• Daytona Beach Bandshell Oceanfront Park Complex - Daytona Beach FL
    Florida "boasted several notable and highly visible WPA projects, including the Daytona Beach Bandshell Oceanfront Park Complex (NR 1999) and the Bayshore Boulevard Sea Wall (NR 1985) in Tampa. Conceived to help promote Daytona Beach's flagging tourist industry and assembled with native coquina, the distinctive Daytona Beach structure faced south with its profile perpendicular to the Atlantic Ocean. As designed by architect Alan MacDonough, the structure included a clock tower, fountain, and monument to Edward H. Armstrong, Daytona Beach's aggressive mayor who used New Deal resources to enhance the "World's Finest Beach." ... City funds and WPA coffers allocated approximately...