Does anyone have any memories of that old stadium at Bloomfield Ave. and 8th? Is it used anymore? What is it's actual name?

I believe it was School's Stadium.

Newark Schools stadium. After moving from Third St. to
Lawton St. in East Orange, I was only 6 blocks away.
Many a gridiron battle on Sundays between Essex Catholic
and Silly Hall and the Gray Bees. On Saturday the Barringer's and Central 's would play. At night in the
sixties it would host the Newark Bears football.

Springtime had St. Francis little league games at the First Ave. end ballfields.

The boys of summer from Roseville Ave playground would
take on all comers in the city Little league led by
Johnny Mc Cree's 3 best pitches (fastball, curve and
I'm closing my eyes and letting it fly).

My debut with the drum and bugle corps in 1964 competitions as well as a host of other events.
Track meets, CYO and high school.

Then there was always " lets hop the fence and do whatever we were going to do". I miss that place.

Two things come to mind. Drum Corps. contests with St. Rose's and St. Lucy's. And best of all were the fireworks on July 4th.

Almost 50 years ago( I cant belive it) I lived on 8th
street WOW....Just a block away from the Newark School
stadum That what they called it then,
In the 50s something was going on there, Soft ball. High school foot ball Great fire works , track on field , Many moon ago

Fireworks there on the 4th of July!

My mother's family told a story what before City Stadium was build the land was home a gun club and that my grandfather shot with Annie Oakley there! I never believed the story until years later when I learned that Annie lived in Nutley when she retired. Does anybody else know about the gun club?

Doris, I seem to recall Don saying he rode with Buffalo Bill back around those times. He should remember Annie!!!

So Doris, it's really neat that your family had a brush with the famous Annie, I love hearing stories like that!

i remember Newark Stadium as a kind in the sixties and my great-grandfathe, philip frobose took care of annie's horses in Nutley.

Annie Oakley actually was born and died in Ohio. BUT, she toured for many years with the Bill Hickock's Wild West Show and they would perform in various places in and around Newark. Much like the traveling carnivals that pop up in parking lots with rides etc. My great-uncle, (who was like a grandpa to me) used to tell stories of seeing her perform on an empty lot on First Street. So I have no doubt that at the very least competitions were staged in other places in Newark and obviously a gun shop would have been a perfect venue for everyone involved.
I remember the Annie Oakley TV show which is where I got hooked on Annie, and when I moved to Ohio I made it my business to find out more about her.

Courtesy, Nutley Historical Society Collection, Nutley, NJ

During the 1890s, at the height of her fame, Oakley and her husband wintered in Nutley. In 1894, she and others from the Wild West Show met in West Orange where Thomas A. Edison made a kinescope of their performance.

A guy with Hickock's skills could be put to good use in modern-day Newark.
Where are ya, Bill, now that we need you?

Thanks for the update on Nutley! My mom lived there so yet another connection to Annie. Little did I know when I was living in Jersey! I will have to dig around and see what else I can come up with because now you've got me curious all over again.

I just saw a documatary 2 weeks ago about Annie Oakley. It was either the "American Experence" or "American Masters" On that show it said that she lived in East Orange also. I think she died in the 1920s or 30s.

Gene

Anne "Annie" Oakley
Original name: Phoebe Ann Moses
Birth: Aug. 13, 1860
Death: Nov. 3, 1926

