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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted multiple projects in Highland Park in Pittsburgh. “In Highland Park, WPA workers built stone steps throughout the park and modernized the main zoo building.” Another article notes that the WPA built a “rhino quarters”… read more
Date added: January 22, 2012; Modified: August 16, 2023
“The Highland Park Highway Bridge, illustrated at the top of this page, crosses the Allegheny River, replaces a bridge built in 1902, and eliminates four railroad grade crossings. The main spans consist of a steel-deck cantilever structure with north and… read more
Date added: August 14, 2023; Modified: August 14, 2023
Lynch Boulevard in Oil City, Pennsylvania was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in 1940. Lake Shore Visitor: “P. A. Lynch, pastor of St Joseph’s church, has had a corps of men working in the two cemeteries, with the… read more
Date added: January 4, 2015; Modified: August 14, 2023
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s old Kingsessing Station post office, located at the western corner of Whitby Ave. and S 52nd St., was constructed during the Great Depression with federal Treasury Department funds. The building has undergone extensive renovations and is now privately… read more
Date added: January 4, 2015; Modified: August 14, 2023
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s old Kingsessing Station post office hosted a pair of New Deal murals: “Philadelphia Waterways with Ben Franklin Bridge” and “View of Downtown Philadelphia Skyline,” that were installed in the post office lobby in 1939. The murals were painted… read more
Date added: April 10, 2021; Modified: August 9, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a retaining wall on the north side of U.S. 11 in Berwick, Pennsylvania, east of Stone Church Road. One of the stones is inscribed “W.P.A. 1939”.
Date added: March 4, 2023; Modified: August 8, 2023
The historic federal courthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania is part of a complex of buildings that serve as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and other federal functions. According to the website of… read more
Date added: August 3, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a rail footbridge carrying lower Cameron Parkway across Spring Creek in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Date added: August 3, 2023; Modified: August 3, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed stone ovens and a stone comfort station at what was then Paxtang Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Date added: August 3, 2023; Modified: August 3, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement and development work at Wildwood Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Among other efforts, such as conservation work, they constructed a bridge along a bridle path over a stream. The location and status of the… read more
Date added: August 3, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a rustic staircase from Market St. and S. 23rd St. up into Reservoir Park. The surrounding slope was strengthened with stone and planted to protect against erosion. The staircase appears to be no longer… read more
Date added: May 15, 2017; Modified: August 3, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed Harrisburg’s Reservoir Park Bandshell, also known as the Ralph Feldser Memorial Band Shell, ca. 1939-40. “The erection of a bandshell was part of a $290,000 grant for area park improvements.”
Date added: August 2, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted improvement work: “repainting and papering” at what was the Franklin Fire Company on Park Street in Towanda, Pennsylvania.
Date added: August 2, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted improvement work on East 10th Street in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
Date added: January 17, 2013; Modified: July 26, 2023
The historic red-brick North Philadelphia Station post office was built in 1935. Constructed with federal Treasury Department funds, the building is still in use today. It houses a collection of New Deal artwork in the lobby.