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Date added: October 30, 2012; Modified: February 3, 2021
The Palisades Interstate Park system, a major beneficiary of New Deal public works projects, spans New York and New Jersey and stretches from The Palisades—cliffs overlooking the Hudson River in sight of Manhattan—to forested hills dotted with lakes in the… read more
Date added: August 2, 2020; Modified: January 30, 2021
The Henry Hudson Drive provides access to sections of the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey located on the banks of the Hudson River. The section of the drive from the Englewood Cliffs entrance to the Edgewater entrance were built… read more
Date added: August 9, 2020; Modified: January 30, 2021
The Civilian Conservation Corps built the picnic area on Henry Hudson Drive near the Hudson River in the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey.
Date added: February 21, 2018; Modified: January 5, 2021
“This 2,712-foot, fifty-seven-span steel double-leaf bascule bridge across the Navesink River between Rumson and Middletown was built in 1939 as one of the many Depression-era public-works projects” of the New Deal. Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), it… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018; Modified: January 2, 2021
The former armory building in Red Bank, New Jersey was the recipient of WPA improvement efforts: “Improve, renovate, and make alterations at Armory.” WPA Official Project Number: 65‐1‐22‐163 The former armory later served as an equestrian riding hall, and presently houses an ice… read more
Date added: January 13, 2015; Modified: December 17, 2020
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted millions of dollars (not even adjusted for inflation) of improvement and development work at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey. No aspects of the installation were left untouched: improvement and construction work involved developing “an… read more
Date added: December 17, 2011; Modified: December 12, 2020
“This school made possible the abandonment of four dilapidated portable buildings which were being used for classes due to the extreme overcrowding of the two existing elementary schools. The project and its equipment are planned for a future addition which… read more
Date added: January 13, 2015; Modified: December 10, 2020
An extension and remodeling of the historic Asbury Park, New Jersey post office was undertaken ca. 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. Work was completed late that year. The building is still in use today.
Date added: June 8, 2020; Modified: December 10, 2020
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a concrete wall along the west side of Ocean Avenue. A metal plaque reads “Built by Works Progress Administration 1935-1036.”
Date added: August 5, 2020; Modified: December 10, 2020
The Civilian Conservation Corps built the Halyburton Memorial in Sandy Hook NJ. Located in the Gateway National Park.
Date added: March 26, 2018; Modified: November 23, 2020
The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $150,000 loan and $59,000 grant for construction of what is now Rumson-Fair Haven High School in Rumson, New Jersey. Total cost of the project was $232,925. PWA Docket No. NJ 7427
Date added: January 11, 2015; Modified: November 20, 2020
The federal Works Progress Administration worked to develop and beautify Sunset Park in Asbury Park, New Jersey ca. 1936. Work involved the construction of an island in the middle of Sunset Lake. WPA N.J. Project No. 5-51.
Date added: April 15, 2014; Modified: May 18, 2020
A local newspaper reported that, “Sixty Morristown and ten Morris Township men went to work this morning on placing a rock bottom in Burnham Park swimming pool. This was one of two federal-aid projects approved for immediate start here in… read more
Date added: February 17, 2020; Modified: February 17, 2020
The Treasury Department funded the construction of the Post Office in Ocean City, NJ.
Date added: December 14, 2019; Modified: December 14, 2019
The Works Progress Administration completed repairs at the Delanco school in Delanco NJ. “Just when things looked as if they might be getting better, they found in 1937 that the walls in the· auditorium were faulty and unsafe. They were… read more