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Expansion At Riverfront Park In Newark Includes Walkway, Amphitheater
NEWARK, NJ — Since Newark’s founding in the mid-1600s, the growth and prosperity of the city has been closely linked to the Passaic River. Yet for many decades, the community was alienated from the river in virtually every way.
That’s been changing in New Jersey’s largest city, which recently celebrated the opening of a new extension at Riverfront Park.
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