- City:
- Irvington, NJ
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook several improvements at what was then known as Chancellor Playground (and today known as Garden State Chancellor Park) beginning in 1936. The large-scale project involved “replacing two bridges washed away by storms, building new bleachers, regrading [baseball] diamond, etc. Cost of this work is figured as $25,693.90, WPA supplying $22,391.50.” (Herald)
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; August 1936 issue, page 6. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. "WPA to Spent $34,000 Here, Plant 700 Trees, Improve Playground"; Herald, Irvington, NJ, June 26, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 8, 2015.
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Gabriel Milner
This money was funded by the WPA or was taken out the Irvington city budget? I’m interested in environmental protection and rehabilitation so I am so doing personal research on city – wide environmental projects such as these.
The money was likely from the WPA.