New Deal built hundreds of thousands of public works of all kinds in every state, county and territory of the United States, and most are still in use today. Our goal is to inventory and map all of them and to involve Americans in a collective rediscovery of what the New Deal did between 1933 and 1942 to extricate the economy from the Great Depression, provide work and hope for millions, and lay the foundation for postwar prosperity.
You can use the Living New Deal map to
Category (or function) markers are color-coded dots. There are many subcategories within each color group:
As you zoom in, markers turn into icons coded by Agency groups, which break out into 60+ federal program agencies, such as the WPA, PWA and REA.
To reset Categories or Agencies, click on 'Reset'.
To reset the map, click on the icons .
You can help build the Living New Deal map for your city, county or state by:
To learn more, click HERE