Seth Boyden housing projects

The Seth Boyden housing projects, named after Seth Boyden, is a former public housing complex in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey.

The project, one of the city of Newark's first attempts at providing public housing, opened in 1941.[1][2][3] The three-story buildings located at Frelinghuysen Avenue, Center Terrace, Dayton Street, and Seth Boyden Terrace contain 530 apartments.[4][3]

In 1942, the 530 families who lived in the project, along with their 1000 children, were put under quarantine when three children were stricken with paralysis.[5]

There is currently Seth Boyden Elderly housing still in use through the Housing Authority of Newark, New Jersey.[6] As of 2020, the Seth Boyden Terrace housing project in Newark was abandoned.[7]

References
  1. Helmreich, William B. The Enduring Community: The Jews of Newark and MetroWest. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56000-392-2.
  2. Board, Newark (N J. ) Central Planning. Re: New Newark: A Continuing Ten-year Program. The Board.
  3. "Three Powerful Agencies Brought Housing to the City's Needy". Charles Cummings.
  4. NJ.com, Barry Carter (6 April 2012). "Carter: Newark neighborhood reunion is reminder of great memories, harsh reality". nj.
  5. TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (16 August 1942). "1,000 CHILDREN PUT UNDER QUARANTINE; Three in Newark's Seth Boyden Court, Housing Project, Are Stricken With Paralysis ALL VISITORS ARE BARRED Youngsters to Be Confined for 21 Days -- All Are Being Examined by Doctors". The New York Times.
  6. "NHA > Portfolio > Senior". newarkha.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. Kofsky, Jared (15 June 2020). "Newark's Seth Boyden Terrace Site Could Become 'Area in Need of Redevelopment'". Jersey Digs.
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