There are more than a thousand New Deal sites across New York City, but because most are unmarked their common connection to the New Deal goes unrecognized. The Living New Deal’s New York City branch is working to remedy that. Thanks to our partnership with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, red,… read more

The New Deal’s contributions to the city are largely unknown, but they transformed the nation’s capital. Our forthcoming “Map and Guide to the Art and Architecture of New Deal Washington, DC” is meant to educate visitors, residents and federal workers about the vast New Deal legacy that surrounds them. Among… read more

Despite the lockdown, the Living New Deal is fanning the flames of growing public interest in the New Deal. Mentions of the New Deal in both mainstream and alternative media are on the rise. Reporters turn to us as one of the best sources of information on the New Deal era. Our new monthly… read more

The Living New Deal is hard at work fueling the growing public interest in the New Deal as a model of leadership, hope and action in troubled times. Our website is a searchable archive of New Deal artworks, buildings, vast public works and the people and programs that helped our nation recover… read more

We are happy to announce new and improved features to our online national map of New Deal sites. We’ve switched over from Google maps to a new platform, Mapbox. Visitors to livingnewdeal.org will find a more colorful map minus much of the commercial clutter found on Google maps. There are… read more

That the Living New Deal has accomplished so much, so fast, is in no small part thanks to our volunteer sleuths, who submit their New Deal discoveries to us. Our website now features more than 16,000 unique sites. We’re looking for some social media ambassadors to help us fuel… read more

Few records exist of any coordinated attempt to sum up all that the New Deal built. That’s probably because the one agency that might have done it— the Historical Records Survey (HRS), established in 1935, was shut down in 1943 during the war. The HRS… read more

Since 2013, Lisa Thompson has tended Livingnewdeal.org, adding to and troubleshooting our website as it has grown in content and complexity. Her latest upgrades have it humming faster and smoother than ever. Lisa added a glossary of New Deal terms to our site, deciphering the alphabet… read more