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Central Planning Board, 1915 - 2025

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Scope and Contents

Central Planning Board, Annual Reports, Digitized: 1945, 1948, 1951, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1975, 1976

Central Planning Board, Misc, Digitized:

  • An ordinance creating a central planning board, 1943
  • A preliminary report on the scope of the city plan: no. 1 of a series, 1944
  • A preliminary report on the background and character of the city: no. 2 of a series, 1944
  • A preliminary report: plans for extension and enlarged approaches to new Passaic River bridge, 1944
  • A preliminary report on past, present and probable future population for Newark, New Jersey: no. 3 of a series, 1944
  • A preliminary report on a postwar construction program for Newark, New Jersey: special report no. 1, 1944
  • Explanation of alternate plans for downtown connecting ramps to the proposed William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge, Newark, N.J., 1944
  • A preliminary report on housing conditions and policy for Newark, New Jersey: no. 4 of a series, 1945
  • A preliminary report on a major street plan for Newark, New Jersey, 1945
  • Preliminary report on the Third Ward, 1945
  • A preliminary report on the proposed Military Park garage for Newark, New Jersey, 1946
  • A report on public buildings and the city's appearance for Newark, New Jersey, 1946
  • A preliminary report on parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities and schools for Newark, New Jersey, 1946
  • A report on a long range capital expenditure program and administration policy and practice for Newark, New Jersey, 1947
  • The master plan for the physical development of the City of Newark, N.J., 1947
  • Citizens' Advisory Committee to the Central Planning Board: [address at] luncheon--Hotel Sheraton, 12:00, Wednesday, April 2, 1947
  • Proposed zoning ordinance for Newark, New Jersey (as revised, December 1948), 1948
  • 1950 United States Census population data of Newark, N.J. by census tracts, 1950
  • [Report to the Newark Central Planning Board from the executive director], 1951
  • Proposed zoning ordinance for Newark, New Jersey, July, 1952 (first draft), 1952
  • Report on proposed zoning ordinance, July, 1952 (first draft) [July 1952]
  • Report and brief analysis of the proposed zoning ordinance (final draft) for Newark, N.J., February 1953
  • Appendix to the revised ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey 1951 : chapter 36, zoning: adopted June 9, 1954; effective July 1, 1954, 1954
  • East-West Freeway study: an analysis of two alignments proposed by the State Highway Department [March 1959], 1959
  • Study of Newark's, New Jersey, Central Area and its economic base, 1st phase, 1959
  • Staff report: First Residence District study, June 30, 1960, 1960
  • Newark Central Areas land use plan, 1961
  • Population trends in Newark: Information Report 1961 no. 1, 1961
  • The city planning job in Newark: Information Report 1961 no. 2, 1961
  • The middle income housing problem in Newark, New Jersey: a study and framework for an effective program: staff study and report-Central Planning Board, June 1962
  • Newark urban renewal areas, 1963
  • Newark urban renewal areas, October 1963, 1963
  • 1964 overall economic development plan, 1964
  • Master plan 1964 City of Newark N.J.
  • Proposed master plan, City of Newark, New Jersey, prepared for public hearing, January 18, 1965
  • Central Planning Board public hearing re: Weequahic Park urban renewal area (Municipal Council chamber, City Hall, Newark, New Jersey, Monday, January 17, 1972, 7:00 p.m.), 1972
  • Public hearing, Central Planning Board of the City of Newark re: Frontage Road blight application, Room B-21, City Hall, basement, Newark, New Jersey, February 13th, 1973 at 5:00 p.m., 1973
  • State of the city, 1978
  • Master Plan 1978
  • Commercial corridor revitalization study for Broadway, July 1982, 1982
  • A recreation study report: report no. 1: recreation study to determine needs of the school age population of the city in all five wards, 1989
  • Report on examination of accounts for the year 1989, 1991
  • [Information on redeveloping Bambergers], 1995
  • Strategic plan for a Federal Empowerment Zone: executive summary, 1995
  • Land Use Element of the master plan of the City of Newark: revised draft, 2001
  • Land Use Element of the master plan of the City of Newark: verbal comments and responses: June 11, 2003, revised July 3, 2003, 2003
  • Land Use Element of the master plan of the City of Newark: written comments and responses: June 11, 2003, revised: August 7, 2003, 2003


Central Planning Board, Not digitized:
  • "Central Planning Board" Booklet, history objectives etc. c. 1979
  • Proposed zoning ordinance final draft Jan 1953
  • Urban renewal interim report April 1959, SEE: Second, Oct 1959, Cataloged
  • Minutes 1968-1974
  • Requirements for permits, 1977
  • Newark Economic and Land Use Plan 1998
  • Consolidayed Plan 2000, 2003
  • Draft Zoning Law, 2003
  • New Zoning Standard, pamphlet, c. 2010


  • Central Planning Board, Born Digital, Unprocessed New documents include minutes and agendas 2015-2025, as well as project data from 2025 for specific projects and buildings, as follows.
    • 218 Fairmount Avenue (CPB-24-100)
    • 146-150 Sunset Avenue (CPB-24-77)
    • 31-39 and 41-43 Central Avenue (CPB-25-37)
    • 331-345 Meeker Avenue (CPB-24-105)
    • 73-75 South 13th Street (CPB-24-103)
    • 230 Walnut Street (CPB-24-10)
    • 827-829 South 18th Street (CPB-25-12)
    • 112-118, 120-122, and 124 North Munn Avenue (CPB-25-52)
    • 435-501 South Orange Avenue (CPB 25-06)
    • 662-668 South 14th Street (CPB-25-17)
    • 7-9, 11, 13, 15 Beach Street_ 313-315 Mulberry Street_ 50-52 E. Kinney Street_ 36,38,42,44 Orchard Street (CPB-24-87)
    • 95-97 Shanley Avenue (CPB-25-14)
    • 114-116 Market Street (CPB 25-09)
    • 126 Market Street (CPB-25-22)
    • 432-446 South Orange Avenue (CPB-25-43)
    • 208-210 South 8th Street (CPB-25-34)
    • 88-90 Walnut Street (CPB-21-05) _Extension_
    • 678-696 Doremus Avenue (CPB-25-39)
    • 96-120 Roanoke Avenue (CPB-25-13)
    • 19-21 Kent Street (CPB-25-42)
    • 938-948 Lake St and 321.5 Verona Ave (CPB-22-36) _Extension_
    • 166 Bloomfield Avenue (CPB-25-50)
    • 110 McWhorter Street (CPB-24-82)
    • 566-570 Springfield Avenue and 641-645 South 12th Street (CPB-22-38) _Extension_
    • 27-29 Schley Street (CPB-25-29)
    • 295-297 Sussex Avenue (CPB-25-32)
    • 723-811 Frelinghuysen Avenue and 35 Foster Street (CPB-22-121) _Extension_
    • 230-234 14th Avenue (CPB-25-31)
    • 355-359 South 9th Street (CPB-25-41)
    • 780 Sanford Avenue (CPB-25-28)
    • 457-461 Washington Street (CPB-25-27)
    • 1489-1495 McCarter Highway (CPB-25-38)
    • 348-370 Morris Avenue and 261 Bruce Street (CPB-25-01)
    • 18-20 Van Ness Place (CPB-25-15)
    • 508-516 Springfield Avenue (CPB-25-16)
    • 20-24 Branford Place (CPB-22-10) _Extension_
    • 529-531 South 19th Street (CPB-25-36)
    • 525-527 South 19th Street (CPB-25-35)
    • 359-365 Central Avenue (CPB-25-53)
    • 738 Mount Prospect - 188 Grafton Avenue (CPB-24-74)
    • 14-16 Jefferson St. and 25-31 Madison Street (CPB-25-67)
    • 228-230 Miller Street (CPB-24-60)
    • 854 Clinton Avenue (CPB-24-30) _Extension_
    • 808-810 South 15th Street (CPB-25-20)
    • 626-638 Springfield Avenue (CPB-25-05)
    • 58-60 Boylan Street (CPB-25-19)
    • 345-350 North 7th Street (CPB-25-21)
    • 253-255 4th Street (CPB-24-107)
    • 250-252 Elm Street (CPB-24-64)
    • 502-514 Mulberry Street, 169-205 Murray Street, 48-58 Goble Street, 191-219 Astor Street (AINOR)
    • 184-186 Ferry Street (CPB-24-28)
    • 399-409 Central Avenue- 42-46 1st Street (CPB-24-92)
    • 56 Park Place (CPB-25-54)
    • 828-832 Summer Avenue (AINOR)
    • 944-946 Bergen Street (CPB-25-07)
    • 302-322 Lyons Avenue (CPB-21-61) _Extension_
    • 17-31 Academy (AINOR)
    • 376-382 Broadway (CPB-22-103) _Extension_
    • 573 Martin Luther King Boulevard (CPB-20-56) _Extension_
    • 636 South 10th Street (CPB-24-94)
    • 60-62 Delancy Street (CPB-23-76)
    • 137-151 Roseville Avenue (CPB-24-93)
    • 99-101 South 8th Street (CPB-25-58)
    • 108-110 Stuyvesant Avenue (CPB-24-90) _Extension_
    • 412-426 Ferry Street (CPB-25-48)
    • 176-178 Seymour Avenue (CPB-25-47)
    • 165 Thomas Street (CPB-25-65)
    • 983-989 South Orange Avenue (CPB-25-25)
    • 84-86 Speedway (CPB-25-49)
    • 516-518 Hawthorne Avenue (CPB-25-62)
    • 28-30 Abbotsford Avenue (CPB-25-82)
    • 86 ½ - 88 Garside Street (CPB-25-57)
    • 430-436 Market Street (CPB-24-99)
    • 37-39 Grand Avenue (CPB-24-84)
    • 653-657 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (CPB-24-69)
    • 548-562 Broadway (CPB-24-95)
    • 431 Hawthorne Avenue (CPB-24-79)
    • 71-73 Delancy Street (CPB-24-106)
    • 569, 571-577 Broad Street (CPB-22-76) _Extension_
    • 383-385 South 10th Street (CPB-24-98)
    • 379-381 South 10th Street (CPB-24-97)
    • 2-24 Mount Pleasant Avenue (CPB-23-28) _Extension_
    • 388 Summer Avenue (CPB-24-37)
    • 112-114 South 8th Street (CPB-24-76)
    • 517-519, 521, 523 Bergen Street (CPB-24-91)
    • 105-161 Hyatt Avenue (CPB-22-100) _Extension_
    • 361-363 South 8th Street (CPB-24-102)
    • 364-374 Broadway (CPB-24-62)
    • 200 Halsey Street (CPB-24-112)
    • 5-7 South 7th Street (CPB-25-44)
    • 250-252 Orange Street (CPB-25-33)
    • 324-326 North 12th Street (CPB-25-45)
    • 350 Bloomfield Avenue (CPB-25-08)
    • 526-530 Springfield Avenue (CPB-25-30)
    • 291-297 South Orange Avenue (CPB-25-02)
    • 135, 149-157 Summit Street (CPB-24-110)
    • 51-55 Cypress Street (CPB-24-85)
    • 7 Gotthardt Street (CPB-24-83)
    • 140-166 Raymond Boulevard (CPB-21-32) _Extension_
    • 417-421 New Street - 18-22 First Street (CPB-24-80)
    • 5 Gotthardt Street (CPB-24-81)
    • 154-162 Bloomfield Avenue (CPB-24-13)
    • CPB21-53 17-21 Halsey St

    Dates

    • 1915 - 2025

    Creator

    Extent

    From the Collection: 103 linear feet Linear Feet (50.5 shelves + .75 drawer)

    Language of Materials

    From the Collection: English

    Related Materials

    Processing Information

    Most recent addition: Oct 6, 2025.

    Repository Details

    Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

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    Newark Public Library
    5 Washington St.
    Newark NJ 07102 United States
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