Seth Boyden Terrace

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Seth Boyden Terrace
Seth Boyden Terrace
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General information
Location124 Seth Boyden Ter, Newark, NJ 07114
Coordinates 40°41′44″N74°12′04″W / 40.69551°N 74.20106°W / 40.69551; -74.20106
Year built1938-1941
Opened1941 (1941)
Closed2015 (2015)
Demolished2022 (2022)
OwnerNewark Housing Authority

The Seth Boyden Terrace, named after Seth Boyden, was a former public housing complex in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey.

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Inception

The project, one of the City of Newark's first attempts at providing public housing, was built between 1938 and 1941, [1] opening in late 1941. [2] [3] [4] The three-story buildings, located at Frelinghuysen Avenue, Center Terrace, Dayton Street, and Seth Boyden Terrace, contained 530 apartments. [5] [4]

In 1942, the 530 families who lived in the project, along with an estimated 1000 children, were put under quarantine when three children were stricken with paralysis. It was believed that the polio virus was the cause. [6]

There is currently Seth Boyden Elderly housing still in use through the Newark Housing Authority. [7] The Seth Boyden Terrace housing project in Newark was abandoned in 2015 after years of neglect and was demolished in 2022. [8] [9] [10]

Future

In 2022, it was announced the site of the housing project would be turned into television and film studios, soundstages, and Foley rooms as part of Lionsgate Newark Studios. [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ Rosati, Ryan (8 September 2022). "Seth Boyden Terrace". Ryan Rosati. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Helmreich, William B. (1999). The Enduring Community: The Jews of Newark and MetroWest. Transaction Publishers. ISBN   978-1-56000-392-2.
  3. ↑ Board, Newark (N J. ) Central Planning (1961). Re: New Newark: A Continuing Ten-year Program. The Board.
  4. 1 2 "Three Powerful Agencies Brought Housing to the City's Needy". Charles Cummings.
  5. ↑ NJ.com, Barry Carter (6 April 2012). "Carter: Newark neighborhood reunion is reminder of great memories, harsh reality". nj.
  6. ↑ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (16 August 1942). "1,000 CHILDREN PUT UNDER QUARANTINE; Three in Newark's Seth Boyden Court, Housing Project, Are Stricken With Paralysis ALL VISITORS ARE BARRED Youngsters to Be Confined for 21 Days -- All Are Being Examined by Doctors". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "Newark Housing Authority's Property Map". Newark Housing Authority. City of Newark. Archived from the original on 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Kofsky, Jared (15 June 2020). "Newark's Seth Boyden Terrace Site Could Become 'Area in Need of Redevelopment'". Jersey Digs.
  9. ↑ "News: MAYOR BARAKA JOINS NEWARK HOUSING AUTHORITY TO DEMOLISH HISTORIC SETH BOYDEN COURT COMPLEX". www.newarknj.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Economopoulos, Aristide. "Newark Housing Authority is planning to knock down the Seth Boyden Court, The Terrell Homes and West Side Villas apartment complexes this Spring". NJ.com. NJ Advance Media. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Morris, Sebastian (23 May 2022). "Renderings Reveal Lionsgate's Next Production Studio in Newark, New Jersey". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Ex-Newark Housing Project to Be Converted Into $100 Million TV, Film Studio". NBC New York. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
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