I don’t have much to say today except to say my explorations of Newark, NJ have been shamefully few over the years, paling, for example, next to Jersey City or Hoboken, and I haven’t been to places like Union City (except to ride through it on a bus). I keep saying I’ll rectify the situation but who knows? (I tend to take guff from readers when I post items outside the five boroughs.)
Until about a decade ago Market Street featured these intricately scrolled castirons. Only a few (and not in this style) survive by 2024. However, the downtown area along Broad and Market (Newark has two main streets with the same names as Philadelphia’s) have featured retro versions of these lamps but the exact scrollwork hasn’t been matched. However, they get the gist, as they say in Brooklyn.
Actually I have a batch of unused photos from a foray on Newark’s City Subway from a few years back I haven’t used yet, so we’ll see what happens.
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1/28/24