- City:
- Bayonne, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
Description
In late 1935 the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) put more than 100 men to work in Bayonne, New Jersey fixing broken sidewalks. Segments repaired included:
- Avenue E: Eighth to 52nd streets, 12,000 square feet
- Avenue B from Thirty-sixth to Fifty-ninth streets, 5,000 square feet
- Avenue A from Seventh to Thirty-sixth streets, 8,000 square feet
- Fifty-eight crosstown streets, 58,000 square feet
Additional sidewalk repair projects were undertaken by the WPA in Bayonne.
Source notes
"New WPA Work Makes 147 Jobs"; Bayonne Times, Apr. 7, 1938.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 5, 2015.
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