- City:
- Irvington, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
Among a series of paving projects undertaken by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Irvington, New Jersey was the 1,200-foot stretch of 21st Street from from 20th Ave. to 18th Ave.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; October 1936 issue, page 30. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. "Calls WPA Fast On Paving Job"; Evening News, Newark, NJ, Sept. 25, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2015.
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