Date added: October 26, 2014; Modified: October 26, 2014
A WPA press release from Nov. 1937 reported: “More than 150 schools have been repaired and the grounds improved and landscaped [in Washington State], and five brand new schools in the state were erected entirely by WPA with a small… read more
Date added: October 26, 2014
One story published in 2011 states: “… the WPA also built a school in Kirkland and the old baseball field and bleachers at Peter Kirk Park, both now gone.”
Date added: October 26, 2014
A WPA press release from Nov. 1937 reported: “More than 150 schools have been repaired and the grounds improved and landscaped [in Washington State], and five brand new schools in the state were erected entirely by WPA with a small… read more
Date added: October 26, 2014; Modified: October 26, 2014
A WPA press release from Nov. 1937 reported: “More than 150 schools have been repaired and the grounds improved and landscaped [in Washington State], and five brand new schools in the state were erected entirely by WPA with a small… read more
Date added: October 26, 2014
A WPA press release from Nov. 1937 reported: “More than 150 schools have been repaired and the grounds improved and landscaped [in Washington State], and five brand new schools in the state were erected entirely by WPA with a small… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014
“Final approval of two improvement projects for the City of Yakima was announced today by Don G. Abel, Works Progress Administrator. … [One] project, slated to be under way December 13, will consist of revamping the landscaping in Washington Park,… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014
“Final approval of two improvement projects for the City of Yakima was announced today by Don G. Abel, Works Progress Administrator. Construction of a new unit to the municipal water system is guaranteed by a total allotment of $14,498, of… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“A city-wide WPA street construction and paving project 1s scheduled to get under way at Enumclaw, Monday, November 8 [1937], with the aid of $12,160 in WPA funds and labor from the relief rolls, Don G. Abel, state Works Progress… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“Twenty-five men from the WPA rolls will begin work Monday, November 8, on the final stages of the grading and landscaping at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries laboratory, 2725 Montlake Boulevard, near the Seattle Yacht Club, it was learned yesterday… read more
Date added: December 15, 2013; Modified: October 25, 2014
The Washington Park Arboretum is a public park, run as a joint project between the University of Washington and the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. “In 1933, the Public Works Administration did some rough clearing in Washington Park, but… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014
“Vancouver, Washington will have its $129.584 street improvement project after all! It was announced today by Don G. Abel, State WPA Administrator, following the appropriation of $18,601 by the Vancouver city council for the drawing of engineers plans and miscellaneous… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“In Snohomish County, farm land conditions will be improved by a drainage system affecting seven sections of land between the cities of Snohomish and Monroe. Cooperating with the State of Washington, sponsoring the project, WPA will invest $14,989, according to… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“The road improvement project in Whatcom County calls for an investment of $9,955 by the WPA, $7,963 by the Whatcom County Commissioners and will put the roads in the vicinity of Ferndale in the best of condition. Fifteen WPA workers… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“Everett’s domestic water storage reservoir improvement project on the Sultan River watershed was assured today with the announcement from WPA State Administrator Don G. Abel of approval of the City’s application for federal aid. In creating this new project, with… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“Improvement of the Eatonville cut-off is now under way with the ditches being deepened and widened to provide proper drainage and the road graded and re-surfaced, which was provided for by a WPA grant of $1,667. Labor for these project… read more