- City:
- New York, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The WPA constructed a half-million-dollar garbage dump facility at the East River Drive and 91st Street, jutting out into the East River. The facility is reached by a “vamp” over the now-FDR Drive. The “building, which resembles an airplane hangar, covers 11,700 square feet and accommodates two barges at a time.”
Source notes
The New York Times: "COLD WIND SCORNED BY MAYOR ON TOUR," Dec. 11, 1940 (pg. 30)
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