Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… auspices of the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District has restored the area with community gardens and a namesake … hotspot … Newark had arguably the first fancy department store in New Jersey … Adjacent to the Military Park Historic … Germany Designed by Starrett van Vleck which also designed flagship stores for Lord Taylor Bloomingdales Saks Fifth …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… If youre walking down East 136th Street between Willis Avenue and Brook Avenue in the Mott … the rowhouses and tenements in the district represented  a cross section of the population that came to settle in the … the Bronx       … 5 … Modern day Bertines are building new apartments and attracting new residents to a changing Mott …

By Marjorie Cohen |December 22, 2016 - 9:12AM