Sharpshooter. She was born Phoebe Moses in Darke County, Ohio. She never attended a regular school and was introduced and taught to shoot by her father in the woods around the farm where she lived. During hard times, she helped support her family with the game she caught. Her career as a sharpshooter stated at age 17, when she defeated the noted marksman, Frank E. Butler at a competition in Cincinnati, Ohio. The two eventually married and traveled with the Buffalo Bill Show for 17 years (1885-1902). She assumed the show business name of Anne Oakley. On a trip to Europe, Queen Victoria of England was quite impressed with her abilities, and on one occasion the crown prince of Germany encouraged her to shoot a cigarette from his mouth. Her expertness in marksmanship at the height of her career made her the best known cultural icon in the United States. At 30 paces, she could slice a playing card held edgewise, shoot holes through coins at a smiliar distance and scramble eggs in midair. She shot ashes out of cigarets, snuffed candles and shot corks out of bottles. A railroad accident in 1901 partially paralyzed her, but she continued to tour regularly. In 1916, she and Frank made Pinehurst, North Carolina their winter retirement home. At the famous resort known for its golf course, fox hunting, and its trapshooting range, Anne Oakley became a teacher. She thought women how to defend themselves as well as the fine art of trap shooting. Her health began to fail, suffering from pernicious anemia (Lead Poisoning) from all the ammunition she'd handled. In 1922 the couple moved back to Darke County, Ohio where the anemia took her life. When Frank was told, he simply stopped eating and died 18 days later. The couple is buried near the woods where little Annie Mose first hunted and trapped to sustain her impoverished family. (Bio by John R. Bacak)

Cause of death: pernicious anemia

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Burial:
Brock Cemetery
Greenville
Darke County
Ohio, USA

Record added: Jan 1 2001

Annie Oakley (1860-1926)
Courtesy, Nutley Historical Society Collection, Nutley, NJ

Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio. She began her career with a vaudeville shooting act in the late 1870s and became famous when she joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885. During the 1890s, at the height of her fame, Oakley and her husband wintered in Nutley. In 1894, she and others from the Wild West Show met in West Orange where Thomas A. Edison made a kinescope of their performance.

Great to see Joe Fueller back in the loop. He is one of the best! Feel better Joe. The 'stadium' holds many memories,...4th of July, drum corps, shot put / discus practice with Essex Catholic and lots & lots of baseball. I remember some huge pitcher from 1st Ave hitting me with a pitch really hard. Years later we end up roomates at St. John's University...Frank Pasciuti. The Summer Ave team got on the umpire so bad there was almost a fight. The ump was Mark Murro who became an Olympian. And,some 30 years later I meet a guy from that team in the Bronx of all places. I drove past the stadium in December. It doesn't seem to be as big as my memory recalls.
Jimmy, I don't think I could reach the plate now. And I wouldn't be able to read your signs without my glasses.

Rita DaSilva and I went to Drum Corp competitions there. I can remember watching St. Rose's my sister Diana,Marilyn P., Susan Bradbury, Patty Nason Johnny Bradbury,etc. were all in there. St. Lucy's Debbie Cordasco sister Barbara was in there. The Woodsiders , Rita's brothers Ronnie and Richie were part of and the Imperial Lancers- Brian Fallon. North 11the Street was very involved in the Drum Corps.

Little League group complaining about condition of school stadium fields. In reality it is no better or worse than when we played there as kids in the 60's. No one wrote stories for us. We were glad to have some space with grass to play.
The article fails to mention that only five blocks away (Branch Brook Park:Lake Street) there are five state of the art baseball and softball fields with lights and dugouts, scoreboards, and fences. Two of the fields are actually articial all weather surfaces.
It must have cost well over a million dollars to build. I see the point. Those fields were built with county dollars in a county park. Schools Stadium is owned by the city.

As kids we did have one great field: Newark Academy. Leroy Smith did a super job keeping the field so great. My brother-in-law, Tony Parisi and I saw him at a Newark Bears game in 1999. He was assistant head of the EMTs.

Frankie, was that before or after
he had a heart attack? Leroy didn't
miss too many meals! His brother-in
law is Pete Caggiano from the St.
Francis area (ECHS 1972). I saw Peter at a Devils game and I always
ask about Leroy. He told me he had
a setback.

Big John, forget about the glasses, just keep throwing
your "third" pitch. I'm assuming it won't break my hand
this time?
You mentioned Frank Pascutti. Do you remember playing
against Gary Tursi? He pitched for 1ST avenue. I seem to remember he hit about 6 of us. "Wild Thing".

Thanks, John! Great memories there. I too, got hit with a wild pitch and I was still sitting on the bench!

When I was coaching Little League In JC, NY, we had the concession stand behind the batters box. On the second floor was the annoucer & score keepers box. The other team brought in a new pitcher, because it was getting ugly early.

