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  • Tilden Regional Park: Picnic Areas – Berkeley CA

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) built as many as twenty picnic grounds in Tilden Park over the course of the New Deal period. These areas lie along the Loop Road, Central Park Drive and South Park… read more

  • Tilden Regional Park: Stone Restrooms – Berkeley CA

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a number of stone comfort stations (restrooms) at picnic areas in Tilden Regional Park in 1940-42.  It is possible that some were also built earlier by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which laid out… read more

  • Tilden Regional Park: Lake Anza Bath House (demolished) – Berkeley CA

    After the Public Works Administration (PWA) financed the construction of Lake Anza  in Tilden Park by damming Wildcat Creek, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the Bath House and ancillary buildings, c 1940.   This work was part of a major… read more

  • Tilden Regional Park: Wildcat Canyon Road – Berkeley CA

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved and rebuilt Wildcat Canyon Road, which runs along the west side of Tilden Park then crosses the park and continues over the East Bay hills to Orinda.  Inspiration Point road takes off from Wildcat… read more

  • November 6, Gray Brechin Speaks at the Environmental Education Center, Tilden Regional Park

    “Celebrating the East Bay Regional Park District’s 85th Anniversary: Honoring Our Founders” Gray Brechin will talk about architect Herbert Maier and the Civilian Conservation Corps contributions to our national, state, and regional parks systems. Event details: November 6, 6:00 PM… read more

  • Tilden Regional Park: Botanical Garden – Berkeley CA

    The Tilden Park Botanical Garden for California native plants was built by the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) with the aid of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1940-42. The garden was the brainchild of Professor Howard McMinn of… read more

  • Samuel Tilden High School – Brooklyn NY

    Samuel Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York originally opened in 1930. However, an addition to the facility was constructed in 1938-9 with as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $471,600 grant for the addition,… read more

  • Book Review: Tilden Regional Park—Queen of the East Bay Regional Parks, 246pp, 420 photographs

    2016 marked the hundredth anniversary of the National Park Service and the 75th of the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD), a magnificent two-county system now comprising 65 parks and 120,000 acres of remarkably varied land. Both occasions were celebrated… read more

  • Samuel Tilden High School Mural – Brooklyn NY

    “The WPA would make another addition to the Samuel J. Tilden High School, this time in the form of a mural for the auditorium. The project took nearly two years to complete, as muralist Abraham Lishinsky, working with his colleague… read more

  • Tilden Regional Park: Lake Anza – Berkeley CA

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) financed the construction of Lake Anza in Tilden Park.  The lake is formed by a dam on Wildcat Creek which flows through the park (apparently, the lake drowned a lovely 9-foot waterfall on Wildcat Creek)…. read more

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