The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed three tennis courts at what was known as Cookerow Park / playground in Boonton, New Jersey. The exact location or status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
“Forty [CWA men] are building a retaining wall at the foot of Morris avenue here near the Rockaway River. The plot will be filled with refuse and dirt after the wall is built. Eventually it will become a park.” The… read more
Wooden relief entitled “Morning Mail” created by artist Enid Bell in 1939. Originally in a historic post office building, the relief now hangs in Boonton’s 1970s post office.