Government Center is a district in

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Newark,

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, bounded by Broad Street, Green Street, Mulberry Street, and Beach Street and named for the presence of government buildings centered around a plaza called Federal Square. Grace Episcopal Church, a national historic site, where the tune of

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was written, is within the area. The larger-than-life bust ''

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'', a statue of George Floyd and another of Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson are in the district. Government Center is just south of the Four Corners Historic District and the

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and north of Newark Symphony Hall. Federal Square had once been called Vroom Alley, but was later renamed. To the east along Mulberry Street is the area that at one time was Newark's Chinatown.When Newark Had a Chinatown
accessed November 2, 2007 While Government Center is the concentration of federal and municipal buildings, Newark is also the

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of in Essex County. County government buildings are located at the Essex County Government Complex, the heart of which is the historic Essex County Courthouse, home of the

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Government buildings

US.PostOffice&Courthouse.Newark.jpg, US Post Office and Courthouse Rodino Federal Building Newark.JPG, Rodino Federal Building Newark City Hall (13637624473).jpg, City Hall Newark Police HQ jeh.jpg, Villani Building (former police headquarters)

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NJ Judiciary: Map of Newark offices
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Government buildings

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