View from a tower in the Prudential Building, January 9, 1906. The Wiss Building will be built where three low smaller buildings are along the left edge (just past Bee Hive). The Morris Canal is going under the street at the apex of that park. From Newark Library.

1909, probably after May 1st. The three buildings in the middle are where the Wiss Building will be built. They are street nos 671-665. Note signs in stores on their moves, which were called removes back then. Walsh's has a sign of light bulbs, and the store to the left has a hanging light. Photo by Harry O. Potter, Photographer, 839 Broad St, Newark, NJ. From Newark Library.

Dated June 8, 1910. The Wiss Building under construction. There is a clock at the corner. It is not the Wiss clock. Note that there are still no cars, only horses. Photo by William F. Cone, Commercial Photographer, 20 Central Ave, Newark, NJ. From Newark Library.

Dated April 28, 1911. The Wiss Building is now completed. The jewelry store has moved into the right storefront. We have our first cars, but only two. At the right a chauffeur is waiting in a Pierce-Arrow Seven Passenger Touring car. The chauffeur for the car on the left is leaning against the building. That left car is a 1910 Peerless limousine and is my great-grandparent's car! As my great-grandfather recounted in later years, he started at the factory at 8 AM. By 11 AM he was here in his building. Then by 5 PM he was back at the factory. Photo by William F. Cone, Commercial Photographer, 20 Central Ave, Newark, NJ. From Newark Library.

Broad Street from Rector St. Dated May 15, 1924. The Wiss Building is in the distance. Now overrun with cars. Photo by William F. Cone, Commercial Photographer, 20 Central Ave, Newark, NJ. From Newark Library.

Taken by Woolworth Co. Dated June 7, 1930. The Wiss Building is along the left edge with the building number 665. You can see part of the jewelry store windows. Photo by P.O. Valentine, Commercial Photographer, 33 Homestead Park, Newark, NJ. From Newark Library.

Dated June 1952. By Charles Curtis - Photo, 154 Nassau St, New York, NY. From Newark Library.

Dated January 13, 1957. Taken the month before. Published in the Newark Evening News: Newark Scenes: Southwest corner of Broad and New Streets today. From Newark Library.

Circa December 1957. Taken from 681 Broad St, North. A 1957 Dodge Coronet Lancer is making the turn. Don't Go Near The Water is playing at the Loew's. It was released on November 14, 1957. From Newark Library.

Dated February 16, 1958. Taken January 30th. Published in the Newark Evening News Local section. A "BUY it" sign has appeared above the Discount Cent storefront, which is not in the prior photo. From Newark Library.

Dated November 21, 1958. Published in the Newark Evening News Realty section. 661-663 Broad Street sold by Staats S. Morris estate to Morris Dornfeld of Deal. There is also the comment that Jordans is moving from A to B. You can see them now at the left. In later pictures they appear at where B.D's Stores is here. From Newark Library.

Dated February 27, 1959. Published in the Newark Evening News Realty section. On back: 40 year old Wiss Building at 665-671 Broad St, sold out of the Wiss family four years ago, has been purchased by Newark investment group, Office Buildings of America Inc, with New Jersey participants. Actually by this time the building is almost 50 years old. Photo by Bert Ross Photography, 370 Clinton Pl, Newark, NJ. From Newark Library.

Dated March 1960. Wiss clock is still there in lower right. From Newark Library.

Dated December 1, 1960. Published in the Newark Evening News City section. Caption: New Wiss Building planned. From Newark Library.

1960 Slide. The picture was taken from a floor of the Public Service Terminal building (where the street cars ended) at 80 Park Place. It was torn down 1981 to make a plaza for the PSE&G office building. The building with the tower on the right in the background is 15 Washington St, opened in 1930 as the headquarters of the American Insurance Company. Now a dormitory for Rutgers. Just past the Loews sign in the lower right is the Hahne & Company Building, now apartments, a Whole Foods, and more. Slide purchased on eBay.

Dated December 1962, but taken in early 1961 (the pictured Wiss clock was taken to The Short Hills Mall in 1961). Caption for photo: EXPANDED HOLDINGS -- The three-story Jordan Building directly to the north of the Wiss Building at 665 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey, has been purchased by Wiss Building Associates and will be consolidated into the holdings of the real estate syndication partnership, which now owns a frontage of 135 feet on Broad Street alone. Future plans call for a new 10-story modernized office building to continue the New Newark theme. From Newark Library.