The original Newark Airport terminal building, then known as Building 1, was built in 1934-35 with New Deal funding. Newark Airport holds a special place in aviation history, with the first paved runway and the first terminal that provided a… read more
New Deal agencies greatly improved the Newark Airport, opened in 1928, during the 1930s. The Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied a $31,635 grant toward an airport repair project whose final cost was $129,978 (PWA Docket No. NJ 1146). Construction on… read more
Two twelve-by-six-foot murals were painted by Mr. and Mrs. William Herbert Holston for the Newark Terminal (Administration Building) of 1935 under the auspices of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The murals, shown in a contemporary WPA… read more
“Between 1935 and 1937, [Arshile] Gorky painted ten large-scale murals on the theme of aviation for the Newark Airport Administration Building. This mural cycle, known as Aviation: Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations, was among the first modernist murals created… read more