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    Tonawanda New York Post Office

    Post Office – Tonawanda NY

    Date added: November 26, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017

    The historic post office building in Tonawanda, New York was constructed between 1939 and 1940, and “is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department… read more

    Ellicott Island Park Facilities – Tonawanda NY

    Date added: November 12, 2015; Modified: December 16, 2015

    Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry states that “The majority of the original park was acquired through the purchasing of private land and County tax foreclosures (1936 & 1937)…. WPA crews built structural construction. The WPA structures included… read more

    Post Office Fresco (destroyed) – Tonawanda NY

    Date added: January 25, 2015

    The historic post office building in Tonawanda, New York housed an example of New Deal artwork: a Symeon Shimin fresco, title unknown, showing ‘contemporary Tonawanda.’ The Section of Fine Arts-commissioned work has since been destroyed.

    Storm Sewers – Tonawanda NY

    Date added: November 3, 2014

    A storm sewer construction project in Tonawanda, New York was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $45,000 loan and $17,949 grant toward the $60,226 eventual total cost of the project. Work… read more

    Sheridan Park Improvements – Tonawanda NY

    Date added: September 29, 2014; Modified: September 29, 2014

    Sheridan Park in Tonawanda, New York was one of a number of parks in Erie County improved ca. 1936 by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).