City College Library Wing – New York NY

City:
New York, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Education and Health, Libraries

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

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The main buildings of City College were constructed between 1903 and 1907 and the library was built in 1929. A new wing to the library was constructed in 1939 with funds labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Source notes

WPA Guide to the City of New York, pp. 294-295, available at https://archive.org/stream/newyorkcityguide00federich#page/294/mode/2up

Location Info


138th St. and Convent Ave.
New York, NY 10031

Coordinates: 40.820329, -73.949395

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