Edison, New Jersey - Light Dispelling Darkness - WPA Project

Address:
Pine Drive, Edison, NJ
Directions:
Route 1 to Grandview Ave and Pine Drive. The fountain is on the far side of the Middlesex County Veterans Memorial, near the Plays in the Park area.

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Light Dispelling Darkness sculpture. Edison, New Jersey - Light Dispelling Darkness - WPA Project

"Light Dispelling Darkness" is a unique sculpture and fountain in Roosevelt Park. The sculpture depicts a unified world where Science, Industry and Education dispel War, Famine, Pestilence, Death, Greed and Materialism.

Originally created as a WPA project in 1937, the art Deco terra cotta is by sculptor Waylande Gregory. It was recently renovated. [Tom Beattie, 11/12/2007]Grim figure banished by enlightenment.

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