Project type: Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs
Started: 1933
Completed: 1934
Quality of Information: Very Good
Marked:
Unknown
Site Survival: Unknown
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Description
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration completed improvements at the Bloomingdale Playground in Washington DC, between 1933 and 1934.
The work consisted of the following improvements: “Graded, completed drainage and water service system; fencing and 3-story recreation building 25 percent complete.”
Source notes
Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1934, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935, p. 86.
“Relief Funds Sought For Playgrounds Here,” Evening Star, April 19, 1933, p. A-7 (accessed September 1, 2020).
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on September 1, 2020.
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