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The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to reconstruct a broken sewer line along and around Broadway in Passaic, New Jersey ca. 1936. The project would provide 150 men work for six months. Most of the cost of the work… read more
Date added: January 4, 2015; Modified: January 9, 2015
An old unsatisfactory wagon road, connecting the village of Dennisville with Cape May Court House, New Jersey, was converted into a farm-to-market road in Middle Township, New Jersey, with approximately 100 federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers. “The entire cost… read more
Date added: January 9, 2015; Modified: January 9, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a boat house along Lake Carasaljo in Lakewood, New Jersey in 1936. The structure was constructed “from wood and stone salvaged from the surrounding countryside.” The exact location of the house and its current status… read more
Date added: January 9, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a farm to market road in West Milford, NJ ca. 1936. The exact stretch of road is unknown to Living New Deal. WPA Project No. 1-271.
Date added: July 23, 2013; Modified: January 9, 2015
The plaster relief “Four Winds,” which is installed in the lobby of the historic Pitman post office, was created by Nathaniel Choate in 1937 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds.
Date added: July 23, 2013; Modified: January 8, 2015
The bas relief “Early Traders,” by Benjamin Hawkins, was produced for historic Penns Grove in 1942 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds.
Date added: January 8, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook several improvements at what was then known as Chancellor Playground (and today known as Garden State Chancellor Park) beginning in 1936. The large-scale project involved “replacing two bridges washed away by storms, building new… read more
Date added: January 8, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a tree-planting project throughout Irvington, New Jersey beginning in 1936. The WPA planted 700 trees in the city at a total cost of $15,844.50, with the WPA supplying $12,132.
Date added: January 8, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed Nomahegan Park in Cranford, New Jersey during the Great Depression.
Date added: January 8, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed Milton Lake Park in Rahway, New Jersey during the Great Depression.
Date added: January 8, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed the Atlantic City Reservoir in Absecon, New Jersey. At one point 1,200 WPA employees were working on the project.
Date added: January 8, 2015; Modified: January 8, 2015
Works Progress Administration (WPA) project 3-77 involved the construction of “a large playfield area at Chancellor avenue” in Newark, New Jersey. Examination of a photo from a 1936 WPA publication places the field between Chancellor Avenue Elementary School and Hobson… read more
Date added: January 8, 2015; Modified: January 8, 2015
Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger: One of the most talked of improvements in Ocean City this season is the appearance of the city music pavilion, on the Boardwalk at Moorlyn terrace. During the winter this building, hammered by storms last fall and… read more
Date added: January 8, 2015
Multiple New Deal agencies worked to develop Green Brook Park in Plainfield, New Jersey beginning in 1933. The project involved the construction of a 1.55-acre artificial lake (which could be converted into an ice skating rink during the winter); the… read more
Date added: January 8, 2015
Twenty boys of the federal National Youth Administration (NYA) worked on the athletic field and in a machine shop at Trenton Central High School.