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What better way to enshrine the lessons we’ve learned from decades of mass incarceration than by transforming the remnants of Newark’s first penitentiary into a gathering place — be it a museum or community center — that might bring about the end of a problematic legacy.

A building at the corner of Halsey Street and Central Avenue in Downtown Newark that previously contained the 31 Central art studios is expected to be replaced with a 10-story development. Now, new information about the proposed project involving L+M Development Partners and Prudential Financial has been released.

A firm associated with the Hanini Group applied to turn a longstanding three-story Newark building into an 18-story development with 167 residential units and retail space.

The owner of several vacant properties in Newark’s West Ward near the Garden State Parkway is proposing a massive development project.

The sites of upcoming 200-unit and 370-unit developments in Downtown Newark could be designated as areas in need of development, including the property that could contain the second “Shaq Tower.”

In Newark, onlookers in the dark hours of the morning, watched a century-old statue of Christopher Columbus removed from a plinth at the mayor’s orders. The city’s last statue of Columbus is still standing in the North Ward, but many believe it is only a matter of time before the 15th-century explorer tastes the waters of the Passaic River.

Two Newark organizations and the Newark Public Library have collaborated to place signs on historic homes throughout the Forest Hill neighborhood in the North Ward.

The Newark-based Hanini Group has purchased the 19th century school and only time will tell if the historic structure will be preserved.

Ani Ramen is coming to Newark in a big way, signing a lease for almost 9,000 square feet of space in a prominent downtown building.

The Newark Central Planning Board is expected to hear a proposal for a five-story building along Halsey Street near the Teachers Village complex.