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Old 10-27-2021, 01:46 PM
 
Location: NJ & NV
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I had read a while ago maybe 2 years ago about this large old warehouse just off the GSP at NJ Rt 28 with the old CNJ railroad tracks behind it.
The plan was to build a new residential village there.

Today drove by and noticed,,,

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LtRVOu_UWEs&feature=sh
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Old 10-27-2021, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Durham NC
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Can't say how many times I drove past that building in my life.
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Old 10-28-2021, 12:11 PM
 
Location: NJ & NV
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Drove by yesterday,,, this was one of those buildings that seems to have been there centuries,,,
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Old 10-29-2021, 05:26 AM
 
Location: Elizabeth, NJ
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I believe this was also the location of the very first AM radio station in NJ. There used to be a plaque on the side of the building. I wish I saved that pic.
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Old 10-29-2021, 06:03 AM
 
Location: Durham NC
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That's right. 100 years ago and only for a very short time.
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Old 10-29-2021, 08:43 AM
 
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I believe this was also the location of the very first AM radio station in NJ. There used to be a plaque on the side of the building. I wish I saved that pic.
Yes,,, I just found that out later last night,, on the web,,, it was WDY started by GE and RCA
Back in 1921 to 1922

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDY

http://durenberger.com/wp-content/up...8/EARLYWDY.pdf

https://findingaids.hagley.org/repos...objects/123570
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