Arborescent Mapping
1940 Halsey is part of the Barbary Coast = Orpheum Theater, Mosque Theater, Kinney Club
Howard Street adjacent
1943 Central Planning Board created under Mayor Vincent Murphy
1946 Louis Danzig starts working for the city
1948 Louis Danzig becomes Executive Director of the Newark Housing Authority
1949 Federal Housing Act, first version focused largely on housing
1952 Danzig offers Rutgers a site next to Newark Museum for Law Center
1953 Hayes Homes opened, dedicated in 1954
1954 Federal Housing Act updated, unlocks funds for widescale urban renewal
1955 Mayor Leo Carlin submits “Workable Plan for Urban Renewal” to Federal Housing Authority
Families begin to move into the Columbus Homes
Victor Gruen drafts revitalization plans for Fort Wort
Newark begins its urban renewal program: Star-Ledger, January 18, 1959
1956 Dedication of Columbus Homes
Victor Gruen, Oskar Stonorov and Minoru Yamasaki submit plans for Detroit’s Gratiot-Orleans; the bid goes to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe instead
1957 Halsey Street pedestrian mall first mentioned in the catalogue for the Newark Museum exhibition Our Town
1958 Victor Gruen designs Kalamazoo outdoor pedestrian mall
First mention in Newark newspapers that Victor Gruen is designing pedestrian mall for Halsey Street
Newark mayor commissions Gruen & Stonorov to draft an urban renewal plan for the Central Business District, Dec. 31
1959 Raymond Vernon, Regional Planning Association, calls Newark “A Dying City”
Stella-Wright housing project opened between 1959-1960
Scudder Homes housing project opened between 1959-1960
Mason Gross, President of Rutgers University, gives speech calling New Jersey culturally bankrupt
Victor Gruen finishes blueprint for the Charles River Park in Boston
Gruen & Stonorov deliver their urban renewal plan for Newark’s Central Business District
The Demonstration Grant is published
George Oberlander is Planning Officer (when does he start?)
Central European connection: Oberlander is from Austrian, Gruen is from Austrian, Stonorov is from Germany, Danzig is from Lithuania
1960 The Colonnade Park is opened on either side of the Columbus Homes
1961 President John F. Kennedy addresses Congress with his “Message on the Nation’s Housing”
Kelly & Gruzen draft site plans for the Rutgers University campus in Newark
Re:New Newark is published based on the Demonstration Grant
Newark Commerce magazine publisheds a special issue series on Urban Renewal
1963 George Oberlander publishes the Halsey Street Pedestrian Street Mall report
1964 Newark’s Master Plan of 1964 is published
Adde of the Urban Land Institute begins research in Newark
1965 George Oberlander resigns and becomes Associate Executive Director of the National Capital Planning Commission, Washington DC
Herbert Gans writes a critique of urban renewal in Commentary magazine
1967 Newark Rebellion
Adde of the Urban Land Institute publishes Nine Cities, criticizing Danzig for not being ambitious enough in Newark
1971 Victor Gruen Associates complete construction of Gateway One and Two
1972 Gateway One and Gateway Two are opened
1985 Grad and Sons complete construction of Gateway Three
1988 Grad and Sons complete construction of Gateway Four
Howard Street adjacent
1943 Central Planning Board created under Mayor Vincent Murphy
1946 Louis Danzig starts working for the city
1948 Louis Danzig becomes Executive Director of the Newark Housing Authority
1949 Federal Housing Act, first version focused largely on housing
1952 Danzig offers Rutgers a site next to Newark Museum for Law Center
1953 Hayes Homes opened, dedicated in 1954
1954 Federal Housing Act updated, unlocks funds for widescale urban renewal
1955 Mayor Leo Carlin submits “Workable Plan for Urban Renewal” to Federal Housing Authority
Families begin to move into the Columbus Homes
Victor Gruen drafts revitalization plans for Fort Wort
Newark begins its urban renewal program: Star-Ledger, January 18, 1959
1956 Dedication of Columbus Homes
Victor Gruen, Oskar Stonorov and Minoru Yamasaki submit plans for Detroit’s Gratiot-Orleans; the bid goes to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe instead
1957 Halsey Street pedestrian mall first mentioned in the catalogue for the Newark Museum exhibition Our Town
1958 Victor Gruen designs Kalamazoo outdoor pedestrian mall
First mention in Newark newspapers that Victor Gruen is designing pedestrian mall for Halsey Street
Newark mayor commissions Gruen & Stonorov to draft an urban renewal plan for the Central Business District, Dec. 31
1959 Raymond Vernon, Regional Planning Association, calls Newark “A Dying City”
Stella-Wright housing project opened between 1959-1960
Scudder Homes housing project opened between 1959-1960
Mason Gross, President of Rutgers University, gives speech calling New Jersey culturally bankrupt
Victor Gruen finishes blueprint for the Charles River Park in Boston
Gruen & Stonorov deliver their urban renewal plan for Newark’s Central Business District
The Demonstration Grant is published
George Oberlander is Planning Officer (when does he start?)
Central European connection: Oberlander is from Austrian, Gruen is from Austrian, Stonorov is from Germany, Danzig is from Lithuania
1960 The Colonnade Park is opened on either side of the Columbus Homes
1961 President John F. Kennedy addresses Congress with his “Message on the Nation’s Housing”
Kelly & Gruzen draft site plans for the Rutgers University campus in Newark
Re:New Newark is published based on the Demonstration Grant
Newark Commerce magazine publisheds a special issue series on Urban Renewal
1963 George Oberlander publishes the Halsey Street Pedestrian Street Mall report
1964 Newark’s Master Plan of 1964 is published
Adde of the Urban Land Institute begins research in Newark
1965 George Oberlander resigns and becomes Associate Executive Director of the National Capital Planning Commission, Washington DC
Herbert Gans writes a critique of urban renewal in Commentary magazine
1967 Newark Rebellion
Adde of the Urban Land Institute publishes Nine Cities, criticizing Danzig for not being ambitious enough in Newark
1971 Victor Gruen Associates complete construction of Gateway One and Two
1972 Gateway One and Gateway Two are opened
1985 Grad and Sons complete construction of Gateway Three
1988 Grad and Sons complete construction of Gateway Four