The pitcher threw his first pitch right at the annoucer's box and if the fence wasn't there he would've hit him. But that wasn't the funny part. The batter jumped up high with a tomahawk swing and got a strike. My guts are still bursting, just remembering the sight.

I have the pleasure of knowing Eddie Feighner (the King and his Court) a 4 man softball team who are infamous.
I'm sure Frank Mc Cree or Mr. Crowley (or Jimbo) who coached us called this play first.

Eddie had a great pitch where he would throw it behind his back and catch it in his glove, never actually
reaching home plate. Tim Makin the catcher said "Eddie
throw that behind the back pitch, I'll have an extra ball on me, and I'll yell strike, jump up and roll the extra
ball back to the mound and everyone walk off the field"

They do it. The umpire calls strike three. A big argument is going on at home plate. Eddie was worried that they got caught. Tim, the catcher goes over to see whats going on. When he comes back to the dugout, Eddie asks "well?"

Tim Makin tells him "The batter thought it was high"!

To go back to Annie Oakley for a minute: when she was injured in that railroad accident in North Carolina, she was actually brought to Saint Micheal's Medical Center in Newark, one of the foremost hospitals of its time, where she received surgery and was treated for her injuries.

For years the registry from when she was admitted to the hospital was on display in the lobby of the hospital for all to see.

Dan Gerard

hi dan, i believe that is Roosevelt Ave. stadium. i belonged to drum corps. St Rose's Imperial Lancers & were participants in many drum corps shows there during the 60's before the riots. i haven't been back to that area since i moved in 67 so i can't answer you as to whether or not it is still being used. i had some great times there!

Renee, Roosevelt Stadium was in Jersey City where the Drum Corp "Dream Contest" was held.

Jimmy E. re: Baseball Mysteries

We had a man on third and the pitcher threw the ball to the batter. The batter looked, but the ball skimmed past the catcher's mitt for a "passed ball." The catcher ran to the backstop and the ball wasn't there. It was, as bad as, losing a golf ball. So, the umpire and catcher are looking all over the batting area. No ball could be found. Of course, the man on third cruised to home. So, nobody knew where the ball went! The entire crowd is in to it now!

Answer: The umpire finally checked his ball pouch and it normally held two balls in it. He realized he had three balls in his pouch. When the ball passed him, he thought the ball only grazed him, but it flew into the pouch.

Jimmy / Joe...Little Yankees circa '65. Bobby 'Bumps' Zagorski would approach the mound from his position at first base after I walked a batter. He would be very loud yelling at me,nose to nose,to calm down and throw strikes. I would then stare down the next hitter mindful to stay off the rubber. As the runner took a few steps off first base; "Bumps' would tag him out with the ball I slipped into his mitt. Oh it was so easy, but you only could pull it off once!
Renne'.....as for Drum Corps at the stadium, I remember St. Kevins upsetting the big three, Lucy's, Sac & Garfield at our (SRL) "Sound of Music" show in '64, the night before the Dream. Or was it the other way around and they lost that night & won the Dream?..a 'lil help here. I remember Sac's Baby John & his baritone solo's and his Jackie Gleason move (and away we go) back to the formation. I remember in '66, the entire St.Lucy's corps sitting in the otherwise empty stands on a Saturday afternoon watching us (Imperial Lancers) practice and cheering for us. (subsequently they successfully recruited Dinverno, Baumgart & McCree). And sadly, I remeber in '69 we (St.Lucy's) had to move our show to Harrison because no one would go to 'the Stadium' after the riots.

That stadium in Harrison was recently flattened to make way for.......condos!

If you recall there was nary a blade of grass on that field and that’s where we, the Harrison High students played football, soccer, and baseball....on dirt and rocks. That is also the same place that used to have a very nice ice skating rink. It's probably because of that rink being setup and taken down that caused the grass to disappear.

You tried NOT to slide into ANY base during a baseball game.

