• Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey - Alpine NJ
    The Palisades Interstate Park system, a major beneficiary of New Deal public works projects, spans New York and New Jersey and stretches from The Palisades—cliffs overlooking the Hudson River in sight of Manhattan—to forested hills dotted with lakes in the western Hudson Highlands. The park system was founded in 1900 through the activism of women’s clubs that fought to protect the Palisades
from quarrying. They were aided by some of the richest men in America, among them J.P. Morgan, the Rockefellers and the Harriman family. Mixing civic idealism and the desire to preserve the beauty of their own region, they purchased or...
  • Palisades Interstate Park, State Line Cafe - Alpine NJ
    Originally known as the "Lookout Inn." A sign at the current State Line Cafe describes the building's New Deal history: "'Lookout Inn' was built from Palisade stone and chestnut wood in 1937-38 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Park kept the Inn open-air during warmer months, and an attendant...operated a filling station in the parking area.  
  • Palisades Interstate Park: Alpine Pavilion - Alpine NJ
    The Civil Works Administration built the Alpine Pavilion in Palisades Interstate Park in Alpine NJ. Built in 1934 and used as a bathhouse until 1944, the Pavilion was restored in 2016 and is used for picnics and gatherings.
  • Palisades Interstate Park: Henry Hudson Drive - Alpine NJ
    The Henry Hudson Drive provides access to sections of the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey located on the banks of the Hudson River. The section of the drive from the Englewood Cliffs entrance to the Edgewater entrance were built by New Deal laborers.  (A section to the north of this portion precedes the New Deal.) Three New Deal agencies—the Civil Works Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Works Progress Administration—were involved in the construction of the road. Further north, the Alpine Approach Road and its retaining walls in the northern section of the park were also built by New Deal...