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