Brick Towers

Brick Towers

Brick Towers was a 324 unit affordable housing development in Newark, New Jersey, originally occupied in 1970. The buildings were demolished in 2006, despite opposition by the City’s Mayor Cory Booker who was living in the property at the time. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/20/nyregion/20newark.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin Evicted, Newark’s Mayor Finds Another Blighted Street] NY Times, Nov. 20, 2006] Although the buildings were reported structurally sound, there were persistent problems with poor management and associated criminal activity.

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