- City:
- Milton, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1938
Description
Description of a W.P.A. project:
“Blue Hills Parkway; in the early spring of 1939, work will be started on the construction of a bituminous concrete walk from Kahler Avenue to Canton Avenue. The major items of work are the construction of 6,900 linear feet of 6-ft. wide bituminous concrete walk, regrading, loaming and seeding of 920 linear feet of 9-ft. wide planting space and 4,600 linear feet of 5-ft. wide planting space.”
Source notes
"Annual report of the Metropolitan District Commission," by Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission (1938 volume; pg. 19)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 12, 2018.
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