- City:
- Sayville, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
The WPA constructed sidewalks along the west side of Candee Avenue in Sayville, N.Y., in 1940. Neighboring Greene Avenue was improved by a WPA “gutter project.” The town’s Suffolk County News reported: “Other projects [in the town] include a walk on North Main street, from Foster extension west, and on Hamilton and Hiddink streets.”
Source notes
"WPA Projects Here"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Jun. 7, 1940 (page 2).Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 13, 2014.
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