- City:
- Boonton, NJ
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Tennis Courts, Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed three tennis courts at what was known as Cookerow Park / playground in Boonton, New Jersey. The exact location or status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; August 1936 issue, page 16. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. "Boonton Tennis Courts Completed"; Daily Record, Morristown, NJ, July 8, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 10, 2015.
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