Search

The article reports that Newark, New Jersey has begun to attract people from metropolitan cities and developed suburbs in the U.S. The city is developing. New stylish restaurants are coming up. Art galleries and bars are also emerging. In the past, the city earned bad reputation for car theft and ailing public schools. One of the attracts for the city is low rent rate.

Discusses the impact of real estate development on the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, as of early March, 2000. House construction; Real estate values; Cost of housing; Traffic congestion; School population; Quality of life; Tension between Portuguese residents and newly arrived Brazilians; History of the district; Reasons for the changes; Labor market.

Focuses on a conference at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, that discussed ways for city development. Topics discussed by the conference's participants; Comments from Stanley Katz, director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy at Princeton University.