Tag: Bank Street
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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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Boyd Street
Boyd Street, located in East Camden, runs parallel to Marlton Avenue from Carman Street to the city limits in Pennsauken. During the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, Boyd Street gained notoriety as part of the open-air drug market known as “the Alley.” This market centered on an alley, one end of which was located…
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Bank Street
Bank Street stretches from Baird Boulevard and Carman Street southwest, crossing Marlton Pike and continuing to Admiral Wilson Boulevard, where it concludes. In the 1947 city directory, only four houses were listed on Bank Street, specifically in the 2500 block. Later on, a block of apartments was constructed nearby, but these were deemed uninhabitable and…
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Jobless Son Kills Jake Schiller Wo Saves Boys Wife From Gun
Camden Courier-Post – September 18, 1933 SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics Jacob Schiller, 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son. The slayer,…