Floyd Bennett Field Murals – Brooklyn NY

City:
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Started:
1934

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Floyd Bennett Field received a  New Deal mural, commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), in 1934, and possibly in subsequent years by the Federal Art Project. The location and status of these works is unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

The New York Times: "CWA PROJECT GIVES 2,500 ARTISTS WORK," February 23, 1934 (pg. 21)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Floyd_Bennett_Field_murals

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 3, 2018.

Location Info


50 Aviation Rd.
Brooklyn, NY 11234

Coordinates: 40.591, -73.887

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