think the article needs two more images. The first would be a picture of the skyline. This picture could be put at the top of the article. I briefly had a skyline photo from gonewark.com up, but then I realized it was copyrighted. The other photo I think we need is something of an abandoned factory, even though it's depressing. This could illustrate deindustrialization better than anything verbal. I think there is an abandoned Westinghouse factory somewhere on the south side of 280 that we could use. Maybe a photo with the Westinghouse sign itself? User:Dinopup JSB You should get on the top floor of the Rutgers or the NJIT or the UMDNJ parking decks and take some pics. if you go to NJIT tell Sargent Daily, George The Greek says hi :) -- User:Project2501a 11:10, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC) ==Is Newark the third oldest British city?== Newark may be the third oldest British city (maybe) but what about Saint Augustine and Santa Fe, etc. ? User:Rmhermen 23:19, Feb 28, 2004 (UTC) : You're right that if you count St. Augustine and Santa Fe, Newark can't claim to be the third oldest city in the US. It all depends on your definition of "city" though. Santa Fe has fewer than 60,000 ppl. The Newark boosters who make the 3rd oldest claim are counting a city as 250,000 and up. [User:Dinopup]] JSB ::What about Tucson, Arizona? At at population of nearly 500,000 it certainly qualifies as a city, or at least larger than Newark. According to its article, it has been continuously inhabited for an amazing 9,000 years! Europeans didn't arrive until 1692 and it's only been part of the U.S. for the past 150 years or so. --User:Polynova 03:51, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC) == Newark isn't as bad as Camden == I've been to Newark on several occasions and I can honestly say that Camden in South Jersey, across from Philadelphia, is far worse than Newark could ever be. The crime rate in Camden has earned the little city a place on the top 10 most dangerous cities every year since at least 1993. And of those years Camden has placed 2nd on the list but usually stays around 4th or 5th Most dangerous. Newark on the other hand might be placed in the top 10, but usually floats in the range of 11th-15th. This list is of all cities with populations of 75,000 or higher. I'm 28, and this topic of the worst or dangerous cities has always fascinated me. Newark has an attractive downtown and cultural distrist. Camden is also the poorest city (over 75,000) in the country. Camden, like Newark is going through a redevelopment stage now. State troopers patrol Camden, and the state is controlling the government and schools here. Never heard that about Newark. Any comments send to jerseykakarot@aol.com as I love discussing this topic. == Citations == Why the citations? This isn't an essay, it's an encyclopedia article. User:Darkcore 22:30, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC) :I added the citations because I found a wikipedian (User:Taxman/Featured articles with references problems) who keeps track of what's good and what needs improvement in the Featured Articles category. This person criticized the Newark article for having no citations at all (even though it had a few) - I want the Newark article to be authoritative, so I added the citations. If you are wondering, mnost of the information for the article came from Newark by John Cunningham. ::On second thought, perhaps the citations look bad. When I have time I'll arrange them so they're at the end of the article. ::I see that you have been working on the article a lot lately. Do you live in Newark? I have a few comments about the recent addition of citations. First, the article is citing books/articles that are not listed in the references section (e.g., Crabgrass Frontier), so this needs to be addressed. Second, the bracketing style of referencing makes the article look choppy and is somewhat confusing, since it is inconsistent (sometimes the bracket notes the name of the book or the author of the book or both, and it also uses "Ibid" which is never used with the bracketing style). I think it would be better to use an endnote style, which would not detract from the flow of the text and would allow for references to still be included. User:Darkcore 22:02, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) == Maps == The map, ''Location of Newark in New Jersey,'' Media:Njmapnewark.jpg doesn't have enough detail. It just shows the shape of the state and the county boundaries. Thus, it won't help readers who aren't familiar with the geography of the area. I would prefer to see two maps, one showing the location of New Jersey in relation to the other eastern states, the other on a larger scale showing where Newark lies in relation to the area's main waterways, New York City, and adjacent parts of NJ and NY. Kudos to you for creating a featured article! --User:BlairRMartin 17:59, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC) == Balentine + Jasmine's == If you are around Newark, you oughta go down to Jasmine's, one of Newark's OLDEST bars, it's on raymond + central, next to NJIT, ask for a bottle of Balentine, newark's own fine beer :) and with that thought i'm off to research about balentine so i can insert it in the article User:Project2501a 00:27, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC) : let there be beer: http://www.maproom.com/beers/balentin.htm User:Project2501a 00:45, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Newark (), nicknamed ''The Brick City'', is