- City:
- Bronx, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
The historic Arthur Avenue Retail Market, located in the heart of the Bronx’s Little Italy, was constructed with the assistance of the federal Work Projects Administration (WPA). The market, one of eight similar projects in the city, opened October 29, 1940.
Source notes
https://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/lobel11neighborhoods/belmont/history/ Gastropolis: Food and New York City, by Annie Hauck-Lawson, Jonathan Deutsch. Columbia University Press, 2013 (p. 161).Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 14, 2015.
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