Government Center, Newark
Government Center is a district in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, bounded by Broad Street, Green Street, Mulberry Street, and Beach Street and named for named for the presence of government buildings centered around a plaza called Federal Square.[1][2] Grace Episcopal Church, a national historic site, where the tune of America the Beautiful was written, is within the area. The larger-than-life bust Justice, a statue of George Floyd and another of Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson are in the district.
Government Center is just south of the Four Corners Historic District and the Prudential Center and north of Newark Symphony Hall. Federal Square had once been called Vroom Alley, but was later renamed.[3] To the east along Mulberry Street is the area that at one time was Newark's Chinatown.[4]
While Government Center is the concentration of federal and municipal buildings, Newark is also the county seat of in Essex County. County government buildings are located at the Essex County Government Complex, the heart of which is the historic Essex County Courthouse, home of the New Jersey Superior Court.
Government buildings
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MLK Building and Courthouse -
US Post Office and Courthouse -
Rodino Federal Building -
City Hall -
Villani Building (former police headquarters)
| Building | Image | Street address | Organization | Dates of use | Notes | References |
| Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office & Courthouse |  |
2 Federal Square | US District Court for NJ | 1936–present |
Following design of George Oakley Totten Jr. | |
| Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse |  |
50 Walnut Street | US District Court for NJ | 1992–present | Site of sculpture Justice Named for civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. |
[5][6] |
| Peter Rodino, Jr. Federal Building |  |
972 Broad Street | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office | 1967–present | Named for US Representative Peter Rodino, Jr. (NJ-10) | [7][8][9][10][11][12] |
| Newark City Hall |  |
920 Broad Street | Municipal Council of Newark Mayor of Newark |
1902–present | Statues of George Floyd and Kenneth A. Gibson, Mayor of Newark | |
| Newark Municipal Court | 31 Green Street | |||||
| Ralph A. Villani Building Former Newark Police Headquarters |
22 Franklin Street | Newark Police Department | Named for Ralph A. Villani, Mayor of Newark (1949–1953) | |||
| Newark Parking Authority | 47-63 Green Street | Newark Parking Authority | 2019–present | [13][14] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NJ Judiciary: Map of Newark offices" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ New York Times December 12, 1989
- ^ Engineering News-Record". New York: McGraw-Hill, 1917.
- ^ When Newark Had a Chinatown, accessed November 2, 2007 [dead link]
- ^ "New Jersey Federal Buildings".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Peter Rodino Building, Newark | 121262". Emporis. Retrieved May 3, 2022.[dead link]
- ^ NY Times July 7, 1995
- ^ Emporis: Peter RodinoBuilding[dead link]
- ^ Skyscraper: Rodino Federal Building
- ^ +C+.com: Rodino Federal Office Building Archived 2010-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Good night, Posterous".
- ^ Yi, Karen (March 7, 2019). "City agrees to lease back parking lot for $27M that it sold for $1". nj.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ Yi, Karen (February 13, 2019). "City sold property for $1. Now it wants to rent it back for $27M". nj.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
See also
[edit]- Federal courthouses in New Jersey
- County courthouses in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey