Category: Neighborhoods
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Cramer Hill
The area is bisected by North 27th Street, and the intersection of North 27th Street and River Avenue is arguably the “heart” of Cramer Hill, with two of the three public schools, the former movie theater, and many of the churches located centered around the intersection.
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East Camden and Pennsauken – Early 1900s
What is referred to as “Cove Road” corresponds to North 36th Street, while both “Merriel Avenue” and “Elm” on the map correspond to Camden Avenue. “Williams Street” aligns with today’s Rudderow Avenue.
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Fairview
Fairview is the area of Camden also known as Yorkship Village, which was built to house the workers of the New York Shipbuilding Company.
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Poet’s Row
Named for famous figures of English literature, the streets of Poet’s Row (Byron, Burns and Milton Streets) ran east and west from North 2nd Street, north of Erie Street.
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East Camden
Originally a part of Stockton Township, the area that is now known as East Camden was merged into Camden proper in 1899 along with the neighborhood now known as Cramer Hill.
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(Video) Haddon Avenue, Camden, 1941
A video about Camden NJ in 1941. The video is primarily in the Parkside section of Camden, on the 1200 block of Haddon Avenue. The video was recorded by Herbert Wessel.