Government Center, Newark

Government Center is a district within the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is considered a part of Downtown Newark and is named for the presence of government buildings centered on a plaza known as Federal Square.[1][2] It hosts the US Citizen and Immigration Services, the Social Security Administration, and the US Attorney's Office for New Jersey as well as many other federal functions. It is part of the Four Corners Historic District.

Federal Square and City Hall

The district is just south of Four Corners on the east side of Broad Street and the Prudential Center and north of Newark Symphony Hall and The Coast neighborhood. In the center is Grace Episcopal Church, a national historic site, where the tune of America the Beautiful was written. To the east near Mulberry Street is the area that at one time was Newark's Chinatown,[3] and host to restaurants serving the district and the sports center. The surrounding area includes mid-rise government buildings and at-grade parking lots.

Government buildings
Justice in front of MLK Courthouse
US Post Office and Courthouse (1934) following design of George Oakley Totten, Jr.
Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Federal Office Building
Broad Street entrance of building named for Congressman Peter W. Rodino
General information
TypeGovernment Office
Location970 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates40°43′52″N 74°10′25″W
Completed1967
Height
Roof67 m (220 ft)
Technical details
Floor count16
Floor area467,000 sq ft (43,400 m2)
References
[4][5][6][7]

At one time Federal Square had been called Vroom Alley, but was renamed in recognition of the concentration of the following buildings:[8]

  • Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Federal Office Building[9][10]
  • Newark City Hall
  • Main Post Office and U.S. Courthouse
  • Police Headquarters & Municipal Court Building
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse[11][12]

See also

References
  1. "NJ Judiciary: Map of Newark offices" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  2. New York Times December 12, 1989
  3. When Newark Had a Chinatown, accessed November 2, 2007
  4. Emporis: Peter RodinoBuilding
  5. Skyscraper: Rodino Federal Building
  6. +C+.com: Rodino Federal Office Building Archived 2010-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. http://dattnerarchitects.posterous.com/peter-w-rodino-federal-building-renovation-re
  8. Engineering News-Record". New York: McGraw-Hill, 1917.
  9. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=peterrodinobuilding-newark-nj-usa
  10. NY Times July 7, 1995
  11. http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104787
  12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2012-10-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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