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Originally Posted by STLgasm
Probably my favorite Newark thread ever. Some of those blocks are downright charming. Newark is built right, and the plethora of old signs only adds to its gritty appeal.
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built right. Unfortunately practically all its charming brick row home/tenement neighborhoods have been demolished. All that's left are a few isolated strips in and around downtown near the broad street station and lincoln park. There's very little left worth raving about in other areas of newark besides the charming homes in the north ward. I think that's the reason why Newark hasn't been able to gentrify the way Jersey City and some areas of Brooklyn have. It lacks a largely intact architecturally rich charming district worth gentrifying! The Iron bound is great but it's no Bed Stuy or Historic Old Jersey city.
Newark can still pull through if it develops around the few beauties it has left. The teachers village development is a step in the right direction. Besides it also has it's own subway, how many cities in it's category can say that?
Wonderfully done Thundertubs.