Menlo Park, New Jersey

Now and Then

A look at the location of Thomas Edison's laboratory

This series of pages looks at Menlo Park in the year 2000. Compare the area today with the old images from Edison's time. Maps and photos illustrate the changes that have taken place in the time since Edison invented a whole new world.


Our tour starts at the laboratory site, on the block between Middlesex Avenue and Tower Road (Woodbridge Avenue) along Christie street.

Menlo today

This is what the site looked like during Edison's time:

TAE's lab complex

Lab building

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