- City:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The WPA helped in improvements at this pool that put 66 people to work in 1939. 53,300 man hours were used. $36,211 went toward labor and $3,129 to other expenses.
As of Winter 2015, the facility was extant but being extensively renovated.
Source notes
Annual financial report Dept. of Playground and Recreation July 1939 https://www.laparks.org/dos/aquatic/facility/109thStreetPool.htmSite originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on December 27, 2015.
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