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    Richmond Hill Public Library Mural – Richmond Hill NY

    Date added: November 11, 2015; Modified: July 2, 2017

    In 1936 Philip Evergood completed a 160-foot mural entitled “The Story of Richmond Hill,” with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) Federal Art Project. “The left and lighter side of the mural celebrates the bucolic pleasures of Queens,… read more

    Jackson Pond (former) Improvements – Richmond Hill NY

    Date added: March 3, 2014; Modified: January 20, 2015

    “Local children frequented the popular Jackson Pond in all seasons, swimming, fishing, sailing model boats, and ice-skating. Parks replaced the mud bottom with a brownstone pebble gravel bottom in 1931, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved it for the… read more