The Schools Stadium on Bloomfield Ave. always looked impressive to me. I often wondered what it was like in it's heyday; I enjoy reading these posts. I hope they continue.

yup, you are right! sorry sr. moment.it was newark stadium in newark on roosevelt/bloomfield ave? DUH! i had also spent many a drum corps day in roosevelt stadium too at the dream contests.
i recently (July 08) went to the area for a birthday party. 1st time since '67. Boy, things they are a changing. i saw the stadium & a flood of memories came rushing back at me. then i realized i was lost in an area i didnn't feel to safe in or know anymore.
then i concentrated on my destination.
seems like yesterday; great times there..........

This is weird but I remember as a kid in the 60s visiting a guy who worked the grounds that had ducks in a small dug out pond in the maintenence area in a corner of the stadium. I think his name was Ernie. My aunt Mary McCue knew him. This had to be mid to late 1960s.

I too have many memories of the Newark Schools Stadium. Several are when I was a member of the Roseville First Aid Ambulance Squad. We went to many drum corps concerts, football games. One year there was a riot. Barringer was playing against East Orange. I remember the guy who was our Chief, James G. O'Brian was so excited that he was on the police radio yelling "there's a riot" over and over and the police dispatcher was trying to find out where he was. He did say the Stadium and patrol cars arrived. Anyway later after I got married and joined the Newark Police Department I lived at 280 First Avenue right across from the rear gate to the stadium. One night While watching TV I heard someone talking outside. I looked out the window and saw two teenagers climbing over the fence with a large horn style speaker. I went out and identified myself and asked what they were doing. Of course they said the found the speaker. Anyway I gave them a break, took there names and sent them on their way. The next day I went around to the office on Bloomfield Avenue and asked if they were missing any speakers. The foreman said no, because their to high on the poles. Well I said you better check. Of course he went nuts when he saw that two were missing. I had one and the other was near the rear gate. He sent some of his men to my house for the one I had. They just couldn't believe that someone would climb so high.

I remember back in the late 50's or early 60's, my downstairs neighbor Charles DeLillo played football for Barringer,I went to the majority of games with my dad and on one Saturday, against Central, (then the doormat of the City League)Charlie scored 6 TDs. I also recall the "BIG EVENT" of Barringer vs. East Orange, (then a perrenial State Power), Barringer almost always was competitive but the highlight of my recollections was Barringer's Mud Bowl victory in Nov of 64'. That was my senior classes final football game and we upset a very strong East Orange team on their home turf. How has 42 years gone by so quickly?

I found this info about the stadium:

from:

http://www.projectballpark.org/history/ecl/newark.html

"Team: Newark Stars Year Built: 1925

This football stadium is used to this day by Newark schools. When it was configured for baseball, the distance down the foul lines was so short, that balls hit over the fence were ground rule doubles."


see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville,_Newark,_New_Jersey


Not sure if this is Newark NJ but from:
http://historical-drum-corps-publications.blogspot.com/2006_04_23_historical-drum-corps-publications_archive.html

"Tenth Annual "Cavalcade of Music" competition to be held at Newark Schools Stadium on Saturday night, June 15."

This site gives a lot of scores for St. Lucy's Cadet from the 1950s and 60s: http://www.seldencadets.org/10_fp_scoreboard.htm

"Cavalcade of Music" was Blessed Sacraments Show, "Moonlight Serenade" was Lucy's and of course "Sound of Music....the Imperial Lancers". Anyone recall if the Woodsiders hosted a show?

Since the $th of July is coming up, it reminds me of Fireworks at the Stadium. They were great!

Today's Star ledger had an article that mentioned 12 million dollars has been allocated to renovate Schools Stadium. Two weeks ago Jeanne and I were at the colliseum in Rome. Deja vu. It certainly reminded me a little of Schools Stadium. I was saddened that niether of my sons ever got to play there. Weequahic was in their conference, but used Unterman field.

I thought it was the Roosevelt Stadium. I remember seeing & being in Drum Corps shows there. I remember watching the Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights & being so hot for their Drum Major, Richie Jones. I was all of 14. He was 21 or so. Funny I always thought you had to leave when you hit 22. (sarcasm) Half of those guys were 25-30. My girlfriend from Vo Tech lived very close to there. I had great times at that stadium!

Roosevelt Stadium was on route 440 in Jersey City. It was torn down some years ago to make way for the Society Hill Condos. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson played his first professional game there in 1946.

