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Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 16, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed the grounds of Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia ca. 1936.
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 16, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a parking lot at Atlanta’s City Hall in 1936. Its status is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 16, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve and pave Jackson Street in Americus, Georgia, in 1936—specifically the south end of the street near the railroad tracks.
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 16, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the historic water tower in downtown Americus, Georgia. Completed in 1936, the water tower still stands today. It is located on the north side of East Lamar Street between Lee and Prince Streets.
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 16, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop the precursor to what is now Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, then known as Atlanta Municipal Airport or Candler Field, during the 1930s.
Date added: January 15, 2015
Troup County’s Juvenile Courthouse in La Grange, Georgia was constructed as the Troup County Courthouse during the Great Depression with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $112,284 grant for the project, whose final cost was $292,939…. read more
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve what was then known as Ham Street (since renamed Conley Street) in College Park, Georgia ca. 1936.
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve Wesleyan Drive outside Macon in Bibb County, Georgia ca. 1936.
Date added: January 15, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop and improve Atlanta’s Parkway Drive ca. 1936.
Date added: January 15, 2015
Funds provided by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) enabled the construction of Georgia Tech’s Hinman Research Building ca. 1940.
Date added: January 15, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an addition to Georgia Tech’s Brittain Dining Hall.
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an addition to the Ceramics Building on the Georgia Tech campus. The addition “comprises the largest portion of the building. The new work doubled the floor space of the department and increased the… read more
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
Numerous building construction projects on the Georgia Tech campus were enabled by various federal New Deal agencies during the Great Depression. The Civil Works Administration (CWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and Public Works Administration (PWA) all contributed support to various… read more
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
Georgia Tech’s Engineering / Mechanical Drawing Building was constructed during the Great Depression. Located on Cherry Street, the building was located north of the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics by Mechanical Engineering Building. Its current status is unknown to Living New… read more
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
“Tech’s development continued in the Fall of 1938 with the announcement that the Board of Regents, with Public Works Administration assistance, would spend $350,000 for the construction of four buildings and an addition to a fifth. Work began on the… read more