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Looking east on the 200 block of Burns Street the day after the Poet's Row fire
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Burns Street

Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.

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Riley Street

Ran south from Washington Street for one block.

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New Junction Hotel, 595 Bridge Avenue (aka 39 South 6th Street), photographed 1892
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Bridge Avenue

Bridge Avenue was one of Camden's most notable thoroughfares, lying between Federal and Mickle Streets. By 1947 only the block east of South 8th Street remained, and that too has long since vanished.

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Allen's Court

Allen's Court, sometimes referred to as Allen Court, ran south to north parallel to North 2nd Street. The court had six houses, originally numbered 102–112, and was gone by 1947.

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Judson Place, a quiet court off Stevens Street in South Camden, photographed September 15, 1932
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Judson Place

Judson Place ran for half a block north from 437 Stevens Street between West Street and South 5th Street in South Camden. Its two homes, at 439 and 441 Judson Place, were occupied as late as 1947 but have long since been razed.

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Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1933 — 4 Youths Arrested in Bicycle Thefts
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4 Youths Arrested in Bicycle Thefts

Four youths, including Walter Urban of 109 Allen's Court, were arrested and five bicycles recovered in a ring of bicycle thefts broken by Camden police. Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1933.

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Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1933 — 4 Youths Arrested in Bicycle Thefts
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4 Youths Arrested in Bicycle Thefts

A ring of bicycle thieves is believed by police to have been broken last night with the arrest of four youths and recovery of five bicycles and parts of several others.

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