the largest city in New Jersey and the county seat of urban Essex County, New Jersey. Located approximately five miles (8 km) west of Manhattan, its location near the Atlantic Ocean on Newark Bay has helped make its port facility, Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the major container shipping port for New York Harbor. It is the home of Newark Liberty International Airport (formerly Newark Airport) which was the first major airport to serve the New York metropolitan area. [[Image:DSCN3830 newarkskylinefrombridge ef.JPG|center|frame|Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge.]] == History == Fairmount_Cemetery,_Newark.">Image:P1170169.JPG|300px|left|thumb|The landing of the Puritans in 1666, from the Settlers' Monument, Fairmount Cemetery, Newark. Newark was founded in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat, making it the third-oldest major city in the United States, after Boston, Massachusetts and New York City, though it is not the third-oldest settlement. Newark is the city's third name; previously, it was called Pasaic Town and New Milford. The name comes from Newark-on-Trent, a town in England from where some of the original settlers arrived. Newark's rapid growth began in the early 1800s through the making of patent leather and the construction of the Morris Canal in 1831. The canal connected Newark with the New Jersey hinterland, at that time a major iron and farm area. In 1826, Newark's population stood at 8,017, ten times the 1776 number. (Newark, John T. Cunningham, Chap. 11, Chap. 18) In the middle of the 19th century, Newark's industrial base diversified into Celluloid, the first commercially successful plastic, which found its way into Newark-made carriages, billiards, and dentures. Thomas Edison himself made Newark home in the early 1870s, inventing the ticker tape in the Brick City (Ibid, Chap. 18, pg 181). Nor was Newark entirely industrial. In the middle 19th century, Newark added insurance to its repertoire of businesses; Mutual Benefit Insurance was founded in the city in 1845 and Prudential Insurance in 1873. Today, Newark sells more insurance than any city except Hartford, Connecticut. (Ibid, Chap. 19, pg 186) Newark was bustling in the early to mid 20th century. It had four flourishing department stores – Hahne & Company, Louis Bamberger, L.S. Plaut and Company, and Kresge's (later known as K-Mart). "Broad Street today is the Mecca of visitors as it has been through all its long history," Newark merchants boasted, "they come in hundreds of thousands now when once they came in hundreds." (Newark, pg. 195) In 1948, just after World War II, Newark hit its peak population of just under 450,000. === Post-WWII era === But underneath the industrial hum, problems existed. Most New Jerseyans attribute Newark's demise to post-WWII phenomena—the 1967 Newark riots, the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, I-280 and I-78, decentralization of manufacturing, the GI Bill, and the general pro-suburban fiscal order—but Newark's relative decline actually began long before that. The city budget fell from $58 million in 1938 to only $45 million in 1944, despite the wartime boom and an increase in the tax rate from $4.61 to $5.30. Even in 1944, before anyone predicted the rise of the Sun Belt or the GI Bill, planners saw problems on Newark's horizon. Some attribute Newark's downfall to building so many housing projects, however, Newark's housing was always a matter of concern. The 1944 city-commissioned study showed that 31% of all Newark dwelling units were below standards of health, and only 17% of Newark's units were owner-occupied. (Newark, Chap. 27) Despite its problems, Newark did try in the postwar era. Prudential and Mutual Benefit were successfully enticed to stay and build new offices, and Rutgers University and Seton Hall University expanded their Newark presences, with the former building a brand-new campus on a 23 acre (93,000 m²) urban renewal site. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey made Newark the first container port in the nation and turned swamps in the south of the city into one of the ten busiest airports in the United States. As pesticides and mechanization reduced the need for cheap labor in the South, five million blacks migrated to northern cities between 1940 and 1970s, Newark being no exception. From 1950 to 1960, while Newark saw its overall population drop from 438,000 to 408,000, it gained 65,000 non-whites. By 1966, Newark was majority black, a faster turnover than most other northern cities experienced. In the 1950s alone, Newark's white population decreased from 363,000 to 266,000. From 1960 to 1967 its white population fell a further 46,000. Though white flight changed the complexion of Newark residents, white flight did not change the complexion of political and economic power in the city. In 1967, out of a police force of 1400, only 150 members were black, mostly in subordinate positions. The whiteness and brutality of the police force led it to be seen as an occupying force, rather than a protective entity. Since Newark's blacks lived in neighborhoods that had been white only two decades before, nearly all of their apartments and stores were white-owned as well. In 1967, when 70% of Newark's students were black, Mayor Hugh Joseph Addonizio refused to appoint a black secretary to the Board of Education. More importantly, Mayor Addonizio offered, without consulting any residents of the neighborhood to be affected, to condemn and raze