As I posted a few times this summer, a huge renovation of Schools Stadium is either underway or will be very soon. There is also a reallignment of the high school athletic leagues. So in a year or two Barringer will be hosting there the likes of Seton Hall, Columbia, West Orange, Bloomfield, Montclair, East Orange, and Livingston. I hope they can renew the old Barringer-East Orange thanksgiving rivalry and get that left footed kicker trophy out of mothballs. I wonder if the Old guard still meets the night before Thanksgiving with the teams from 25 years past?

I started to write the above post with the purpose of saying that finally Barringer will get to play Essex Catholic in a football game, as if forgetting Essex Catholic has been closed for years. I switched allegiance to dreaded rival Seton Hall Prep after they moved twe blocks from my house and my sons went and played there.
Interesting how many Essex Catholic and Valley alums who sent their sons to Seton Hall; Al Wujiack, Stan Waldemore, Tony Cucolo, Joe Mastracchio, and Mike Shannon to name just a small few.

But I still look forward to returning to Schools Stadium for a game.

Back in the day, while Barringer used to practice in Branch Brook Park by Lake Street, Central High School practiced after school in Schools Stadium. Therewas in article in today's Star ledger annnouncingthat the NEW Cnetral High school opened its doors yesterday. governor corzine was pictured roaming around, as the school construction was paid for with state money. The cost; ONE HUNDRED AND TWO MILLON DOLLARS. I remember Vinny gowers went to central, great athlete, student , musician from First Street.

I remember going there for the 1969 Dream contest.

Hi Rudy Please forgive me, but what is a Dream contest

"The Dream" contest was a yearly drum and bugle
corp contest for the VFW National title. It was alway's
held on the Sunday after the Imperial Lancers would
have their "Sound of Music" at Newark Schols stadium on
Saturday. Johnny Mc asked about the finishes in 1964.

At our contest on Saturday in 64 it was:

1) Blessed Sacrement Golden Knights
2) Saint Lucy's Cadets
3) Saint Kevin's Emerald Knights (Boston, MA)

The next evening at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
the results of the 64 Dream:

1) St Kevin's
2) St Lucy's
3) Sac

St Kevin's was the grestest corp at that time. I thought
they won Saturday too! Of course St Lucy's had their moments
in later years when they picked up Mr J Mc, Jerry D, Bobby "B"
and then little Bobby "D".

Some other great "Jersey Corps"?
The Woodsiders, Garfield Cadets, Hawthorne Muchachos
and our own St Rose of Lima Imperial Lancers. TA DAAAAAA

Jerry D? Jerry DeGrazio?

Probably Jerry D'Inverno, right?

Yes, you are correct JC.
I don't care what Bobby D says about you?

Little Jimmy, You workin' out? I hope so! October 3rd isn't that far away! Little Bobby

September 1970. Winning Schools Stadium Mens Fastpitch Softball championship with neighborhood friends Benny Abruzzo, Ray Iannuzzi, Dominick DiFalco,Charlie Hand, John Hempel, Mike DiFaclo, Tony Insano, Carmine Marra, John "Poo" Matthews, Jack McGarry, and our great sponser richard iacobucci of iacobucci's roseville memorial funeral Home, he used to drive his 1970 Cadillac on the field and hit us infield while wearing a sharkskin suit and silk shirt. He gave us an awards dinner at Pepe's. Jerry Belmonte, sr. ran the league.
Great times. We beat our good friend Joe Sica's team 7-5 in finals..

September 9, 1969 not 1970. the night the Mets passed the cubs to go into first place. and charlie hand of entral Avenue was starting thirdbaseman on Iacobucci roseville memorial home.

Was in the old neighborhood today and could not believe my eyes. There is massive construction underway at The Tennis Courts and the little park closer to Park Avenue. Crews were working this morning in the rain. I remember reading this summer about the renovation of many Newark Parks.

Went by Boys Park and the same type of work is underway. I looked in and saw regulation outdoor basketball court with GLASS BACKBOARDS already in place right by the Sussex Avenue entrance. .Work is going on all over the park.

