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Newark continues to rank 63 of the 75 most populous cities in America, per the 2000 census, with 273,500 people. The state’s second largest city, Jersey City, is 72. In 1900, Newark was 16, Jersey City was 17 (both just behind Washington, D.C. at 15); Paterson was 32, Camden was 52 and Trenton 53. If the traditional twentieth-century city remains as graced with tall buildings and downtown areas replete with offices, restaurants, shopping and entertainment, served by an integrated transportation system, then New Jersey’s six principal cities—Newark, Jersey City, Trenton, Camden, Paterson, New Brunswick, Elizabeth and Atlantic City—still qualify. They form a microcosm for smaller cities across the country, and are a metaphor themselves for contemporary urban life.  For general observations on cities, see Cityscapes. 

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This is the Trinity Episcopal Church at 608 Broad Street in Newark, with some of the city's skyscrapers in the background.  The original church structure was destroyed by fire in 1804, and the church rebuilt in 1810.  It is now known as Trinity and St. Philips Episcopal Church.  The original charter for the congregation dates to the 1740s.  The building on the far right is the National Newark Building at 744 Broad Street, built in 1931 and still the tallest building in Newark.  Just to the left of the National Newark Building (and five meters shorter) is the 1180 Raymond Boulevard Building, built in 1930.

 

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