for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 150 acres (607,000 m²) of a densely populated black neighborhood in the central ward. (UMDNJ had wanted to settle in suburban Madison, New Jersey.) The poverty and lack of political power contributed to a growing radicalization of Newark's black population. On July 12, 1967 there were scuffles between blacks and police in the fourth ward, but damage for the night was only $2,500. However, following television news broadcasts on July 13, new, larger race riot took place. Twenty-six people were killed, 1,500 wounded, 1,600 arrested, and $10 million in property destroyed. More than a thousand businesses were torched or looted, including 167 groceries, most never to reopen. Newark's reputation suffered dramatically. Tens of thousands of whites moved out. Middle class areas like Weequahic went from middle class white to poor black seemingly overnight. It was said "wherever American cities are going, Newark will get there first." === Post-riots === Newark saw a continued decline in the 1970s and 1980s. Whites continued to move out of the city, middle class blacks followed suit, and certain pockets of the city developed as domains of poverty and social isolation. Whenever the media of New York needed to find some example of urban despair, they traveled to Newark. Nevertheless, Newark’s downtown saw growth in the post-riot decades. Less than two weeks after the riots, Prudential announced plans to underwrite a $24 million office complex near Penn Station – dubbed "Gateway." Today the Gateway hosts thousands of white-collar workers, though few live in Newark, and the buildings themselves were not designed with consideration for pedestrians. Before the riots, there had been an issue over where the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey would be built, the suburbs or Newark. The riots, and Newark's undeniable desperation, made definite that the medical school would be in Newark. However, instead of being built on 167 acres (676,000 m²), the medical school would be built on just 60, part of which was already city owned. Newark had elected one of the first African-American mayors in the nation in 1970, Kenneth Gibson, and the 1970s was a time of battles between Gibson and the shrinking white population. In North Newark, Anthony "Tough Tony" Imperiale represented the white backlash. Imperiale initially won fame by organizing the defense of the North Ward during the riots, and had an unsuccessful run at the mayorship. === Today === Newark elected a new mayor in 1986, Sharpe James. James has been a tireless promoter of the city in the media and in the state Senate, but he is criticized for his high salary (over $200,000 a year) and the corruption that he tolerates. James is also criticized by opponents of the new New Jersey Devils arena who argue that $200 million is far too much for a city as poor and small as Newark to pay for a one-sport venue. In the 1990s Newark benefited from the soaring national economy and from huge increases in state aid for education. The city successfully attracted several high-tech concerns with its state of the art fiber optic network. Since 2000 Newark has actually gained population, its first increase since the 1940s. In 2004 its crime rate decreased 56%. == Culture == [[image:P7140087.JPG|left|thumb|300px| Newark's Pennsylvania Station (Newark) is a busy commuter and Amtrak hub. The station was designed by McKim, Mead, and White]] Downtown Newark is not laid out on a grid, giving the downtown area character. There are several notable Beaux-Arts buildings, such as the Veterans' Administration building, the Newark Museum, the Newark Public Library, and the Cass Gilbert designed Essex County Courthouse. Notable Art Deco buildings include several 1920s era skyscrapers, like 1180 Raymond Boulevard, the intact Newark Penn Station, and Arts High School. Gothic architecture can be found at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Basilica, Newark by Branch Brook Park which is one of the largest gothic cathedrals in the United States. It is rumoured to have as much stained glass as the Cathedral of Chartres. Newark has two public sculpture works by Gutzon Borglum — ''Wars of America'' in Military Park and ''Seated Lincoln'' in front of the Essex County Courthouse. [[image:P7140079.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Ferry Street, just east of downtown is the Ironbound, Newark's vibrant Brazilian/Portuguese neighborhood.]] The Newark Museum's American art collection is first class, and its Tibetan collection is considered one of the best in the world. Through September 4th, the Newark Museum has a special exhibition on the art and dresses of weddings. Newark is also home to the New Jersey Historical Society, which has rotating exhibits on New Jersey and Newark. The New Jersey Historical Society's exhibits through mid-2005 are on tuberculosis, Ellis Island, and on a black nightclub called "Dreamland." The Newark Public Library also produces a series of fascinating historical exhibits. Their current exhibit is on the cemetery art of New Jersey. In February 2004, plans were announced for a new Smithsonian Institution-affiliated Museum of African-American Music to be built in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood. The museum will be dedicated to black musical styles, from gospel music to rapping. The new museum will incorporate the facade of the old South Park Presbyterian Church, where Abraham Lincoln once spoke. Groundbreaking is planned for winter 2006 and the grandopening