Then I swung over to Schools Stadium. Stadium is open and I drove in to see huge mounted sign with an artit's rendering of the new stadium "coming soon". Damn, I wihs I brought a camera with me. Looks like they are going to demolish the crumbling congrete stands and replace with two modern grandstands that will run from goal line to goal line, not the current horse shoe. There will be a clock tower in fron of the stadium on bloomfield avenu. The fence on Bloomfield Avenue will be made of small archways. The filed will be turf and include a running tack. There will even be locker rooms for the teams to change. The football field will no longer include the old baseball field.

There will be new softball/little league baseball field, where the current two are already located. The field will be lighted.

When they tear down the old stadium I wonder how many oldtimers will want souvenirs? Sorry my kids never got to play there. they each played against Weequahic, but the games were at Unterman Field on Chancellor Avenue.

Hope someone can get pictures of Boys Park, The Tennis courts and the new Schools stadium.

The picture indicates the stadium will still ba called "Newark Schools Stadium".

The new stadium will be great for the local little league.

There are also state of the art baseball, softball and little league field down the Avenue at the Lake Street entrance to Branch Brook Park.

I am glad to see boys Park being fixed up. Since the portable classrooms went on in September of 1964, Sussex Avenue School Playground has been useless.

I would rather see money spent on the kids than on more prisons.

Orange Street was depressing today. More laudramats and check cashing places than you can imagine.

There is a shopping mall on Sussex Avenue in East Orange. 13 of the 15 stores, inclduing a supermarket were vacant. a laundramat and dry cleaners remained open.

Entrance area of the New Newark Schools Stadium looks like the Mets new City Field.

I wonder how long it will take to put up? I do not know how long the demolition will take. I do know when my son played for Monmouth, they had the grandstand up in one week. The turf field is a differnt matter. It took four months at Columbia's Underhill Field. Leveling the extisting field takes quite awhile. There will also be a state of the art track replacing the old cinder track. I forgot to look to see if there will be throwing events areas.

Does anyone of you Bodhltians (Bodholtites?) remember concerts at the stadium?

The following is taken from this past Sunday's The Start Ledger article about the Griffith Piano company and Mrs. Griffith.

"One of her first organizational efforts was the Essex County Symphony Society, started in 1935 with the help of dozens of New Jersey women's clubs.

The society sponsored inexpensive concerts at Schools Stadium in Newark both up to and after World War II, regularly drawing audiences of more than 20,000. The shows featured artists and orchestras who had distinguished themselves on the international stage, Paul Robeson and Paul Whiteman among them."

Weather permitting, TONY PARISI, bodholt's MISTER CONGENIALITY, is going to try and check out the new Tennis courts and new boys park under construction in Newark. Wish we ahd pictures of the old park and courts to compare.

Here are some photos I took a few years ago:

Looking north from the southeast corner of the courts:



Looking across from Second to Third streets. There used to be a tool shed here that we hung out atop:



Intersection of First and Third streets and Sixth Avenue. Barely visible is the pedestrian bridge over the subway tracks that was subsequently taken down:



Looking south down Second Street:

It will be interesting to see the NEW TENNIS courts when the MILLION DOLLAR renovations are complete. one point nine million is being sepnt on BOYS PARK and TWENTY FOUR MILLION at SCHOOLS STADIUM. It ought to be something.

There is a sign hanging outside the old tennis courts proclaining it FIST STREET PARK. The Tiki Barber sign is no longer in place. No work yet at Schools Stadium.

a Freudian slip perhaps?

SCHOOLS STADIUM No work has begun. Yet a vendor is selling Yankee shirts outside of the stadium. He must be confused.
The gate was locked today.

FIRST STREET PARK I corrected my goof last month. There are no Tiki Barber signs. The signs are for a Tike Play Area. The little park closer to Park Avenue has had new sidewalks and walkways put in. it appears they have left areas for gardens and benches. It is fenced in and closed to the public. The old tennis courts are occupied by heavy construction equipment, but only one workman was working today smoothing out soil. There is a playgound for small children and a full size basketball court. There is a lot of digging going on and it appears like plenty of work left to do. I still think there should be a sign mentioning that BOBBY MOLINARO used to play there.

