- City:
- Holbrook, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Medford’s Mid-Island Mail described the scope of the project completed on October 30, 1939:
“On Coates avenue the sidewalks extend from the Lutheran church to Lexington avenue, a distance of 300 feet, and on the hospital side of Coates avenue from Shelby avenue to Pauline street, 1,200 feet. On Broadway avenue the disewalks run in front of the firehouse for 600 feet, then on Patchogue road from the postoffice to the community club for 1,200 feet, thn [sic] from Hauser avenue to Terry boulevard on the east side of the avenue. These sidewalks lead to all vital spots within the community of Holbrook. Several storm water basins were also constructed. Charles Moran superintended the W. P. A. work.”
Source notes
"Plan Walk Project; WPA Job Would Protect Children in Two Communities; To Code $33,441"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], August 11, 1939. "WPA Sidewalk Job, Islip Town Sponsored, Finished in Holbrook"; Mid-Island Mail, Nov. 8, 1939 (page 4).Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 18, 2014.
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