Government Center, Newark

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Government Center is a district in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, bounded by Broad Street, Green Street, Mulberry Street, and Beach Street and 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.

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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

BuildingImageStreet addressOrganizationDates of useNotesReferences
Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office & Courthouse USPostOfficeandCourthouseNewark1936.tiff 2 Federal Square US District Court for NJ 1936–present Following design of George Oakley Totten Jr.
Dedicated to Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senator from New Jersey
Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Courthouse, Newark, NJ, USA.jpg 50 Walnut Street US District Court for NJ 1992–presentSite of sculpture Justice
Named for civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.
[5] [6]
Peter Rodino, Jr. Federal Building Rodino Fed Bldg Newark.JPG 972 Broad Street U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office1967–presentNamed for US Representative Peter Rodino, Jr. (NJ-10) [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Newark City Hall Newark City Hall (13658188985).jpg 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 Court31 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 Authority47-63 Green StreetNewark Parking Authority2019–present [13] [14]

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  13. 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.
  14. 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.

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