Akron Falls Park – Akron NY

City:
Akron, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

Multiple New Deal agencies are cited as having contributed to the development of Akron Falls Park, including the C.W.A. and the W.P.A. “The Civil Works Administration … initiated the development of Akron Falls. They hired 90 men to develop the park and each received a minimum of $15.00 per week.”

 

Source notes

https://www2.erie.gov/parks/index.php?q=akron-falls https://books.google.com/books?id=bLs1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT34

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 17, 2014.

Location Info


44 Parkview Drive
Akron, NY 14001

Coordinates: 43.01636, -78.49525

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