- City:
- Newark, NJ
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Works Progress Administration (WPA) project 3-77 involved the construction of “a large playfield area at Chancellor avenue” in Newark, New Jersey. Examination of a photo from a 1936 WPA publication places the field between Chancellor Avenue Elementary School and Hobson St.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; July 1936 issue, page 16. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 8, 2015.
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