Date added: March 25, 2024; Modified: March 27, 2024
John Palo-Kangas created a 14-foot concrete sculpture of Father Junipero Serra in 1937 for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The sculpture stood for more than 50 years until it was replaced in 1989. Wilbur Robottom… read more
Date added: April 18, 2015; Modified: March 27, 2024
Herald-Tribune: “In the late 1930s, with financial aid of the Works Progress Administration, the city of Sarasota built the Lido Beach Casino. Designed by Ralph Twitchell, the “grandfather of the Sarasota school of architecture,” the art deco-style “palace” boasted a… read more
Date added: November 21, 2014; Modified: March 25, 2024
“In December 1926, the [San Diego] Board of Supervisors passed a resolution declaring ‘the necessity for the erection of a public building’ for both the City and the County. As a result, three countywide votes were taken to approve the… read more
Date added: May 19, 2010; Modified: March 25, 2024
Frederick Schweigardt (1885 – 1948) was a student of the Stuttgart and Munich art academies in Germany, Schweigardt also studied with Auguste Rodin in Paris, where he received first prize at the Paris Exposition of 1913. Schweigardt was named the… read more
Date added: July 24, 2009; Modified: March 25, 2024
The current Balboa Park Club was built in 1915 as the New Mexico building for the Panama-Pacific Exhibition. It was redesigned by the WPA for the 1935-6 California Pacific International Exposition.
Date added: June 29, 2011; Modified: March 25, 2024
Two oil on canvas murals, entitled “Farm Landscape” and “Point Loma,” were painted by Charles Reiffel on a commission from the WPA Federal Art Project in 1937. They were originally installed at Memorial Junior High School and now hang in… read more
Date added: June 20, 2010; Modified: March 25, 2024
Built by the WPA. Originally called the Federal Building and then the Hall of Champions.
Date added: February 8, 2010; Modified: March 25, 2024
The WPA Federal Arts Project funded this petrochrome mural. The date and artist are unknown to us.
Date added: October 12, 2014; Modified: March 25, 2024
“The Grand March” petrachrome mural was created in 1940 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project. The artist is unknown to the Living New Deal.
Date added: June 28, 2011; Modified: March 25, 2024
This 59″ high woven tapestry “Fruits of the Earth” was designed by Donal Hord, and woven by Marian Kendall, V. Kelley, and F. Manchester. It was created in 1939 with support from the WPA Federal Art Project. It originally hung… read more
Date added: June 26, 2008; Modified: March 25, 2024
The WPA built an adobe wall around Calvary Cemetery in Mission Hills, the oldest civilian cemetery in San Diego. The cemetery is now park of Pioneer Park.
Date added: June 15, 2010; Modified: March 25, 2024
Among its many projects at the zoo, the WPA built these aviaries.
Date added: March 23, 2024; Modified: March 23, 2024
The Works Progress Administration completed improvements at Washington Park Improvements in Pasadena CA. A plaque located on site reads: “Washington Park is one of the City of Pasadena’s earliest public parks. Renowned landscape architect Ralph Cornell and horticulturalist Theodore Payne… read more
Date added: July 29, 2023; Modified: March 23, 2024
Camp Tuna Canyon (P-233) in Tujunga, California was established in 1934. For most or all of its existence (1934-1941) it was the home of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 902. Company 902 installed telephone lines for the Los Angeles County… read more
Date added: July 14, 2023; Modified: March 23, 2024
Logan Academy of Global Ecology (formerly Logan Street Elementary School), which opened in 1888, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified… read more