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  • Tilden Regional Park: Lake Anza – Berkeley CA

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) financed the construction of Lake Anza in Tilden Park.  The lake is formed by a dam on Wildcat Creek which flows through the park (apparently, the lake drowned a lovely 9-foot waterfall on Wildcat Creek)…. read more

  • Tilden Regional Park: Golf Course – Berkeley CA

    The Tilden Park golf course was constructed by the the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) with aid of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) relief labor in 1936-37.   WPA workers first uprooted 20,000 eucalyptus from former plantations of the… read more

  • The Fireside Newsletter

    The Fireside is the monthly newsletter of the Living New Deal, which replaced our former quarterly newsletters in 2020. The Fireside features articles and opinion by leading writers and scholars on art, politics, social issues, the economy and more. It… read more

  • East Bay Regional Parks: Relief Maps – Berkeley CA and Oakland CA

    The East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) was formed in 1934 and acquired land for parks from the East Bay Municipal Water District in 1936.  The first parks were Tilden, Sibley, Temescal and Redwood in the East Bay Hills behind… read more

  • East Bay Regional Parks: Roads and Trails – Berkeley CA and Oakland CA

    The East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) was formed in 1934 and acquired land for parks from the East Bay Municipal Water District.  The first parks were Tilden, Sibley, Temescal and Redwood in the East Bay Hills behind Berkeley and… read more

  • East Bay Regional Parks: Other Improvements – Berkeley CA and Oakland CA

    The East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) was formed in 1934 and acquired land for parks from the East Bay Municipal Water District in 1936.  The first parks were Tilden, Sibley, Temescal and Redwood in the East Bay Hills behind… read more

  • Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park Improvements – Oakland CA

    The East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) was formed in 1934 and acquired land for parks from the East Bay Municipal Water District in 1936.  The first parks were Tilden, Sibley, Temescal and Redwood in the East Bay Hills behind… read more

  • East Bay Regional Parks: Clearing and Tree Planting – Berkeley and Oakland CA

    New Deal work relief and conservation crews cleared hundreds of acres of trees and brush and planted hundreds of thousands of trees and shrubs in three of the original units of the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD):  Tilden, Temescal,… read more

  • Redwood Canyon Road – Oakland CA

    In 1937, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved and paved the old dirt Redwood Canyon Road as part of the New Deal’s contribution to the newly-created East Bay Regional Parks (EBRPD).   The road descends from Skyline Boulevard, also built… read more

  • The Public Landscape of the New Deal, by Phoebe Cutler

    I recently plucked a book off the shelf of my library and found the answer to a question I’m often asked: How did you discover the New Deal? I first read Phoebe Cutler’s pioneering book The Public Landscape of the… read more

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