will be in 2007. Plans were formalized in November of 2004 for a New Jersey Jewish Museum at Temple Ahavas Shalom, in the Broadway, Newark, New Jersey neighborhood, the last synagogue in Newark. The museum will memorialize the Jewish community of Newark, which once numbered 60,000 and had fifty wiktionary:shul. Newark is also proceeding with plans for an arena for the New Jersey Devils. Newark is the home of Rutgers University (Newark Campus); the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT); Seton Hall University's School of Law; the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark Campus); and Essex County College. Most of Newark's academic institutions are located in the city's University Heights, Newark, New Jersey district. Rutgers-Newark and NJIT are in the midst of major expansion programs, including plans to purchase surrounding buildings and revitalize current campuses. More students are requesting to live on campus and the universities have plans to build and expand several dorms. Such overcrowding is contributing to revitalization of nearby apartments. Nearby restaurants primarily serve college students and well lit, frequently policed walks have been organized by the colleges to encourage students to venture downtown as well. Interestingly enough, Newark has produced more influential rap artists than one would expect from a city of Newark’s size. Queen Latifah, The Fugees, Naughty by Nature, and Redman all came from Newark or neighboring East Orange, New Jersey and South Orange, New Jersey, as did several lesser known hip-hop artists such as Jaheim, Faith Evans, and Joe. Also, from 1947 until the mid-1990s, Herman Lubinsky's influential jazz label, Savoy Records, was located at 58 Market Street in downtown Newark. == Neighborhoods == ''Main article:'' List of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey As New Jersey's largest and second-most-diverse (after neighboring Jersey City) city, Newark's neighborhoods are flavored with people from various backgrounds, including African-Americans, Italians, Jews, various Latinos such as Brazilians, Ecuadorians, Haitians, and the largest Portuguese population of any American city. The city is divided into five political wards - North, South, East, West, and Central - that encompass some 15 neighborhoods. == Geography == The official City of Newark, New Jersey web site gives the following information: *Area, 24.14 square miles (63 km²). Smallest land area among 100 most populous cities in U.S. *Altitude, 0 to 273.4 feet (83 m) above sea level; average, 55 feet (17 m). *Latitude, 40o44'14". Longitude, 74o10'55". [http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/About_Newark/Fast_Facts/Geography.htm] == Demographics == As of the census of 2000, there are 273,546 people. The population density is 11,400/mile² (4,400/km²), or 21,000/mile² (8,100 km²) once airport, railroad, and seaport lands are excluded, one of the highest in the nation. The racial makeup of the city is 26.52% White (U.S. Census), 53.46% African American (U.S. Census), 0.37% Native American (U.S. Census), 1.19% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.05% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 14.05% from Race (U.S. Census), and 4.36% from two or more races. 29.47% of the population are Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race. There is a significant Portuguese-speaking community, made up by Brazilian and Portuguese ethnicities, concentrated mainly at the Ironbound neighborhood. There are 91,382 households out of which 35.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.0% are Marriage living together, 29.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% are non-families. 26.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.85 and the average family size is 3.43. In the city the population is spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males. Newark is the most populated city in New Jersey. The median income for a household in the city is $26,913, and the median income for a family is $30,781. Males have a median income of $29,748 versus $25,734 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,009. 28.4% of the population and 25.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 36.6% of those under the age of 18 and 24.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. ==Business== Newark has over 300 types of businesses including 1,800 retail and 540 wholesale establishments, eight major bank headquarters, including those of New Jersey's three largest banks, and twelve savings and loan association headquarters. Deposits in Newark-based banks are over $20 billion. Newark is the third-largest insurance center in U.S., after New York and Hartford, Connecticut. Prudential Insurance and Mutual Benefit Companies originated and the former is still headquartered in Newark. Prudential is the largest insurance company in the world. Newark is not the industrial colossus of yesteryear, but the city does have a considerable amount of industry. The southern portion of the Ironbound, also known as the Industrial Meadowlands, has seen many factories built since World War II, including a large brewery. ==Other facts== Pioneer radio station WOR-AM AM was originally licensed to and broadcast from the Bamberger's Department Store in Newark. Newark was Paul Simon's and Wayne Shorter's birthplace. Rapper Redman is from Newark, and has written many raps about Newark, including "Welcome 2 Da Bricks" on his ''Doc's Da Name 2000'' album. Film director Brian De