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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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]
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