Location: Williamsburg Housing Development - Brooklyn NY

Williamsburg Houses – Brooklyn NY

The Williamsburg Houses were opened in 1937, one of three huge public housing projects in New York City funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA), along with First Houses and Harlem River Houses in Manhattan. New York City was the… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing

New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Brooklyn Museum (Williamsburg Houses) Murals – Brooklyn NY

In 1936, “when the United States was still reeling from the Great Depression, a series of murals was commissioned by the Federal Art Project (FAP), to be painted in the community rooms at the Williamsburg Public Housing development in Brooklyn,… read more