That picture brought back memories, er nightmares.
The large building in the back ground just to the left of the blond lady’s head is the newark federal building where I was working for 9 years. While there I was almost mugged once behind the building on my way to the parking lot but fended the guy off with my pistol. Behind the city hall, one FBI agent was mugged and a guy took his gun and credentials and tried to rob a second agent on his way home at night. That agent fought and retrieved the other agent’s gun (should have shot the sob but did not). Spent one night holed up in the police HQ with the senior emergency staff during a city riot. Also came close to getting mistakenly arrested while monitoring a demonstration in front of city hall turned into a melee. This just in the area seen in the picture.
Just up the street a traffic cop was assaulted by a guy hitting him in the back with an axe. The cop put six into the felon as he went down. Cop relatively unhurt, felon put down. Happy ending.
Interestingly the entire city administration from the mayor down was indicted and prosecuted for corruption during that time too. What a place.
Sounds like fun times. /s
The only time I recall being in Newark was to catch a connecting flight. US Airways. The place had a seedy feel to it. Early 80’s. You exited the aircraft straight onto the tarmac and walked to the “terminal”. Seemed a bit Third World to me.