Industry and Commerce
- The Ironbound. Part II: Industry, Commerce Sustain Vibrant Soul in Midst of Change | September 19, 1996
- Pru Led the Way in Reviewing the Long and Short of Skyscrapers | November 28, 1996
- Insurers Forged Path to Elegance and Renewal with Skyscrapers | December 5, 1996
- City’s High-Rises Tell History of Style | December 12, 1996
- Leather Industry Branded the City
with a Fine Reputation | January 2, 1997 - In a Glass Darkly: Beer Marks City’s History Brewers Benefited from Workers, Water | January 16, 1997
- Newark Textile Family Wove Threads
Through the City’s History | March 27, 1997 - McCarters Helped Shape City and State | April 10, 1997
- Passaic Lighthouse Safeguarded Six Decades of Newark Bay Shipping | April 17, 1997
- City’s Industrial Past Shines with Jewelry of Gold and Gems | May 29, 1997
- Town of cottage industries becomes a manufacturing empire | April 30, 1998
- Beer, shears and steam engines | May 7, 1998
- The masters of manufacturing: Hyatt, Durand and the Clarks | May 14, 1998
- Weston and Murphy add sheen to an entrepreneurial tradition | May 21, 1998
- Ronson lighters and Lewis cigars, more hot items of the past | May 28, 1998
- The 3 W’s of Industry: Westinghouse, Waterman and Warehouse | June 11, 1998
- Transportation: The Magic Carpet that Whisked in Industry | June 18, 1998
- An Enlightened Life of Selling and Giving | July 16, 1998
- From Soup to Nuts to Beer and Snacks, the City Made it All | November 26, 1998
- From Lunch Wagons to Dining Palaces, a Feast of Food, News and Gossip | December 3, 1998
- When Celebrities Came to Dine and Eddie Dwyer Held Court | December 10, 1998
- From Whalers to Warships, Always a City of Seafarers | December 31, 1998
- Bears Stadium Marks historic Site’s Rebirth as Sports Center | June 3, 1999
- Broad Street Station Tracks Glory of Early Transportation Era | June 10, 1999
- Mutual Benefit Life’s Legacy Includes Buildings of Grandeur | July 8, 1999
- City’s Illustrious Craftsmen Furnished a Growing Nation | July 29, 1999
- Burgeoning Car Industry Helped Shape City’s Development | August 19, 1999
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