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Credit: Courtesy of Newark Public Library
Imprints Department
This rendering of a 1916 Prudential
building proposed for Broad Street is
part of an exhibit, “Visions of the
City: ‘Reinventing Newark’ 1901-2005,”
opening at the Robeson Art Gallery Nov.
2.
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As a vital metropolitan, multicultural crossroads, Newark has always had its share of dreamers – architects, artists and executives both within the city and beyond – who’ve thought big, envisioning the city’s vast potential given its prime location and talent pool.
Over the past century, ideas for ambitious municipal projects have come and gone repeatedly – as in any major city – and some, after decades of proposals, have reached fruition, such as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the planned hockey arena.
An exhibit, “Visions of the City: ‘Reinventing Newark’ 1901-2005” will feature ideas whose time may yet come amid Newark’s renaissance. Opening with a reception at Robeson Art Gallery Nov. 2 – and including a special exhibit by architects Troy and Anker West in Dana Library – the two galleries will highlight the inventive concepts that have been a hallmark of Newark as imagined by a host of talented visionaries. The exhibit at Robeson will run through Dec. 15 and the show at Dana will run through Jan. 10. The exhibit also will feature a panel discussion to be held in the Dana Room on Nov. 30.
Marc Holzer, professor and chair of the department of public administration, developed the exhibit with political science professor Elizabeth Strom and public administration doctoral student Lois Redman-Simmons, with the support of the New Jersey Council on the Humanities. The intent of the exhibits in Robeson and Dana is to examine some of the plans to see if they could be useful for contemporary planning in Newark, Holzer said.
For additional information on the exhibits and the conference, go to pubadmin.newark.rutgers.edu/ReinventingNewark/index.htm.
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