- City:
- Wyandanch, NY
- Site Type:
- Sidewalks and Stairs, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
“The 1913 Wyandanch Grade School was purchased by the Wyandanch Post 2912 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and used as the Post headquarters. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) financed the laying of sidewalks on the east side of Straight Path so school children could walk safely to school.”
Source notes
https://www.thefullwiki.org/Wyandanch%2C_New_York
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 29, 2018.
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