Morgan Boulevard is sometimes mistaken for Morgan Street, as they intersect each other. Initially, Morgan Boulevard ran exclusively south, starting from the intersection of Ninth and Morgan Streets, crossing Hunter and Olive Streets, and the Newton Creek, where it intersects with Yorkship Road and Tuckahoe Road. In later years, it was extended to Fairview Street, and Fairview Street was also extended to reach Mount Ephraim Avenue.
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Olive Street
Olive Street is a short, one-block street located in the Morgan Village neighborhood of Camden. It runs west from South 8th Street to Morgan Boulevard and sits two blocks south of Morgan Street, south of Hunter Street. Olive Street has been listed in city directories dating back to 1878.
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Morse Street
Morse Street in East Camden was named after Henry G. Morse, founder and president of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. This company played a major role in Camden's industrial development, and its shipyard at Broadway and Morgan Boulevard led to the creation of Yorkship Village in the Fairview section — housing built specifically for shipyard…
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Canterbury Circle
Canterbury Circle extends southward from Olive Street into the Canterbury Apartments complex, situated between South 8th Street and I-676, South of Morgan Street and West of Morgan Boulevard, in the Morgan Village neighborhood of Camden. This area is part of a residential community in the southern section of the city.
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Fairview – Tracking History
By Thomas A. Bergbauer, Retired Courier-Post Editor The Fairview section of Camden was the mother of all planned communities. It was born at the beginning of the “war to end all wars.” In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, the New York Shipbuilding Corp. on Broadway, owned by the American International Corp.…
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Morgan Street
Morgan Street is often mistaken for Morgan Boulevard, as they intersect each other. Morgan Street has also partially been renamed as Holtec Boulevard. Morgan Street stretches from Broadway, across from the former New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, all the way to South 10th Street. It passes over the Pennsylvania Railroad (now Conrail) railroad tracks, South…
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Morgan Boulevard
Morgan Boulevard is sometimes mistaken for Morgan Street, as they intersect each other. Initially, Morgan Boulevard ran exclusively south, starting from the intersection of Ninth and Morgan Streets, crossing Hunter and Olive Streets, and the Newton Creek, where it intersects with Yorkship Road and Tuckahoe Road. In later years, it was extended to Fairview Street,…
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