Now on view at Paul Robeson Gallery

Reinventing Newark

This exhibition, sponsored by the Graduate Department of Public Administration, illuminates the history of urban planning in Newark by showing us the artists’ visions rather than reality’s compromises. By focusing on the unrealized plans, Reinventing Newark offers us a glimpse of the inner workings of Newark, and reminds us of the civic interest and pride taken in this city. To explore why projects did not come to fruition offers a greater understanding of Newark’s history from political, social, and economic standpoints, as well as providing context for the ideas that do come to be.

There is an online version of the exhibition which can be viewed here and a related exhibition, Reinventing Newark: Troy West/Anker West in the lobby of the John Cotton Dana Library, also on view through December 15.

There will be a symposium for Reinventing Newark in the Dana Room, 4th floor, at the library on November 30 from 5 to 8 pm.

The symposium will feature talks by Charles F. Cummings of the Newark Public Library; Dr. Elizabeth Strom of Rutgers-Newark; Ulysses Dietz of the Newark Museum; architect Troy West; and Junius Williams, Esq.

Reinventing Newark is open for public viewing through December 15, 2005. Admission is free. Contact the gallery at 973-353-1610 for more information.