Location map of Rahway from 1922. The present-day ride to New York by train is typically 38 minutes. An engraving from 1857 of Main Street in Rahway from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.The Rahway rail station as it was depicted by an artist in 1857. Flatt's carriage warehouse is at left and Degraw's Hotel is center.Elm Avenue, looking west, c. early 1900s
Built on the navigable Rahway River, it was an industrial and artisanal craft city for much of its history. The city has increasingly reinvented itself in recent years as a diverse regional hub for the arts[18][19] and biological sciences, with a new global headquarters for Merck & Co.
^Kudisch, Brianna. "This small N.J. city has been quietly reinventing itself into an arts hub", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 15, 2020. Accessed February 22, 2022. "Rahway, she said, has spent the last 20 years working to fill its streets with art, music, comedy, and theater in the hopes that they would spur additional development throughout the Union County city of 30,000."
^"Rahway Adds to Its Resume as Hub for the Arts", New Jersey Monthly, July 16, 2012. Accessed February 22, 2022. "In recent years, the arts have been central to the city’s revitalization plans, as highlighted by the 2008 launch of the Union County Performing Arts Center in the renovated Rahway Theater. Now as an extension of UC PAC, comes the sparkling new Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts, which will open its doors in September."
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