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145 Newark Ave, Jersey City

- dilettante - Thursday, December 22nd, 2005 : goo

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145 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, circa 1880.
"Bonnot the Florist." Beautifully-crafted signage.


125 years later...


image 7128
145 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, circa 2005
"Valu-Plus." Generic signage.

Call it progress.

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jeeff: 22nd Dec 2005 - 21:29 GMT

i agree, really sad. this is what mass consumption and throw-away culture give us.

jack: 22nd Dec 2005 - 23:20 GMT

see the lady in the window with her apron on, thats the way it was. women ran the families and waited for their husbands to come home to sit at his favorite chair and talk to his children. aw, shucks.

joey: progress towards the end of the world

Diana: 23rd Oct 2006 - 17:39 GMT

Hello Dilletante,
We are trying to restore the facade at the left of the photo above, at 143 Newark. Do you have any more historical photos? Or where did you find the photo of 145 Newark? Anything would be helpful, thanks. --Diana

dilettante: 25th Nov 2006 - 03:07 GMT

Hello Diana,
I got that picture from this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Jersey-Images-America-Patrick-Shalhoub/dp/0738538159/sr=8-1/qid=1164423879/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3498218-1767242?ie=UTF8&s=books
As for photos of 143 Newark, try the New Jersey Room at the Library on Jersey Avenue.
What are you building there, if you don't mind me asking?

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