- City:
- Boonton, NJ
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Started:
- 1933
Description
“Forty [CWA men] are building a retaining wall at the foot of Morris avenue here near the Rockaway River. The plot will be filled with refuse and dirt after the wall is built. Eventually it will become a park.”
The park mentioned is today known as Grace Lord Park.
Source notes
https://mcl.mainlib.org/depression/1933aug_dec.pdfSite originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on April 15, 2014.
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