- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1936, the Washington Post reported that improvement work was going forward at several city playgrounds, the Chevy Chase Recreation Center playground among them. This would have been part of a major New Deal park renovation effort across the district. The work was likely done by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which had undertaken a nearly $1 million program of park and playground improvements in 1935-36.
Source notes
“Park planners cite D.C. need of playgrounds,” Washington Post, March 29, 1936, p. X7
Department of Parks and Recreation site
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on February 26, 2015.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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