The story
New Jersey's first TV station broadcast from this former Shriner temple where Marian Anderson broke the color barrier and Sarah Vaughan has a hall named in her honor.
Everything that was here
- 1925–present · still open
Newark Symphony Hall (The Mosque Theatre)Theater
New Jersey's first TV station broadcast from this former Shriner temple where Marian Anderson broke the color barrier and Sarah Vaughan has a hall named in her honor.
See the map in 1926 → - 1933–1968
Essex House HotelHotel
Designed by the architects of Grand Central Station, this Elks lodge turned luxury hotel had an 1,800-pound chandelier and was home to mobster Longy Zwillman's rival.
See the map in 1934 →
Nearby history
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Club Zanzibar
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