- City:
- Stony Brook, NY
- Site Type:
- Sidewalks and Stairs, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1939
Description
According to Medford, New York’s Mid-Island Mail, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in Stony Brook, New York, consisted of the construction of “9,000 lineal feet of sidewalk, 300 lineal feet of curb and gutter, 650 lineal feet of retaining wall and three catch basins … on Erland road and Cedar street, Christian avenue and Main street” at a cost of $20,300.
Source notes
"To Borrow Funds For W.P.A. Sidewalks"; Mid-Island Mail, Jul. 26, 1939 (page 11).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 16, 2014.
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