Capitol Building Improvements – San Juan PR
Date added: October 14, 2017; Modified: July 24, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration funded improvement work to the Capitol Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Eleanor Roosevelt Community – San Juan PR
Date added: May 22, 2023
In October 1936 — two years after the First Lady visited Puerto Rico to assess social and economic conditions — it was announced that the New Deal’s Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) was taking bids for the construction of the… read more
Sabana Grande Road Improvements – Lajas PR
Date added: October 13, 2017; Modified: May 16, 2022
The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work in Sabana Grande in Lajas.
San Juan National Historic Site: Castillo de San Cristóbal Restoration – San Juan PR
Date added: July 28, 2015; Modified: May 16, 2022
WPA crews conducted extensive renovation and restoration work at this 18th century Spanish fort, including repair of the fortress walls, and cleaning, repairing, and lighting tunnels under the fortress, in order to facilitate tourism.
Factor and Santana Roads Improvements – Arecibo PR
Date added: October 10, 2017; Modified: May 14, 2022
The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work on Factor and Santana Roads in Arecibo.
Utuado Road Improvements – Arecibo PR
Date added: October 6, 2017; Modified: May 10, 2022
The Civil Works Administration carried out road improvement work in Arecibo. The work consisted of building retaining walls for the road to Utuado.
La Torre de Piedra – Maricao PR
Date added: March 29, 2020; Modified: March 29, 2020
The Civilian Conservation Corps built a viewpoint and picnic spot for travelers along Ruta Panoramica over the central mountains, in the vicinity of Maricao, PR.
Post Office – Mayagüez PR
Date added: October 25, 2019; Modified: October 25, 2019
The historic main post office building in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935. It is the only traditional, fully New Deal post office on the island, and the only one in Puerto Rico that features… read more
Colón Park Monument – Aguada / Aguadilla PR
Date added: October 25, 2019
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) work relief division efforts included the reconstruction of an 1893 monument commemorating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing, at the site where he landed in 1493. The PRRA made improvements to what is now… read more
Colón Park – Aguada / Aguadilla PR
Date added: April 19, 2017; Modified: October 25, 2019
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) work relief division efforts included “an athletic field and recreation park [built] to mark the site where Columbus landed in 1493” in Aguadilla, ca. 1937. Known as Colón Park, the area lies just inside Municipio… read more
El Falansterio – Puerta de Tierra, San Juan PR
Date added: October 22, 2017; Modified: July 26, 2019
The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) built El Falansterio, a new public housing development located in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, between 1936-1937. PuertaDeTierra.info: In Puerta de Tierra a neighborhood house would be built between Matías Ledesma streets, San Juan… read more
Toro Negro Hydroelectric Plant Enlargement – Villalba PR
Date added: October 22, 2017; Modified: July 25, 2019
The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) enlarged the Toro Negro hydroelectric plant, located north of Villalba. The work consisted of “new turbines, penstock pipes, canals, transformers, switches, and other control equipment.”
Guamani River Bridge – Guayama PR
Date added: October 15, 2017; Modified: July 25, 2019
The Public Works Administration built a 30-meter truss bridge over the Guamani River in Guayama, in 1936. Google Street View imagery suggests that the bridge has since been replaced.
Adolfo Veve Fereau School – Ceiba PR
Date added: May 3, 2017; Modified: July 25, 2019
The PRRA built rural schools across the Island through its Program of School Construction. Between 1937 and 1938, “The Federal government authorized the expenditure of $3,000,000 by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration for school buildings. Of the original grant, $1,000,000… read more
San Juan Harbor Improvements – San Juan PR
Date added: October 15, 2017; Modified: July 25, 2019
The Army Corps of Engineers, with funds from the National Industrial Recovery Act, carried out improvements in the San Juan Harbor between 1934-1940.