The Living New Deal, in collaboration with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and artists Bik Van Der Pol, has worked to restore and reassemble a 1,500 sq. ft. model of San Francisco built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Sections of the model will be on display this Winter at all 29 branches of the San Francisco Public Library. WPA workers built the model in 1940 at a time when the city was creating its first Planning Department. It was intended as a visualization tool for urban planners as new infrastructure began to take shape—a subway along Market Street and freeways connecting the city with its suburbs. The model took three years to complete. After a brief period on display at City Hall, it was removed and stored in a warehouse at the University of California, Berkeley. It is here that LND founder and project scholar Gray Brechin started a restoration effort that spanned multiple institutions and involved many volunteers. The model will be made available to the public after almost 80 years. See our Fall 2018 Newsletter for more details.