BOYS PARK It is also fenced in with a sign "closed for construction". Two regulation size basketball courts, benches and a play area are in the section of the park facing Sussex Avenue. They must have laid new sod because I have never seen such beautiful grass on Boys Park. Much heavy equipment, but only one person working in a steam shovel digging in the middle of the park. Quite a bit of work to be done. I wonder if they will be renovating the entire park, or just the area near Sussex Avenue?

102 FOURTH STREET house is for sale "as is". Looks like paint job is about 40 years old. Digging being done all over South Roseville and it appears there are above ground temporary water pipes. Sussex Avenue School has been renamed Sussex Avenue School for the Arts and Sciences.

New restaurant on Orange Street between Roseville Avenue and Seventh Street called Coney Island Restuarant feauring Hulan
Food.(sic?) The Clipper Ship refers to itself as an African-American Resturant featuring a Liberian Meeting Hall.


Have to get over to the cherry blossoms this weekend.

http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/izenbergcol/index.ssf/2009/04/a_dream_turns_into_a_shame_new.html

John, can we have this story about schools Stadium posted? Thank You.

Before pictures of the "Tennis Courts", now FIRST STREET PARK before the renovations. I will look for some Boys Park pictures.

Speaking of the neighborhood,How about my Mother in laws candy store,Josies on 6th ave and 11th street.

Couple of more days and the stadium will just be a memory. Hope they get working on new field right away and Barringer can open the 2009 football season in their brand new home. the kids will finally have lcoker rooms.

Massive work being done at Tennis courts on construction of the field house. no work at boys park now and basketball courts and playground are not yet open.

ne narrow section of the endzone bleachers at the Bloomfield Avenue entrance is all that remains of Schools Stadium. Fifty feet of grandstand and the light towers are all that are left standing.

The First Street Park (tennis courts) are really shaping up and the masons are putting a brick exterior on the newly constructed field house. That will be a nice place. But Martin is right. Too bad some of the unsavory looking characters I saw on First Street can't be removated as well.

Elwood Park, where my sister and I played as little children, has been finished. They preversed the "big rock", but not the "little one". Looks really nice.

When we were kids, the better baseball fields were the "four diamonds". Those fields are now pretty run down, while the crummy fields at Lake Street are showcases with lights and dugouts and fences, Go figure.
Elliot Street School on Summer Avenue has been leveled and is now a huge pile of dirt. They had a fire there awhile back. The school is now at the old First Avenue
School, which has a new building behind Dicky Dees.

I remember going to Essex', and later Barringer, football games at the stadium, as well as our own Sound Of Music Drum Corp Contest.

Back in the July of 1967, after several nights of intense rioting, my parents decided we'd take a trip down the shore before it got any worse. Passing by the stadium, I saw helmeted National Guard troops standing atop the walls, rifles at the ready. Later I learned it was used as an emergency detention facility for hundreds of prisoners, who were shackled like cattle on that field, for days on end. There was just no place else to put them.

There is a video on Youtube of the National Guard deployed at Schools Stadium during the riots. It is set to elevator-tyoe MUSAC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1QrTPZ-lJs

I watched that film. There wasn't all that activity when we passed by, just the soldiers on the walls. This footage must have been taken when the National Guard was first arriving and prisoners hadn't yet reached the record numbers they'd see in the coming nights.

That Weather Channel music had to go. I muted it and instead played Peter Gabriel's "Passion- Music for The Last Temptation of Christ". It leant an atmosphere somewhat like a requiem which, in large part, it was. Not only for Detective Toto and Fire Captain Moran, who lost their lives, but for the city as a whole.

Newark, NJ b. 1666- d. 1967; Rest In Peace.

http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/05/scenes_from_newark_stadium_dem.html

Does anyone remember Biase's Resturante on Blooomfield Ave. across from School's Stadium.. Dorothy went to Abbington Ave Grade Sch. and Barrringere with me in the 40's.

I was never there but my parent's went to some functions there. I have a keychain with a picture of my parents at some party from Biase's.

We had our wedding reception at Biase's in 1978. What a great place it was.