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  Newark, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Newark is surrounded by residential suburbs to the west (on the slope of the Watchung Mountains), the Passaic River and Newark Bay to the east, dense urban areas to the south and southwest, and middle-class residential suburbs and industrial areas to the north.
Newark's North Ward is the ridge to the east of Branch Brook Park.
Newark is connected to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan by the Pulaski Skyway, spanning both the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey   (7350 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Downtown Newark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The West Side neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, is bounded on the east by Bergen Street, on the south by Rose Terrace and Avon Avenue, on the west by Irvington and on the north by South Orange Avenue.
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 and New York, though it is not the third-oldest settlement.
Newark is the home of Rutgers University (Newark Campus); the New Jersey Institute of Technology; Seton Hall University's School of Law; the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark Campus); and Essex County College.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Downtown-Newark   (1271 words)

  
 Downtown Newark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Downtown Newark is Newark, New Jersey's major central business and cultural district.
In the immediate post-World War II era, downtown seemed to be moving north, in the direction of Washington Park.
Downtown Newark is the home to Newark's major cultural venues - the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the Newark Museum, Military Park, the Playland Arcade and the New Jersey Historical Society.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Downtown_Newark   (512 words)

  
 The official website of the City of Newark, NJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Newark, NJ - Officials from the City of Newark unveiled a new downtown redevelopment plan that includes a signed letter of intent from the New Jersey Devils to come to a new arena by the start of the 2007 season.
Newark is the state's largest city that boasts the nation's third largest transportation hub.
The downtown redevelopment district was affirmed by many for its financial standing, public policy benefits and ability to transform Newark into a round the clock destination.
www.ci.newark.nj.us /Public_Information/Press_Releases/Press_Releases_268.htm   (1841 words)

  
 Features - Newark, DE
The challenge in Downtown Newark is to, once and for all, address these issues, determine how best to resolve them, take focussed and aggressive action, put the issues to rest, and move on to other Downtown improvements.
Downtown business and property owners, therefore, are striving to provide quality retail goods and services that are needed by the student body so that the university does not have the need to further provide these on campus.
Both portions of Downtown are ideal in-city residential areas — in proximity to the core of Downtown Newark.
www.hyettpalma.com /features/newark.html   (1598 words)

  
 Page Updated 9/5/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Newark Downtown District and Goodwill Rescue Mission are making the effort to insure that the downtown Newark area shines.
Since 1998 when the Newark Downtown District was formed, they have been successful at improving the economic viability of the central business district and enhancing the quality of life for residents, workers, students and visitors through supplemental services, marketing and physical improvement programs.
Newark is now a leader in the state in a positive sense.
www.grmnewark.org /media.htm   (376 words)

  
 Newark Hotels - Downtown Newark Hotels
Founded in 1666, Newark is America's third oldest city, and the city has a rich history that can be seen in its pedigree of native sons and daughters.
Newark is New Jersey's largest city, with a population of approx.
Newark has a bright future ahead with new developments popping up throughout the downtown area; the streets are cleaner and safer, and businesses are also moving back into the city.
newark.roomrate.com   (316 words)

  
 The "Big 3" Department Stores: Their Life and Times
Downtown Newark in the first half of the last century had something to attract everybody -- a variety of theatres, and a wealth of shops of every type -- five and tens, specialty stores, clothing and shoe stores, and other stores offering virtually everything one could want.
All are now gone and remain only in the memories of Newark old-timers, but the paragraphs following open a window to their past glory and a brief look into the origins and lives of each of them and their lasting impact on the City of Newark.
Newarkers of the late 19th century took to the store and it expanded into 641 and 643 Broad Street.
www.oldnewark.com /memories/downtown/bodianbig3.htm   (1798 words)

  
 Hoboken Real Estate Blog: Developers bank on downtown Newark luxury housing market
NEWARK, N.J. - Now that Jersey City and Hoboken have become alternatives to Manhattan as havens for the hip and trendy, New York developers are banking on downtown Newark as the next place for upscale housing.
In October, Newark and the New Jersey Devils broke ground on a $310 million, 18,000-seat arena that is scheduled to open in 2007.
Newark is attracting urban professionals like Haley Peele, 25, who got to know the city as a student at the Rutgers campus.
www.hoboken-real-estates.com /blog/archives/2006/01/developers_bank.php   (849 words)

  
 The official website of the City of Newark, NJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Business Administrator Richard Monteilh addressed a luncheon of the members of the Newark Downtown District today painting an optimistic picture of overall development in the city, and noting that Newark remains fiscally sound despite the national economic downturn.
The BA predicted that the negotiations for the Newark arena to house the New Jersey Nets basketball and New Jersey Devils hockey teams should be nearing an end with positive results.
Monteilh said that the "biggest economic generator" for development in Newark is the city's stable government.
www.ci.newark.nj.us /public_information/press_releases/press_releases_44.htm   (354 words)

