Sunset Park Development – Asbury Park NJ

City:
Asbury Park, NJ

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration worked to develop and beautify Sunset Park in Asbury Park, New Jersey ca. 1936. Work involved the construction of an island in the middle of Sunset Lake. WPA N.J. Project No. 5-51.

Source notes

"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; September 1936 issue, page 13. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 11, 2015.
Additional contributions by Bob Hespe.

Location Info


Sunset Park
Asbury Park, NJ

Coordinates: 40.225673, -74.005588

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