Palma was born and lives in Newark. The City of Newark is presently governed under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) system of municipal government. == References == * Cunningham, John T. ''Newark''. New Jersey Historical Society * Immerso, Michael. ''Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward''. Rutgers University Press * Stummer, Helen M. ''No Easy Walk: Newark, 1980-1993''. Temple University Press == External links == * [http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/About_Newark/About_Newark.htm The City of Newark, New Jersey] * [http://www.gonewark.com/atWork/CityMaps/documents/city_map2003_FP.pdf Map of Newark] * [http://www.gonewark.com/ Go Newark] - Guide to news, culture, history, and leisure activities in and around Newark. * [http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/About_Newark/About_Newark.htm Newark History] * [http://www.oldnewark.com/ Old Newark] * [http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger Newark News] * [http://www.nycsubway.org/nyc/newark/ Newark City Subway] - Overview and history of the subway. * [http://www.njpac.org/ New Jersey Performing Arts Center] * [http://www.npl.org/ Newark Public Library] * [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/ New Jersey Historical Society] * [http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040301/top25.html Article: Newark rated #9 major city for business by INC] * [http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0411/jacobi.php Article: Village Voice on Newark] * [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3451000.html US Census Bureau - Newark - QuickFacts] Cities in New Jersey Essex County, New Jersey New York metropolitan area Newark, New Jersey Faulkner Act
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==Neighborhood Photos== Recently I and others have been expanding the list of Newark neighborhoods that have articles written about them. So far University Heights, Newark, New Jersey Downtown Newark the Ironbound, Forest Hill, Newark, New Jersey, Weequahic, and Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey have stubs. Of those articles, only the Ironbound has a single photo. I feel that the Newark neighborhood articles could be greatly improved by a photograph or two for each. If you spend time in Newark and you have a digital camera, you could help the Brick City out a lot in this way. Personally, I think that the main Newark article is saturated with pictures already. In some places text is obscured. I have been guilty of inconsistency in a big way, but perhaps for future Newark neighborhood articles, we could use the format, "Neighborhood Name, Newark" rather than "Neighborhood Name, Newark, New Jersey." user:dinopup :I'm glad you were able to make use of the Newark neighborhoods template that I created some time ago. I would be happy to take some pictures of Newark's neighborhoods, as I spend a great deal of time there. :As for the neighborhood articles, the reason I used the "Neighborhood Name, Newark, New Jersey" format was to disambiguate, since Newark is a fairly common city name. I think we should still use this format so that people automatically know that the neighborhood is in Newark, New Jersey and not Newark, Delaware, Newark, Ohio or Newark, California. What do you think? User:Darkcore 21:21, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::I thought the Neighborhood Name, Newark format was better from the POV of doing searches. At some point, I had written an article just under Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey. When I tried to do searches for just "Vailsburg, Newark" or "Vailsburg" nothing came up. (I have now put a double of the article up at Vailsburg, Newark) ::I think neighborhood articles are very dry without photos. Perhaps you could take some photos of University Heights by New Street, right by Robert's Pizza? I think a scene like that shows Newark in its best light. IMO, the best pics are more than just a nice view, they tell you something about the neighborhood. The house I took for the Ironbound has a proud homeowner with Portuguese and American flags up on his fence. The mailbox shows that the house itself has been divided into apartments. I think pics showing ethnic succession can also be very telling. For instance, a German Lutheran church that has been transformed into a Spanish catholic church, or a synagogue into a baptist tabernacle. :::Creating doubles of articles is a Wiki no-no. If you want to have the Vailsburg, Newark article show up when people search for Vailsburg, simply create a redirect at Vailsburg (as I have done). As for the Neighborhood Name, Newark vs. Neighborhood Name, Newark, New Jersey debate, we can create redirects at NN, Newark to NN, Newark, New Jersey articles (as has been done with the Vailsburg article), so that is not a problem from the point of view of searches. I do think that, whatever we decide, we should apply it to all neighborhood articles for the sake of consistency. User:Darkcore 23:41, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::::I'm going to defer to you on the nomenclature issue. I used Broadway, Newark, New Jersey for the new article on Broadway I wrote. ::::I made a photography trip to Newark today. I added pics for the Ironbound, Branch Brook Park, and Forest Hill, and took pics for all knew articles on Broadway and Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. I would have taken pictures of Roseville, but I felt like I was doing the city a disservice by