  
 Newark travel guide - Wikitravel
Newark Penn Station (not to be confused with New York Penn Station) is located just a few blocks from the heart of downtown Newark.
Newark Penn Station is also the city's bus terminal and is served by NJ Transit buses, as well as Greyhound and others.
Downtown Newark is crowded and very safe during the day.
wikitravel.org /en/Newark_(New_Jersey)   (580 words)

  
 Newark
After 35 years, Newark is trying to overcome the architecture of fear by reviving its desolate downtown.
But the conflagration that ripped through Newark in 1967 remains especially fresh in public memory, perhaps because most people had never heard of the city until they watched it burning on the evening news.
When the history of the Newark comeback is written, it will likely begin at the start of the 21st century, when NJPAC solidified its position as the living, breathing town square that had been missing in downtown Newark for 40 years.
www.camdennewjersey.org /newark.htm   (985 words)

  
 The Shore Line Trolley Museum: Newark PCC 27 arrives at the museum
Moreover, this Newark PCC did not come from Newark, at least not directly, and therein lies a tale that spans the decades.
To its 25 year career in the Newark City Subway, the Shaker Heights episode is a brief footnote in the history of car 27.
The primary modifications done by Shaker Heights were the replacement of the window glazing with lexan, repainting, and the addition of a tripper mechanism (Shaker cars share trackage in Cleveland with rapid transit trains and must be equipped with wayside signal trippers similar to those used in the NYC subway system).
www.bera.org /articles/newpcc27.html   (1395 words)

  
 Satan's Laundromat: Downtown Newark
Posted by: sean at June 12, 2005 11:38 PM you took horrivle pictures of the downtown area, there are way better pictures that you could have taken.
Posted by: sean at June 12, 2005 11:40 PM Im hear to appologize and correct my self when i say u took horrible pics i meant that you the images were bad not the wa you captured it.
Newark has plenty of modern skyscrapers that make the downtown area impressive in its own right.
www.satanslaundromat.com /sl/archives/000238.html   (263 words)

  
 MISL Announces 2007 Expansion in Newark, NJ
The announcement of a professional indoor soccer team coming to Newark follows the recent unveiling by City officials of a new downtown redevelopment plan that includes a signed letter of intent from the New Jersey Devils hockey team to play in a new arena in Newark by 2007.
Newark and its culturally rich Ironbound District are recognized as a hot-bed for professional soccer.
The Newark community is the hometown for such notable professionals as, MetroStars midfielder, Tab Ramos and US National Team members Claudio Reyna and Gregg Berhalter, all graduates of St. Benedict’s Prep School in Newark.
www.usindoor.com /news_mislexpnj.html   (679 words)

  
 Arena Politics in Newark
Newark has been involved in a long-running lawsuit against the port authority for allegedly cheating the city out of almost $2 billion under the previous lease.
Newark is not, as some suburban residents still imagine, a bombed out wasteland of public housing towers and stolen cars.
Newark is a city in which economic development is completely detached from realistic goals and financial accountability.
www.nhi.org /online/issues/135/arena.html   (2668 words)

  
 The Newark and Detroit Riots: Events
In Newark, the famed breweries that drew water from the polluted Passaic River shut down, as did the tanneries which fouled the water to begin with.
In Newark, as a result of post-war suburban migration, the white population plummeted to approximately 158,000 in 1967 from 363,000 in 1950 and 266,000 in 1960.
Correspondingly, the fl population of Newark rose from 70,000 in 1950 to 125,000 in 1960 and an estimated 220,000 in 1967.
www.67riots.rutgers.edu /n_index.htm   (1421 words)

  
 Business Ledger: City of Newark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Known as “downtown,” the district roughly falls within the boundaries of Cleveland Avenue and Delaware Avenue.
Downtown shoppers this year were able to use universal gift certificates at more than 70 participating stores.
The landmark serves as an entrance to downtown Newark.
www.ncbl.com /archive/07-03newark.html   (1501 words)

  
 NEWARK in the Artistic Imagination (Resurgence City Website)
Cathedral House in Downtown Newark, the Episcopal Diocese
And Newark as it might be seen by tourists and media could be a great deal more interesting and magical than it now seems, if artists employed it as their inspiration.
If there are enuf artists in Newark to push for such a display, the various arts organizations in Newark (the Newark Museum, Aljira, NJPAC, and the various colleges) might put together a Newark Newart Expo to display the works of Newark's hip-and-trendy crowd (see the October 3, 2004 entry to my "Newark USA" blog).
members.aol.com /ResurgenceCity/Nwk-artview.html   (2264 words)

  
 Newark Post: UpFront   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Three-plus years ago, myself and others on the Downtown Newark Partnership board decided it would be appropriate each year to honor our top volunteers, one from each of the DNP’s consitituencies.
Chris was cited for this years-long activitism on behalf of downtown Newark, as well of his Herculean efforts, along with the support of another downtown entrepreneur Mark Manisso, to operate the popular Santa Claus house downtown last December.
Yes, she is the DNP administrator and City of Newark staffer assigned to the Partnership.
www.ncbl.com /post/archives/0709-04upfront.html   (702 words)

