- City:
- Newark, NJ
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed East Newark’s first playground. The 50′-by-100′ facility opened July 13, 1936. Located on Searing Avenue between Passaic and Grant Avenues, the playground is no longer extant.
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. "East Newark Opens Field"; Star-Eagle, Newark, NJ, July 14, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 10, 2015.
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