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Municipal Storm Sewers – Bay Shore NY

Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in late 1935 that the WPA allotted $24,747.79 to the construction of storm sewers in Bay Shore, NY. The sewers were built on: Benjamin St.; North Park Ave.; Garfield Ave.; Center Ave.; John St.; West… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and water disposal
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Penataquit Station Post Office – Bay Shore NY

Constructed by the Treasury Department and the PWA from 1933-35. A 1933 article in the Suffolk County News described the PWA allotments for this and other nearby post offices: “Actual allotments for post office buildings in Nassau and Suffolk Counties,… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Penataquit Station Post Office Sculpture – Bay Shore NY

“In addition to its architectural importance, the [downtown post office in Bay Shore, New York] contains a noteworthy relief sculpture entitled Speed by Wheeler Williams that was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture in 1936. This was… read more

Project type: Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Union Blvd. Extension – Bay Shore NY

Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in September 1934: “The extension of Union street from Fifth avenue, Bay Shore, to John street, Babylon, will be opened to traffic by October 1st… The extension is 3.14 miles in length and it is… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Vitagraph Building Renovation – Bay Shore NY

WPA labor worked to renovate the old Vitagraph Building, a former movie studio located at 94 4th Avenue in Bay Shore, NY, for the purpose of utilizing the structure as a “sewing room, the Old Age Security offices and other… read more

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Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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