Deciding Who Breathes Dirty Air: External Power and Everyday Life in Camden, 1960s-Present by Maya SchaefleinSite Description: Waterfront South is a small, predominantly Black and Latino, working-class neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, located along the Delaware...
Recreation in Decline: A Park Commission’s Failure to Provide Parks from the 1950s-1970s in Essex County, NJ
Recreation in Decline: A Park Commission's Failure to Provide Parks from the 1950s-1970s in Essex County, NJ by Dominic AttalientiSite Description: There was a large economic disparity in Essex County, New Jersey in the 1950s and the 1960s, which led to differences...
From Contaminated Land to Promised Remediation: The Prolonged Cleanup of a Toxic Waste Site at Perth Amboy, NJ’s Future Borinqueneer Park (2003-Present)
From Contaminated Land to Promised Remediation: The Prolonged Cleanup of a Toxic Waste Site at Perth Amboy, NJ’s Future Borinqueneer Park (2003-Present) by Armani RomanSite Description:The Borinqueneer Park, previously known as 2nd Street Park, will be developed in...
Dominique Clairmonte Project Title
Gentrification Guised in Gold: How the Prudential Center Has Transformed Newark’s Ironbound and What the 2024 Olympic Village means for Seine-Saint Denis, France’s Neuf-Trois. by Dominique ClairmonteSite Description:Inhabited by Portuguese, Brazilian, and Latin...
Igniting the SPARK: Portuguese Ironbound and the struggle for Environmental Justice in Newark 1960s-1990s
Igniting the SPARK: Portuguese Ironbound and the struggle for Environmental Justice in Newark, N.J., 1960s-1990s by Ethan JardimSite Description: Riverbank Park Protests, Newark Public Library Internet ArchiveIn 1995, the Newark city government proposed a plan to...
Noise Can Do More
Noise can do More than just hurt your ears: How Noise pollution is hurting the community of Crotona Park East and Morrisania, Bronx, NY (1980) by Joshua Matthew TalbanSite Description: Noise pollution in New York City dates back to the early 20th century and continues...
The PCB Golf Course
The PCB Golf Course: How the Hyatt Hills Golf Course of Clark, NJ is a Potential Risk to its Visitors and Neighbors (1942-2021) by Giulian PacellaSite Description: The Hyatt Hills Golf Course in Clark New Jersey was not always a golf course, previously it had been a...
Do you know what your children are exposed to?
Do you know what your children are exposed to?: An inside look at how schools and recreational locations in modern day Newark, NJ are the most harmful to this city’s children by Anahi MunozSite Description: South Street School, built in 2016, is an elementary school...
From Bleak Landfills
Overpeck County Park: From Bleak Landfills to Green Hills (1957-2021) by Aaron LeuSite Description: The story begins around the 1950s in Overpeck Creek, located in Bergen County, NJ. An area that was once a diverse wetland ecosystem became a miserable dumpsite filled...
RPM Act
The RPM Act: How will the act affect us all in Englishtown, NJ (1972-2021) by Jason JimenezSite Description: Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act) is an act that allows those who modify their vehicles for the purpose of racing. Currently our street...