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Plainfield has been home to former New Jersey governor James McGreevey. In sports history, Plainfield is the birthplace and/or home of several current and former athletes, including professionals and well-known amateurs.
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- July 14, 1967
- The Killing
- A Flashpoint, Then and Now
- The War at Home
- The Hollow Prize
- 'One Plainfield, One Future'
All that was needed in Plainfield was a match. The unrest was sparked on Friday evening, July 14, after an incident at one of Plainfield’s enduring landmarks, the White Star Diner on West Front Street. In 1967, it was theplace for young people to hang out, the Plainfield equivalent of Arnold’s on “Happy Days.” It was the place for a hamburger and m...
When her father was killed, Elizabeth Gleason LaTorre was a couple of months shy of her fourth birthday. She doesn't have many clear memories of her father, though she remembers him giving her rides on his shoulder and holding her little sister who had just been born. Though she thinks about him every day, she has no more memories of John V. Gleaso...
A half century later, Gleason's killing remains painfully and stubbornly divisive. In the overheated rhetoric of the time, radical defense lawyer William Kuntsler, who defended Williams, said that Gleason "deserved that death." In a speech to the United Front Against Facism, Kuntsler said the crowd "justifiably" stomped him to death, the result of ...
After Gleason's death, the situation deteriorated further Sunday night. The violence spread beyond the original 14-block area that police had cordoned and soon spread to the entire end. Stores were looted and set on fire. There was a gun battle between a store owner and looters. The looters were careful in choosing their targets. They did not rampa...
Like a tire with a nail, Plainfield was slowly deflating in the early 1960s. It was an insidious decline that cities throughout the country were experiencing. And when the riot came, the tire had a blowout. Factories, large and small, were leaving and taking the manufacturing jobs for people who did not have college degrees. Besides Mack Trucks, co...
There is an interesting piece of trivia about the week that changed Plainfield. According to Hetfield, who's a music teacher in Delaware, two singles by two groups with roots in Plainfield — one black and one white — had songs on the national record charts that week. The white group was The Critters with "Don't let the Rain Fall Down on Me," while ...
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Plainfield, city, Union county, northern New Jersey, U.S., at the base of the Watchung Mountains. Quakers settled in the area in 1685, and the town became known as Milltown—for its large gristmill—in the late 1700s. The name was changed to Plainfield in 1800, and it was incorporated as a township.
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Plainfield is a City in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2021 Census, the city population was 54,586. Plainfield was originally formed as a township on April 5, 1847, from portions of Westfield Township, while the area was still part of Essex County.
On March 19, 1857, Plainfield township became part of the newly created Union County. In 1858, Plainfield village was formed within Plainfield township and Warren township (in Somerset County). Plainfield was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 21, 1869.
In 1979, spearheaded by citizen activists and neighborhood associations, the Plainfield City Council enacted its first historic preservation ordinance, and in 1980 established a Historic Review Committee to guide the City’s historic preservation policies and programs. By 1981 the first four historic districts had been designated – Crescent ...
Mar 2, 2022 · Plainfield, N.J. 11 Photos. View Slide Show ›. Tony Cenicola/The New York Times. By Kathleen Lynn. March 2, 2022. Like many older cities, Plainfield, N.J., went through difficult times...
