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Hide Search OptionsDate added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in late 1935 that the WPA allotted $24,747.79 to the construction of storm sewers in Bay Shore, NY. The sewers were built on: Benjamin St.; North Park Ave.; Garfield Ave.; Center Ave.; John St.; West… read more
Date added: March 4, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in September 1934: “The extension of Union street from Fifth avenue, Bay Shore, to John street, Babylon, will be opened to traffic by October 1st… The extension is 3.14 miles in length and it is… read more
Date added: July 12, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
Constructed by the Treasury Department and the PWA from 1933-35. A 1933 article in the Suffolk County News described the PWA allotments for this and other nearby post offices: “Actual allotments for post office buildings in Nassau and Suffolk Counties,… read more
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
WPA labor worked to renovate the old Vitagraph Building, a former movie studio located at 94 4th Avenue in Bay Shore, NY, for the purpose of utilizing the structure as a “sewing room, the Old Age Security offices and other… read more
Date added: November 14, 2012; Modified: September 3, 2014
“In addition to its architectural importance, the [downtown post office in Bay Shore, New York] contains a noteworthy relief sculpture entitled Speed by Wheeler Williams that was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture in 1936. This was… read more