taking pictures on a cloudy day. I left University Heights and Downtown for you (and whatever you wish to do). The Ironbound aerial view came from someone’s website. ::::Thank you for the compliments on my Newark work. My hope is that if more people knew what a interesting place Newark was, more people would visit the city, spend money there, and make the place better off. I also want to have a better wikipedia family than New York does (though I’m guilty of improving articles on that) ::::I do have a question, are all of the neighborhoods in the list you have really considered distinct entities in 2005? I mean, the Ironbound, Vailsburg, etc. are definite communities, but are places like Dayton? Also, isn't Society Hill considered a neighborhood? ::::BTW, could you fix the pics I took for the Ironbound? They are on their side. user:dinopup :::::Great pics! Yes, I'd be happy to take some pictures of University Heights and Downtown, which I'll try to do this week. As for the neighborhoods, there is no official "list" of Newark neighborhoods, so I took the names partly from my own knowledge of the city and from [http://www.gonewark.com/atWork/CityMaps/documents/city_map2003_FP.pdf this map]. The map goes into more specificity divided some neighborhoods into north and south; I didn't bother with that. I'm not sure about Society Hill. Some people see it as distinct, other people see it as being part of University Heights. User:Darkcore 05:37, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC) :::: That Newark City map is valuable. I'll use its definitions for neighborhood boundaries. Isn't Mt. Pleasant the same as upper Broadway though? :::: Perhaps you could take a pic of some Society Hill townhomes to go with the University Heights article? ::::As soon as I have a day off and the sun is shining I'm going to make more photography trips to Newark. I feel guilty that I took my pictures on such a dreary day. I want to make Newark look nice. == Name of Seventh Avenue == The official name of what was the Italian neighborhood of Newark is "Seventh Avenue," but "the First Ward" (I am setting up a redirect at First Ward Newark)and the "North Ward" seem to be more widely used. I am using "the First Ward" to refer to the neighborhood in the historic sense, and "Seventh Avenue" in the modern sense. To refer to the 1950s neighborhood as "Seventh Avenue" would be like calling "the Five Points" "Chinatown." == Hispanic? == ''The racial makeup of the city is 26.52% White, 53.46% African American, 0.37% Native American, 1.19% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 14.05% from other races, and 4.36% from two or more races. 29.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.'' in which category the Portuguese and the Brazilians are into? Nice to see they live in the same street. Portuguese and Brazilians are not hispanic, they are Lusitanic. In fact, the term hispanic is offensive, cause it relates to a Spanish speaker. --User:PedroPVZ 16:42, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC) I hope you realise all that terminology comes not from anyone here but from the U.S. Census Bureau. That's the data they have and you can't really change it around because there isn't other data. At best you might simply change a label but that is not very useful. User:DG User_talk:DG 00:40, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC) You can write more about Newark's recovery if you wish. I did mention NJPAC and the Bears' Stadium, I suppose what is missing are mentions to townhomes being built outside downtown. User:Dinopup JSB ---- 'Newark Airport' is now 'Liberty International Airport' but perhaps it shouldn't be changed till we see if the name becomes popular. Newark may once have been a chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing center, but it isn't now. The only part of Seton Hall University in Newark is its Law School, and it doesn't even have it's own parking lot, so calling it a campus is a bit elevated. The Newark riots of the 1960s which devastated the city and the city's gradual (and incomplete) recovery need mentioning. User:Someone else ''Newark Liberty International Airport'', actually. User:DG User_talk:DG 20:53, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC) ---- I deleted this paragraph from the article. If you think it's not POV, then please put it back, but it seems rather non-neutral to me: Because the city changed so rapidly between the late 1960's and the early 1980's, and even residents of Newark's suburbs avoid going to the city very often anymore, Newark has gained the reputation as being something of a national joke in terms of what not to make a city become. It is widely considered throughout the United States to be the most ghetto and undesirable city in the nation. The riots, racial tension, school strikes, and poverty are the least of what has contributed to this national image. The city is also known for having over 200 active gangs, being a popular spot for suburanites from New Jersey to purchase drugs (including most famously singer Whitney Houston), and for having more car thefts each year than New York City and Las Angeles combined, despite having a fraction of either of their land area or population. Thanks mostly to crime in Newark, Essex county--in spite of the fact that it is one of the wealthiest counties in the nation--has more violent crimes per capita and per area than any other county in the nation. Newark is also one of the most polluted cities and areas in the nation, due to its large number of