Fell St. – San Francisco CA
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
The WPA worked on Fell St. between Van Ness Ave. and Baker St.
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Franklin St. – San Francisco CA
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
The WPA worked on Franklin St. between Market St. and Bay St.
Fulton St. – San Francisco CA
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
The WPA worked on Fulton St. between Franklin and Masonic.
Golden Gate Ave. – San Francisco CA
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
The WPA worked on Golden Gate Ave. between Parker and Van Ness.
Duncan Street – San Francisco CA
Date added: September 11, 2006; Modified: January 21, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved and paved Duncan Street during the Great Depression. Work consisted of 8,000 cubic yards earth and rock excavation and placing 1,000 cubic yards of red rock for surfacing from Hoffman to Kenyon Avenues…. read more
Clarendon Avenue Extension – San Francisco CA
Date added: August 10, 2009; Modified: January 21, 2015
Built the avenue between Laguna Honda Boulevard and Stanyan Street trhu [sic] the Sutro Forest. Work consisted of laying a base course of 8 inch Quarry run rock and 2 inch asphalt wearing surface, together with required curb, sidewalk, guard… read more
Calhoun Terrace – San Francisco CA
Date added: April 4, 2010; Modified: January 21, 2015
By building abutments and retaining walls, access was made possible to properties hereto inaccessible due to precipitous slopes of the hill. this work was of a precarious nature and required skill and courage. The photographs show the little homes on… read more
Eureka St. WPA Sidewalks – San Francisco CA
Date added: October 19, 2010; Modified: January 21, 2015
These sidewalks still bear WPA stamps from 1940.
Castro St. – San Francisco CA
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
The WPA worked on Castro St. between 17th and 19th and between 24th and 26th.
Columbus Ave. – San Francisco CA
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
The WPA worked on Columbus Ave. between Montgomery St. and Bay St.
Duboce St. – San Francisco CA
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
The WPA worked on Duboce St. between Market and Mission.
Capp and Adair Streets WPA Sidewalks – San Francisco CA
Date added: August 26, 2011; Modified: January 21, 2015
1940 WPA stamp at Capp and Adair in San Francisco's Mission District. Apparently every corner on Capp St. used to have these stamps.
Bernal Heights Boulevard and Park – San Francisco CA
Date added: June 17, 2010; Modified: January 21, 2015
Cost $255,547, for Alabama to Esmeralda Streets. Work consisted of building 1,890 lineal feet of sewer with catch basins and manholes, 12,890, lineal feet of redwood curb, 19,050 square feet of 6 inch concrete pavement. Placed 714 tons of 2… read more
Hatch Elementary School Mural – Oak Park IL
Date added: January 21, 2015; Modified: January 21, 2015
This site originally displayed four oil on canvas murals, entitled “American Characters,” painted by Mildred Waltrip in 1938 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project. Two of the murals were removed in 1995 and placed in storage after a… read more
Post Office Mural – Prosser WA
Date added: December 7, 2012; Modified: January 21, 2015
Prosser’s historic post office contains a 1937 Section of Fine Arts mural by Ernest Norling entitled “Mail Train in the ’80s”. “According to the 1991 National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Prosser Post Office, ‘The lobby of… read more