  
 Downtown Newark Bicentennial Events - WCLT News, Newark Ohio
The Bicentennial activities are scheduled to begin at 3 pm and many downtown merchants have planned special sales and events prior to the kickoff.
Over 25 downtown merchants have donated to a drawing to be held that day.
Each entry must be validated by three participating downtown merchants on the 4th to be eligible for prizes.
www.wclt.com /news/wclt/wclt3506.html   (337 words)

  
 Macker List Builds for Downtown Newark - WCLT News, Newark Ohio
The number of people signing up to participate in the Gus Macker tournament in downtown Newark is quickly reaching what the city expected.
Downtown businesses are also gearing up for the huge crowd expected on July 31st and August 1st.
The 2004 Gus Macker 3-on-3 tournament will be in downtown Newark on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1.
www.wcltfm.com /news/wclt/wclt11333.html   (241 words)

  
 Downtown Newark, NJ - UrbanPlanet.org
It's a story about the 2002 Newark Mayoral election that was wrought with controversy and alleged scandal/tampering on behalf of incumbent mayor Sharpe James.
I've only been to Newark once in 1984 and at that I was completly shocked at the urban decay present in the place.
Newark looks as if it would be a nice alternative as a place to live than in very expensive NYC.
www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=6942&view=getlastpost   (1338 words)

  
 KCRA.com - NHL - Devils Finalize Arena Deal With Newark
Newark, NJ -- The New Jersey Devils and the city of Newark have reached a definitive agreement that will enable the team's new arena to be completed in time for the Devils' opening game in October of 2007.
Earlier, the club and the city announced an agreement to build a $310 million, 18,000-seat arena in downtown Newark.
The city of Newark is expected to pay about $210 million toward the project, while the Devils are slated to contribute about $100 million plus cost overruns.
www.thekcrachannel.com /nhl/4157637/detail.html   (453 words)

  
 Wyndham Newark Hotel *** Discount Newark Hotels
Wyndham Newark Hotel is located in the Newark - Ewr area of Newark.
The general rank for Wyndham Newark Hotel is #19 of the 89 hotels in Newark.Multiple room types are available such as Standard 3 People, Standard 1 person etc. An average hotel for Newark, you can expect the amentities of a hotel rated 7 out of 10.
Guests staying at the WYNDHAM NEWARK HOTEL are afforded a wide selection of hotel amenities, such as concierge, a fitness center, lounge, meeting rooms, parking, restaurants, room service, sauna, and shuttle service.
newark.guide-to-hotels.com /wyndham-newark-hotel.html   (253 words)

  
 The Advocate - www.newarkadvocate.com - Newark, OH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Strawberries on the Square: Courthouse Square, downtown Newark; (740) 349-3191.
Newark Downtown Association: 5:30 p.m.; Christy's Pizza, 15 E. Church St.; pizza party afterward; (740) 349-0928.
Newark Garden Club: 1 p.m.; First Baptist Church of Newark, 1000 Granville Road; President's Rose Tea honoring new members; members bring a design in a small container.
www.newarkadvocate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?Aid=/20060602/NEWS01/606020324/1002/NEWS01   (1458 words)

  
 Newark Discount Hotel - a night - Hotel Discounts in Newark. Save 70% @ Hotelshed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
For guests traveling to New York City via New Jersey's Newark International Airport, the family-friendly Ramada Inn Newark, is just across from the Newark International Airport, and an easy 16-mile dr more...
The Comfort Suites Newark is located just outside downtown Newark, N.J. The property is seven miles from New York City and six miles from Newark International Airport.
The Howard Johnson Clifton NJ is strategically located 12 miles from Newark Airport, and 10 miles NW of downtown.
www.albanywebsites.com /ex/asp/city.Newark/state.NJ/discount-hotel-reservations./xe/hotels-city.htm   (349 words)

  
 Newark Downtown District
Newark is seeing the highest demand for hotel rooms since 2000 according to industry data (STAR report, July 2004).
The Courtyard Newark Airport has sold more room nights year-to date in 2004 than 2003, even though sections of the hotel were closed during the first quarter, for renovations.
Newark is also enjoying status as a rising commercial center and as home to a thriving residential community.
www.downtownnewark.com /news-04-Dec29.php   (1747 words)

  
 Sicilia honored by Downtown Newark Partnership
Sicilia served as vice president of the Newark Business Association (NBA) from 1993-98 when the NBA was dissolved to make way for the Downtown Newark Partnership.
Sicilia, who has lived in Newark for 22 years, said he was surprised and honored to receive the award.
Downtown Newark Partnership is a coalition of the City of Newark, UD, downtown business owners and Newark residents who work together to promote and preserve Newark’s unique downtown area as community and commerce center.
www.udel.edu /PR/UDaily/2003/dsicilia061903.html   (381 words)

  
 Downtown Newark Encyclopedia Article @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Downtown Newark Encyclopedia Article @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt)
This page contains quite a lot of relevant information about Downtown Newark.
More Downtown Newark Page Titles on this Site
www.artquilt.com /encyclopedia/Downtown_Newark   (563 words)

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