factories. It has also historically been a mafioso hotbed, and is the birthplace of fictional mafia don, Tony Soprano. In general, people joke that the only reason to be in Newark is its beautiful airport and other than that the city has nothing to offer and, to be safe, it is best to avoid the city at all costs. To combat all this bad publicity and the negative international stereotypes and fears of Newark, efforts have been made by several New Jersey governors recently to bring tourism and money into the poverty-stricken city. Little has succeeded, and Newark is probably considered more of a joke by the average American now than ever before. User:RickK 05:28, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC) I don't see how this is anything but neutral. It states accurate facts. I've lived my entire life in suburban Newark. I'd love nothing better than to see Newark become a prosperous city, like how NYC is. But, I know that the things I've written about Newark are things that honestly do happen, unfortunately. The drug dealers from my high school all came from Newark. When people's drug supply runs out, they often trek into Newark to pick more up. It's true that Whitney Houston gets her drugs from Newark. It's true that it's home to mafia dons. It's true that people throughout the nation stereotype it and consider it a shithole. Whenever anyone needs a general example of some place not to want to live/travel to, they mention Newark. Not just people in my area, but people from all over the country, if not the world. It's also true that Newark is the car theft capital of the nation and has more gangs and violent crimes, per capita and per area, than any other city in the country (I learned all this while in Newark, at our county's courthouse, of all places; so don't try to tell me this information is not accurate). It's true that my county is one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, and my state is the wealthiest state in the nation, but it's also true that Newark is one of the poorest and most urban cities in the country. You should be given an idea about Essex County from this article--it's a very diverse place. We have extreme wealth and many celebrity mansions, and we also have extreme, extreme ghettos and poverty. Unless you live here, you can't understand. The fact that you've removed my entire paragraph shows that you're not well-informed about my city. --User:66.9.199.120 It's true that these perceptions are accurate. I'll move the paragraph back into the article, although I do think it could use some work. Surveys, polls, comments made by relevant figure do much more than relying on common knowledge. It'd be very good if we could properly attribute these thoughts about Newark. --User:Cprompt 05:06, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC) :Actually, I changed my mind. We should try to get the content of that paragraph back in the article, but it needs numerous modifications. :--User:Cprompt 05:09, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC) This is an detailed description of Newark. I grew up in one of the neighboring towns, Belleville. What I found odd about the description of Newark was that it totally ignored the Portuguese-American community in the Ironbound, what some old timers also call "Down Neck". If the author is going to discuss the positive attributes of the city, then Ferry Street can't be ignored, as it is the only section of town that is open after dark. I think too often, these discussions of diversity (AKA race) get too focused on Black versus white, and ignore ethnicities like the Portuguese. Notice how the demographics of this page don't even mention the Portuguese or Brazilians. -- anonymous :They're included under Hispanic. Don't you know what a Hispanic is? Besides, you can't say that the demographics are biased, because these are official stats from the US Census Bureau and the same stats and ethnicities are layed out for every city in the United States. The Census does have more detailed stats than this, down almost to the smallest ethnicities, but typing that all down for every city would take up too much space and would be too much even for Rambot to do. User:Bob rulz 22:59, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC) ==Any photographic requests?== I'm attending a university in Newark, so if anyone would like me to take a photos of anything in my area (around Rutgers, NJIT, etc.), leave me a note on my talk page and I'll see what I can do. --User:Cprompt 22:57, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC) :I think the article needs two more images. The first would be a picture of the skyline. This picture could be put at the top of the article. I briefly had a skyline photo from gonewark.com up, but then I realized it was copyrighted. The other photo I think we need is something of an abandoned factory, even though it's depressing. This could illustrate deindustrialization better than anything verbal. I think there is an abandoned Westinghouse factory somewhere on the south side of 280 that we could use. Maybe a photo with the Westinghouse sign itself? User:Dinopup JSB You should get on the top floor of the Rutgers or the NJIT or the UMDNJ parking decks and take some pics. if you go to NJIT tell Sargent Daily, George The Greek says hi :) -- User:Project2501a 11:10, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC) ==Is Newark the third oldest British city?