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Several old factory buildings have been converted into lofts or apartments including Textile Lofts, [46] Button Factory Lofts, [47] Murphy Varnish Factory, [48] and the Chocolate Factory. [49] Ironbound has three housing projects within its boundaries: Hyatt Court, Pennington Court, and Terrell Homes (formerly Franklin Delano Roosevelt Homes). [50]
Diamond Alkali was largely responsible for contamination leading to the creation of a Superfund Site in the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey. Between 1951 and 1969, Diamond Alkali in Newark produced approximately 700,000 US gallons (2,600,000 L; 580,000 imp gal) of the herbicide Agent Orange.
Today, the Ironbound (also known as "Down Neck" and "The Neck") [67] is a destination for shopping, dining, and nightlife. [68] A historically immigrant-dominated section of the city, the Ironbound in recent decades has been termed "Little Portugal" and "Little Brazil" due to its heavily Portuguese and Brazilian population, Newark being home to ...
According to the Ironbound Business Improvement District, there’s no need to deal with crowds thanks to the holiday attractions in NJ's largest city.
The Ironbound Theatre currently shows shoes in a retail store. The Adams Theatre was popular for live shows of the stars of the time. Closed in 1986. Paramount Theatre opened as Miner's Newark Theatre in 1886. The Little Theatre was an art and foreign film movie house that became a pornographic cinema theatre with two screens and 299 seat capacity.
Riverbank Park is a park in the Ironbound section of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The park was opened in 1910 [3] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1998. [4] It is the smallest and one of the most heavily used parks in the Essex County Park System. [5]
The 1967 Newark riots were an episode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey.Taking place over a four-day period (between July 12 and July 17, 1967), the Newark riots resulted in at least 26 deaths and hundreds more serious injuries.
The Match Factory will handle international sales for director Cherien Dabis’ decades spanning family saga “All That’s Left of You.” Currently in post-production and by all accounts among ...