- City:
- Bayonne, NJ
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked on a project that involved “resurfacing, grading, and seeding uplands on 27th St. park.” Francis G. Fitzpatrick Park is still in use today; modern facilities include: “spray park, walking path, playground and benches.”
Source notes
Financial and Administrative Survey of Bayonne, 1940, Vol. 2.; Table 62 (page 419). Found at the Bayonne Public Library: Reference Room. https://www.bayonnenj.org/residents/bayonne-recreation/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 5, 2015.
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