Got married in the National Bank Building back in 2009. Newark holds a special place in my heart going back over 30 years.

Plenty cars stolen or broken into, two apartment robberies, did my undergrad and some grad studies at NJIT, roamed the hallways of Essex County Community College as a snot nosed kid while my mother worked there, late nights and street fights.

Even before the Prudential Center was built up, that whole area was a mini mall with all kinds of shops. My mother used to pickup some delicious peanut brittle from one of the stores there. Alas, urban development/gentrification...

I wasn't a bad kid by any measure, but I knew what was up and who to run with and who to stay clear of.

Newark is indeed a beautiful city that would have swallowed you whole if your weren't careful "back in thr day"