Editing Elizabeth, New Jersey (section)

===Midtown / Uptown===
[[File:HerschTower.JPG|thumb|[[Art Deco]] [[Hersch Tower]]<ref name=NYT1995/>]]
[[File:Goethe'sBridge.JPG|thumb|[[Goethals Bridge]]]]
[[Mid-Town Historic District (Elizabeth, New Jersey)|Midtown]], also occasionally known as Uptown, is the main commercial district and a historic section as well. It includes the First Presbyterian Church<ref name=EB1911/> and [[St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, N.J.|St. John's Episcopal Church]], and its [[St. John's Episcopal Churchyard]]. The First Presbyterian Church was a battleground for the American Revolution. Located here are also the 1931 [[Art Deco]] [[Hersch Tower]],<ref name=NYT1995>Goodnough, Abby. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/nyregion/new-jersey-co-in-elizabeth-dusting-off-an-art-deco-treasure.html "New Jersey & Co.; In Elizabeth, Dusting Off an Art Deco Treasure"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414212152/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/nyregion/new-jersey-co-in-elizabeth-dusting-off-an-art-deco-treasure.html |date=April 14, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 6, 1995. Accessed September 28, 2014. "Hersh Tower was the tallest building in Elizabeth when Louis Hersh, an Elizabeth businessman, built it in 1931. (These days, only the Union County Court building is taller.)"</ref> the [[Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy]], and the [[Ritz Theatre (Elizabeth, New Jersey)|Ritz Theatre]] which has been operating since 1926. Midtown/Uptown includes the area once known as "Brittanville" which contained many English type gardens.