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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