Vicente Playground – San Francisco CA
Date added: June 9, 2011
Built convenience station and landscaped.–Healy, p. 65.
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Hayward Plunge – Hayward CA
Date added: May 20, 2011
This swimming pool facility is now called the Hayward Plunge.
Sharp Park Pipeline – Pacifica CA
Date added: February 13, 2011
(463 Acres) Work consisted of installing water pipe line for golf course from county jail reservoir and the construction of a concrete pressure reducing tank 20 feet wide by 150 feet long.–Healy, p. 53
Rossi Playground – San Francisco CA
Date added: February 13, 2011
WPA workers removed bodies from old Odd Fellows Cemetery to create this park. "Constructed playground, 3 tennis courts and 2 basketball fields, 1 volleyball court, landscaped and built drainage and water system, fenced entire playground and courts, built convenience station… read more
Taylor Middle School – Millbrae CA
Date added: February 13, 2011
Taylor Middle School was built by the PWA in 1939 as the Millbrae Elementary School. There is a PWA plaque in the west wall of the front vestibule of the school entry.
Sharp Park Clubhouse – Pacifica CA
Date added: February 13, 2011
This Spanish hacienda-style clubhouse (now housing the Sharp Park Restaurant) was built by the WPA in 1935-1936. A WPA plaque can still be found on the building.
Grossmont High School Buildings – El Cajon CA
Date added: February 13, 2011
Though the high school was originally established in the 1920s, the WPA carried out several projects on the school grounds in the 30s: "Built by the New Deals Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression years 1936-37, our Gym has… read more
Chino Elementary School – San Bernardino CA
Date added: November 14, 2010
"Construction of an Elementary School Bldg. consisting of four units of wood frame on concrete foundations. Exterior walls stucco and all interior walls and ceilings plastered to replace school now being demolished; the old school building was very dangerous and… read more
Woodrow Wilson School – San Mateo CA
Date added: November 14, 2010
New Deal school in Daly City, CA.
Crocker School – San Mateo CA
Date added: November 14, 2010
New Deal school in Daly City.
San Diego Tennis Courts – San Diego CA
Date added: November 13, 2010
WPA tennis courts in San Diego County.
Central High School Music Hall – Fresno CA
Date added: November 13, 2010
The WPA built the music hall at this high school. This hall still functions as a music classroom, as well as a storage space for textbooks.
Soquel Road Construction – Santa Cruz CA
Date added: November 13, 2010
New Deal road construction in Soquel, CA.
Capay Valley Bridge – Brooks CA
Date added: October 24, 2010
"The YCHS Newsletter for January and for February of 2009 appealed for society members to fill out a form reporting on New Deal projects that they knew of personally or in which members of their families participated:" "Betty Mae Haines… read more
Valencia Bridge – Aptos CA
Date added: October 24, 2010
"Most of the drivers rushing over the Valencia Bridge in Aptos never even see the sign. Its set low in the mossy concrete railing on one end of the span — a tarnished plaque that marks the history of hard… read more