STRATEGIC REVITALIZATION PLAN: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

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STRATEGIC REVITALIZATION PLAN
for the
WEST SIDE COMMUNITY OF NEWARK, NJ

THE WEST SIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD:
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Report on behalf of the Corinthian Housing Development Corporation

Written by: Dan McGuire

Project Community
Center for Urban Policy Research

May 12, 1997

Table 1

Population in the West Side Park Neighborhood,

1950-1970

	1950				1960				1970
	White	Black	Other	% Nonwhite	White	Black	Other	% Nonwhite	White	Black	Other	% Nonwhite
Tract 26	4,117	25	1	0.6%	3,568	305	15	8.2%	783	3,273	33	80.9%
Tract 27	3,946	102	2	2.6%	2,300	1,472	9	39.2%	137	3,744	24	96.5%
Tract 34	3,327	18	5	0.7%	2,468	762	10	23.8%	416	3,197	91	88.8%
Tract 35	3,134	7	0	0.2%	2,878	49	5	1.8%	1,733	3,705	116	68.8%
West Side Park	14,524	152	8	1.1%	11,214	2,588	39	19.0%	3,069	13,919	264	82.2%
City of Newark	363,149	74,965	662	17.2%	265,889	138,035	1,296	34.4%	168,382	207,458	6,577	56.0%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1950-1970

Table 2

Foreign Population in the West Side Park Neighborhood

1950-1970

1950

	Irish	German	Polish	Austrian	USSR	Italian
Tract 26	13	65	203	76	231	275
Tract 27	8	47	121	53	126	439
Tract 34	10	107	156	64	113	138
Tract 35	5	131	177	76	143	86
Subtotal	36	350	657	269	613	938
City of Newark	3,501	4,977	8,629	4,324	11,321	20,143

1960

	Irish	German	Polish	Austrian	USSR	Italian
Tract 26	67	181	379	152	301	755
Tract 27	33	83	171	33	126	541
Tract 34	23	197	351	44	200	360
Tract 35	43	254	429	97	422	239
Subtotal	166	715	1330	326	1049	1895
City of Newark	8,963	9,913	15,535	6,097	15,969	47,105

1970

	Irish	German	Polish	Austrian	USSR	Italian
Tract 26	0	10	59	16	18	178
Tract 27	0	0	0	0	0	30
Tract 34	0	10	10	0	33	25
Tract 35	13	140	173	49	66	24
Subtotal	13	160	242	65	117	257
City of Newark	16,923	21,685	22,813	10,188	22,877	81,309

Notes: The 6 largest ethnic groups in the City were selected. Whereas 1950 statistics show foreign-born residents, 1960 & 1970. Surveyed those of "foreign stock" - native and foreign-born - which is reflected by the higher totals

(1) Largest 6 Ethnic Groups in Newark.

(2)1960 Population reflects "Foreign Stock" (native and foreign-born.)

Souce: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1950-1970

Table 3

Median Household Income, 1950-1970

			% Change,
	1950	1970	1950-1970
Tract 26	$3,223	$6,302	195.53%
Tract 27	$3,007	$5,824	193.68%
Tract 34	$3,074	$6,974	226.87%
Tract 35	$3,500	$7,291	208.31%
City of Newark	$2,961	$7,735	261.23%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1950 &1970

Table 4

Number of Residents Age 21 and Older,

1950-1970

	1950		1960		1970
		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of
	Number	Population	Number	Population	Number	Population
Tract 26	2,882	69.6%	2,561	65.9%	1,778	43.5%
Tract 27	2,648	65.4%	2,164	57.2%	1,483	38.0%
Tract 34	2,394	71.5%	2,044	63.1%	1,657	44.7%
Tract 35	2,289	72.9%	2,065	70.4%	2,412	43.4%
West Side Park	10,213	69.6%	8,834	63.8%	7,330	42.5%
City of Newark	305,660	69.6%	262,589	64.8%	207,594	54.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1950-1970

Table 5

Population Per Household

1950-1970

	1950	1960	1970
Tract 26	3.29	3.07	3.43
Tract 27	3.63	3.49	3.99
Tract 34	3.3	3.2	3.51
Tract 35	3.23	2.99	3.74
City of Newark	3.41	3.1	3.11

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1950-1970

Table 6

Number of Businesses on Springfield Avenue & South Orange Avenue,

shown on Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1930-1989

				% Change,
	1930	1973-74	1989	1930-1989
South Orange Avenue (1):	83	64	38	-54%
Springfield Avenue:	312	251	115	-63%
TOTAL	395	315	153	-61%

Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Newark, Vol. 5, 1930-74, 1989

Table 7

Number of Businesses on Springfield Avenue and South Orange Avenue,

as listed in Newark City Directories 1947-1965

				% Change,
	1947	1957-58	1964-65	1947-1965
South Orange Avenue:
From Bergen St. to S. 10th St.	111	88	70	-37%
From S. 10th St. to 20th St.	78	75	84	8%
Subtotal	189	163	154	-19%
Springfield Avenue:
Bergen St. to Blum St.	124	112	93	-25%
Blum St. to 20th St.	231	193	186	-19%
Subtotal	355	305	279	-21%
TOTAL	544	468	433	-20%

Source: Newark City Directories, 1957-1965

STRATEGIC REVITALIZATION PLANfor theWEST SIDE COMMUNITY OF NEWARK, NJ

THE WEST SIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD:A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Report on behalf of the Corinthian Housing Development Corporation

May 12, 1997

STRATEGIC REVITALIZATION PLAN
for the
WEST SIDE COMMUNITY OF NEWARK, NJ

THE WEST SIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD:
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE