Central Planning Board, 1915 - 2026

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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
Urban renewal progress map, Sept 1970
Proposed zoning ordinance final draft Jan 1953
"Central Planning Board" Booklet, history objectives etc. c. 1979
Urban renewal interim report April 1959, and Second, Oct 1959, Cataloged
Re:New Newark: A Demonstration grant project
Requirements for permits, 1977

Central Planning Board, Not digitized:

Minutes 1968-1974
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. Note: no minutes or agendas published from Sept-Dec 2025.

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