Grand Concourse Improvements – Bronx NY

City:
Bronx, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1942

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

An article in the April 29, 1942 edition of The New York Times reported that WPA work on the Grand Concourse had begun. The work involved widening the Grand Concourse between 153rd and 161st streets by 6 feet, as well as installing a four-foot-wide center mall.

Source notes

https://kermitproject.org/newdeal/projects.html

Site originally submitted by Frank da Cruz on June 6, 2015.

Location Info


Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451
Bronx County

Coordinates: 40.824515, -73.923989

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