Demolition of Newark’s Seth Boyden Court, the city's first federally-subsidized housing development, is underway more than seven years after its last resident was moved out. The property will be transformed into new housing and commercial developments.
Seth Boyden was Newark’s first federally-subsidized housing development, opened in 1939 after the Great Depression. Former residents who came to see the start of the demolition said the complex used to be diverse, housing generations of Black and Jewish families. Many raised their children here, met their best friends and held cook-outs with their families and neighbors.
Some former residents carried red and white balloons to represent the people who died after the area became blighted by crime and violence, releasing them into the air as the brick walls from the housing complex were torn down. “These hallways and apartments can tell so many stories,” said Victor Cirilo, executive director of the Newark Housing Authority. Cirilo said Newark lent the NHA $4 million to demolish the property that was racking up complaints of illegal dumping. The NHA will use another $1.2 million of its funds to finish the work.
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