Newark New Jersey Research Project (Orange, South Orange: city hall, credit, neighborhoods)

[SolutionX]

Hello Guys,

I'm doing a research project on Newark before and after the riots of 1967. This more directed towards mapping and transportation. My thesis is to prove if anything affected any streets whatsoever. So if anyone can get hold of any information, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks

[Newarkbomb]

Bergen Street was practically the dividing line between the whites and blacks.. Blacks below it and Whites north of it.
Im sure that was a main area of where a lot of things happened.
South Orange and Springfield ave. was destroyed during the riots also.

but i dont really get the question.

[lammius]

I'm not sure how the riots changed the asphalt that makes up the streets of Newark, but they certainly changed the landscape and land use of much of the city's central ward. Many of the streetcar lines in Newark disappeared well before the riots (all but the #7 subway line were gone by the early 1950s). If you want to point to changes in the map of Newark, you'd probably be more successful finding demographic shifts in a number of neighborhoods, and changes in land use. Although, I'd caution against giving the riots "too much credit," because trends of white flight, suburbanization, urban disinvestment, etc. were well underway before the riots occurred. IMO, the riots are as much a consequence of those trends as they were an impetus for them in the following years.

If you are a college student with access to a research library, check the history journals for bibliographies that will lead you to monographs related to this topic. If you don't have those research resources, I'd try contacting the Newark Museum's historians and ask for guidance. If you want a useful response, send them an abstract and outline for your research paper. They are probably very familiar with histories that have been written about many aspects of the riots, and they can give you some titles to look for. Also, you're probably going to rely on a lot of periodicals (old newspaper articles reporting on changes to the city's infrastructure). If the archives don't exist electronically, which is likely to be the case, you'll probably have to make some trips to the Newark Public Library.

Good luck! It's an interesting topic. Let us know what you find!

[SolutionX]

Ive been looking everywhere for maps of Newark all throughout Newark. Ive checked city hall, Newark Museum, Newark Public Library, New Jersey Historical Society. I had even called in a few places (New Jersey Department of Transportation,) which didnt have anything. I had found some information about certain thing that happenned but still no maps.

My topic was to Research Newark during the riots to figure out if there were changes made in roads due to the riots. I am looking for any information that I can find during that specific time period. (1960's).