== Newark may be the third oldest British city (maybe) but what about Saint Augustine and Santa Fe, etc. ? User:Rmhermen 23:19, Feb 28, 2004 (UTC) : You're right that if you count St. Augustine and Santa Fe, Newark can't claim to be the third oldest city in the US. It all depends on your definition of "city" though. Santa Fe has fewer than 60,000 ppl. The Newark boosters who make the 3rd oldest claim are counting a city as 250,000 and up. [User:Dinopup]] JSB ::What about Tucson, Arizona? At at population of nearly 500,000 it certainly qualifies as a city, or at least larger than Newark. According to its article, it has been continuously inhabited for an amazing 9,000 years! Europeans didn't arrive until 1692 and it's only been part of the U.S. for the past 150 years or so. --User:Polynova 03:51, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC) == Newark isn't as bad as Camden == I've been to Newark on several occasions and I can honestly say that Camden in South Jersey, across from Philadelphia, is far worse than Newark could ever be. The crime rate in Camden has earned the little city a place on the top 10 most dangerous cities every year since at least 1993. And of those years Camden has placed 2nd on the list but usually stays around 4th or 5th Most dangerous. Newark on the other hand might be placed in the top 10, but usually floats in the range of 11th-15th. This list is of all cities with populations of 75,000 or higher. I'm 28, and this topic of the worst or dangerous cities has always fascinated me. Newark has an attractive downtown and cultural distrist. Camden is also the poorest city (over 75,000) in the country. Camden, like Newark is going through a redevelopment stage now. State troopers patrol Camden, and the state is controlling the government and schools here. Never heard that about Newark. Any comments send to jerseykakarot@aol.com as I love discussing this topic. == Citations == Why the citations? This isn't an essay, it's an encyclopedia article. User:Darkcore 22:30, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC) :I added the citations because I found a wikipedian (User:Taxman/Featured articles with references problems) who keeps track of what's good and what needs improvement in the Featured Articles category. This person criticized the Newark article for having no citations at all (even though it had a few) - I want the Newark article to be authoritative, so I added the citations. If you are wondering, mnost of the information for the article came from Newark by John Cunningham. ::On second thought, perhaps the citations look bad. When I have time I'll arrange them so they're at the end of the article. ::I see that you have been working on the article a lot lately. Do you live in Newark? I have a few comments about the recent addition of citations. First, the article is citing books/articles that are not listed in the references section (e.g., Crabgrass Frontier), so this needs to be addressed. Second, the bracketing style of referencing makes the article look choppy and is somewhat confusing, since it is inconsistent (sometimes the bracket notes the name of the book or the author of the book or both, and it also uses "Ibid" which is never used with the bracketing style). I think it would be better to use an endnote style, which would not detract from the flow of the text and would allow for references to still be included. User:Darkcore 22:02, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) == Maps == The map, ''Location of Newark in New Jersey,'' Media:Njmapnewark.jpg doesn't have enough detail. It just shows the shape of the state and the county boundaries. Thus, it won't help readers who aren't familiar with the geography of the area. I would prefer to see two maps, one showing the location of New Jersey in relation to the other eastern states, the other on a larger scale showing where Newark lies in relation to the area's main waterways, New York City, and adjacent parts of NJ and NY. Kudos to you for creating a featured article! --User:BlairRMartin 17:59, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC) == Balentine + Jasmine's == If you are around Newark, you oughta go down to Jasmine's, one of Newark's OLDEST bars, it's on raymond + central, next to NJIT, ask for a bottle of Balentine, newark's own fine beer :) and with that thought i'm off to research about balentine so i can insert it in the article User:Project2501a 00:27, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC) : let there be beer: http://www.maproom.com/beers/balentin.htm User:Project2501a 00:45, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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== Kea Tawana's Ark ==
Have you heard anything about this guys?
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~natalieb/newark.htm (scroll down to "Kea Tawana")
and http://www.publicartreview.org/article.php?id=1265 but they don't have the article on-line...
has anybody heard anything about that.
:I admit I hadn't heard of Kea's ark. It's an interesting story, though I don't know where it would fit in. It probably isn't the most important thing that happened in Newark in the 1980s.User:Dinopup 01:56, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
While we're on the subject of Newark-born artists, shouldn't there be an article titled as such? or a whole section in the main article, devoted to intelectuallity in Newark? Shouldn't there be a cultural section that mentions Amiri Baraka, for example? Ok, i'll add some.
User:Project2501a 09:33, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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