Pavilion and Colonnade Apartments
The Pavilion and Colonnade Apartments are three highrise apartment buildings in Newark, New Jersey. The Pavilion Apartments are located at 108-136 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd. and the Colonnade Apartments at 25-51 Clifton Avenue in the overlapping neighborhoods known as Seventh Avenue and Lower Broadway.
| Pavilion Apartments | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | 3 High rise apartment buildings |
| Location | 108-136 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd, Newark, NJ |
| Coordinates | 40°45′02″N 74°10′47″W |
| Construction started | 1958 |
| Opening | 1960 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 61.27 m (201.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 22 |
| Floor area | ~14,124 sq ft (1,312.2 m2) (214 by 66 ft or 65 by 20 m) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 (each) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Mies van der Rohe |
| Developer | Herbert Greenwald |
| Other information | |
| Number of units | 340 (each) |
| Website | |
| rentpavilion.com | |
| References | |
| Colonnade Apartments | |
|---|---|
Colonnade Facade | |
| General information | |
| Type | High rise apartment |
| Location | 25-51 Clifton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°45′02″N 74°10′47″W |
| Construction started | 1958 |
| Opening | 1960 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 59.13 m (194.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 |
| Floor area | ~29,436 square feet (446 feet by 66 feet) |
| Lifts/elevators | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Mies van der Rohe |
| Developer | Herbert Greenwald |
| Other information | |
| Number of units | 560 |
| References | |
The 22-story towers were designed in the International Style by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and opened in 1960, originally known as Colonnade Park. The towers are built in the modernist style of "towers in the park," which advocated dense high-rise housing complexes set within parks and open spaces (which has since fallen out of fashion in favor of mixed-use and low-rise development). Soon after completing Manhattan's Seagram Building, Mies designed the three towers near Branch Brook Park, north of Downtown Newark and adjacent University Heights and Interstate 280.
Privately owned, the buildings were intended to bring middle-income families to the area of the Christopher Columbus Homes — a cluster of low-income apartment buildings, or public housing projects, which were eventually demolished. The Pavilion Apartments were sold in April 2018.