LND Founder Gray Brechin and Stella Lochman will talk on Sunday, March 3 at the SF History Days about the WPA model of San Francisco. Titled, “The WPA City Model: Its Return to the Public and the Take Part Project,” the talk is scheduled at 11:45 am at the Old U.S. Mint.

The Living New Deal team will also manage a table at the SF History Days, on Saturday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Sunday 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Event Details:

Theater Two (Room 17—Mint Ballroom)

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM

The WPA City Model of San Francisco: Its Return to the Public and the “Taking Part” Project Today

The Works Progress Administration employed 300 people to construct an enormous wooden relief model of San Francisco which offers a 3-D freeze-frame of what the city looked like just before World War II. The Dutch artist couple Bik Van der Pol has brought the model back from deep storage to encourage a civic conversation about the city’s past, present, and future. Gray Brechin will talk about discovering the model and the need for a city museum to give it a permanent home.

See SF History Days for more program details.