NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - After years of facing the wrecking ball, empty factories and warehouses in this gritty former manufacturing town are now coveted by artists, architects and others looking to make them into homes.
The new residents are injecting themselves into a debate over the future of a city desperately trying to reinvent itself after years of high crime, corruption and unemployment that made it a symbol of urban decay in the United States.
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